Couples therapists, Dr.Phil, and even your mother know that date nights are important to help couples connect outside of hustling the kids to football practice or school activities. While most date-nights for us in the winter nights involve Netflix in front of a cozy fireplace, spring allows us all to get out (and dress up!) more.
At least, so far, our own government doesn’t see a lack of date-nights as a problem! In 2013, amid rising divorce rates, the Norweigan government in Oslo issued a plea to citizens to go on more date nights. It’s true! Solveig Horne, the minister for children, equality and social inclusion and herself a divorcee, was behind the push. “It is important to find small pockets of time where parents can be lovers,” she said. “Each couple needs to decide what sort of a date night they should have, whether it is a night at the movies or a walk together without the kids for a couple of hours.”
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We don’t have regularly scheduled date nights, but we do take time for each other. My parents go on date nights now, but there was less time and money while they had little kids.
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My hubby works away so maybe once in 2 months we go on a date alone. I can barely recall if my parents ever had date night. But they took more vacations away, (vegas, disneyland, b.c, skiing trips) without me and my three brothers.
sundays was our time to go out together.
We go for breakfast either Saturday or Sunday and call it our regular date morning, but we don’t have a regular date night.
No not recently with two children 3 and under. But hopefully me and hubby get to spend some time together soon!
Yes we try to have date night once a month!
Nothing regular – yet! We are just about empty-nesters and I think that having a lot of date nights are just around the corner for us!
No I don’t usually have regular date nights. Maybe once a month I have a night out.
“Date nights” are very important in our household. My partner is away all week, almost every week, so he doesn’t like to do a lot of driving when he is off. We live an hour away from the nearest movie theatre, so we rarely venture in for our “date nights”; instead, it can be as simple as watching a movie together or going for a walk out in our fields to enjoy the sights, sounds and smells of the prairie. We have had star gazing date nights and cooking Sunday brunch together “dates”. It really is important to balance our time between our “individual selves”, our “couple selves”, and “our parent selves”. Not always easy, but making a schedule truly helps and it doesn’t take away one iota from romance or spontaneity during the scheduled times.
No i dont have a regular date night 🙁
haha, no! It is just when we realize we haven’t had a date night in awhile
No, we don’t have a regular date night and neither did my parents!
No i dont have a reg. Date night 🙁
no date nights here
We go on a date at least once a month but it’s not on a regular day/night. This month we’re having a day date; going for dim sum and then out to a putting course.
Growing up I don’t remember my parents having date nights but now after 41 years of marriage they make time for a nice dinner out together every once and a while.
my parents certainly didn’t, they never had any money to spare, my husband and I have an at home date night every Saturday
my husband and I are trying to get back into our date nights. our second daughter is 6 months so we have been taking a bit of a break and have just started to get back into it again. we like to go out to dinner and a movie once a month
I don’t think my parents had a regular date night. My dad worked nights so it would have been hard for them.
No regular date nights here either.
We don’t have regular date nights but are always together. It has worked for the last 34 years for us.
We don’t have a regular date night..that has to change for sure
We do not have a regular date night, we do not have kids so every night is date night for us!
We used to but hubby works way to much and when he is home he just wants to relax, which is fine with me. My parents were always going out, I think they they went out more than they stayed home..lol
No regular date night now that we are empty nesters. Free to go anytime.
We don’t have a regular date night. Once every couple of months we manage to get out.
I’m single so no regular date nights for me! 🙂 My parents never went on date nights but they do vacation together twice a year.
We do make an effort to get out and do something together . It is so important to us.
I wish I had a regular date night with my husband but we don’t.
Our parents didn’t and we do but not on a completely regular basis.
No we do not have a regularly scheduled date night. We have been trying to go out more often.
No but it would be nice.
Unfortunately we don’t 🙁
We didn’t have much money growing up so I don’t think my parents really went out on date nights. My hubby and I get to go once in a rare moon!
we should have a regular date nght but we don’t
We don’t have a regular date night, we head out when we realize we need a break. I’m looking forward to more though since my kids are old enough to leave alone…yeah!
And i honestly don’t remember my parents going out for date night at all when we were young. We went everywhere with them and they’ll be married 55 years this Nov.
We do have “date nights” but less regularly than we would like to.
no,we dont have a regular date night,,we rarety go on dates,,it would be nice!!
We’re trying to have regular date nights, but shift work makes it very challenging
No, we don’t have regular date nights. Hope that may be few years later, we can start to have regular ones
We don’t have a regular date night and neither did our parents
We try for every couple of months, but nothing scheduled for sure.
I’m single so no date nights happening here!! 😉
I am single but as of yet have not started dating but I may give it a shot soon.
no we do not have regular date nights. Neither did my parents.
My parents always have date nights on Saturdays – I always admired that!
I wouldn’t say it’s regular but we do get date nights.
No we don’t have regular date nights.
No but maybe we should!
We try to get out once a month, but it doesn’t always happen!
I try to have a regular date night, but that does not always work out.
We always try to have a regular date night, but it rarely turns out. My parents always had date nights when I was younger.
Yes my parents had date nights all the time but my hubby isn’t one to go out so no we do not have them.
We don’t and neither did my parents. We go when we can but not regularly!
