8 Dates to Go on When You’ve Been With the Same Partner Forever

Nichole Weatherwax-Feurt and her husband, Jeremiah, like to take their show on the road, sans kids. They’ve been together for 17 years, and they reconnect by heading to Weston, Mo., where they stay at a B&B, visit wineries and relax in the pub. Jennie Shultz Washburn has been with Daniel for 33 years, and she suggests that while they love traveling together and doing simple things like campouts or double dates, her best times are staying home and really paying attention to each other. “Sit on the couch and watch a movie but touch the whole time. Hold hands, kiss, stroke each other’s faces. Really focus!”

Kelsey McClaskey and her husband, Matt, love to have “pinball dates” where they look for all the pinball machines in town and play all night. Bonus points for finding one they hadn’t played before. Jacqlene Nance-Mengler, who has been with Tina Mengler for 12 years, suggests “voting dates.” Changing the world is about as exciting as it gets. Celebrate it by getting dressed up to go vote, and then make an evening on the town out of it. This is far more memorable and meaningful than just dinner and a movie.

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So you’ve cleared the honeymoon stage of your relaback at the register.” We all need socks and groceries – why not add tionship, and things are settled into a nice comfy place, much like the old yoga pants you’ve worn faithfully throughout the pandemic quarantine. The yoga pants, much as you love them and want them close to you at all times, are not particularly sexy. They don’t excite anyone. They provide comfort but lack the tingle of, say, a little black dress. Your relationship should not be like yoga pants. At least, not all the time. So put on some pants with a zipper and a button and take advice from these women who have found ways to keep their toes curling even after all these years.

Kiley Luckett and her boyfriend, Chris, dash out for “late night happy hour” once in awhile. Mix up the time frame. See what midnight looks like on your relationship!

Megan & Paul Bost Megan Bost has been with her husband, Paul, for 15 years, offers two words: “Vegas, baby!” like” than leaving the kids with a grandparent and heading off to Sin City.

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Tassia Stogdill-Records and her husband make shopping an adventure. “Leave the kids behind and walk around Target. Buy each other a little something and meet Nothing makes them feel more “un-parent

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Andrea Squires Noltner and her husband, Scott, enjoy being “tourists” in their own town. Hold hands and window shop. Easy on the budget, too!

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