We don’t have a regular date night…difficult when you have a 16 month old! But we go out for dinner at least once a month, but it’s not on a set date.
We don’t have regular date nights.
I don’t have a regular date night, my parents didn’t either, my sister doesn’t either, my brother doesn’t either. What a bunch of boring people we are. LOL
We have the occasional date night but not as regular as I would like but with a toddler now it’s just not as easy to go out and we trust our kids with very few people
Nothing regular, one week it may be dinner and the next Sunday breakfast
no, no real dates nights. Though I guess once in a while we play hooky and go to a movie on Tues afternoon!
My parents certainly didn’t. LOL
I’m single so no date nights, my parents rarely got a date night as there was 10 kids
I wish! We really should. My parents divorced when I was 7, so not so much.
Yes…Saturday night is our date night, but only in the winter as in the summer I work weekends. Whether going out with friends or a romantic dinner alone we always hold Saturday nights for each other.
No, we don’t have a regular date night, but that being said we may do a date lunch at a restaurant now and again.
Cheers.
We do have date night. It is only once every two months but it is a night out
We do have a regular date night. We go to a movie once a month and go to dinner twice month.
nope just when we can get a sitter
I’m single and my mom was also single when i was growing up so no standing dates.
I’m single, my parents never did date nights.
I wouldn’t say our date nights are TOO regular but usually Friday or Saturday nights we go for dinner
We don’t have regularly scheduled date nights but I am going to start setting up date nights! My parents went out often but I am not sure if they were planned date nights.
I have a single ladies date night.
When our daughter was little, she had a standing date with the Grandparents every Saturday. That meant date night for us!!
We dont, we have lots of date nights in, and I really do enjoy that but maybe once every 3 months we get out if we’re lucky with our sitter
Our date nights are quiet nights in really.
I’m single so no, and my mom was single too, so no. But I have “date nights” with my daughter on the weekends we watch movies together.
Because of my DA we have a date night at home every second Saturday
Regular date nights are more of the stay-at-home type.
No not recently
No, we don’t have a regular date night. We only go out for bigger events like Valentine’s Day, New Years, etc
We usually have a date night but we are saving for a trip we are going on in 6 days so it’s a no date now boo hooo
Not a regular schedule, but we make it a point to get out for dinner or a movie, just something as we think it’s important.
I can’t honestly remember when our last date night was…my parents used to have frequent ones.
No in a long distance relationship after the end of a 20 year marriage with a lying cheating spouse
We don’t have a regular date night as our schedules are crazy, but we are getting better at it!
No date nights for me . 🙁
we don’t have a regular date night, but we do go out when we have a little extra cash. It’s nice to go for breakfast or out to a movie.
I wish hubs and I had a regular date night. It’s been forever since we went out!
No regular date nights, I am afraid!
It would be great to win a P&G Date Night Must Haves Prize Pack.
In response to your question of Do you have a regular date night? Or did your parents?
No i don’t have a regular date night but we always have fun whenever we do go somewhere.
Thank you for having this giveaway!!!!!!!!!!!
No we dont have regular date nights
no regular date night, will wait until the kids are older I guess =/
We don’t have regular date nights
No, regular date nights do not currently exist. With one 10 year old and an exclusively fed 6 month old we stick together alot.
Only with my girlfriends!! my rents never went out for date nights back in the 80’s either…
No I don’t 🙁
Friday Night is our Date Night!
I’m currently single but I used to go on date nights when I was married. We tried to go out every Friday.
No, I don’t.
Its usually once every two weeks during the weekends.
No regular date night.
Yes and yes
My town lacks a profusion of dateable men. So no 🙁
We try to get out and do something at least one weekend a month.
Don ‘t have a regular date night, but we do go out quite often.
My boyfriend and me go on a date every friday night
no, and no….too bad really…
My husband & I do, but neither of our parents did.
Haven’t been on a date night in a long time
No reg. date night here and my parents never had one either.
We use to, we don’t anymore. My parents did
very rarely! my parents would.
No i dont have a regular date night.
we don’t – just every so often
We make sure to have a date night at least 2 times a month, we send the little one off to his aunt & uncle and we spend the weekend together, just me and the hubby, no kids, just unwind, its amazing and relaxing
Mom and Dad always tried to but he worked away so it was hard. My husband and I try to take advantage of the time we have away from our children. lol
We go out on a date at least once a month. We had date night last night.
We try to have date night as often as we can-easier now that we don’t need a babysitter!
WE don’t but we need too.
we try to go out once a month !!!!
My hubby and I try but it’s hard to get a sitter sometimes. We go on a date night about once every couple of months
No, I don’t have a regular date night as my husband passed away at a very young age.
No, we don’t have a regular date night. And my parents were busy raising seven children, they both worked shift work. They were lucky to get out two times a year.
We go for beer and wings on Wednesdays and play the word games at the bar.
My parents were too busy raising my brothers and I, one of which is autistic, so they rarely had date nights. I think they’re trying to make up for it now that we’re all out of the home! 🙂
No regular date nights.
my other half works away so planning date nights with him is hard
Unfortunately not…but we do have coffee together every day before kids get home from school
date nights are definitely not a regular thing over here…..need to change that!