Keeping Romance Alive - Week 13

We live in a day and age where lives are busy and schedules are swamped.  The working day is also a little more versatile than it has been in days past, and people are working longer hours or irregular shifts.  

This can put a damper on your love life, but this should not discourage you from enjoying you and your partner no matter what time of day it is.  

Romance is not just for evenings anymore, and here we have a list of 25 things you can do during the day, or during the evening that will help ensure you make the most of every second with your lover.

Week 13

Rent a sports car with a convertible top. Pretend you are a couple from one of the classics as you tour the coast or countryside with nothing but the wind in your hair.

Keeping Romance Alive - Week 12

We live in a day and age where lives are busy and schedules are swamped.  The working day is also a little more versatile than it has been in days past, and people are working longer hours or irregular shifts.  

This can put a damper on your love life, but this should not discourage you from enjoying you and your partner no matter what time of day it is.  

Romance is not just for evenings anymore, and here we have a list of 25 things you can do during the day, or during the evening that will help ensure you make the most of every second with your lover.

Week 12

Watch the sunrise together.

Keep Romance Alive - Week 6

We live in a day and age where lives are busy and schedules are swamped.  The working day is also a little more versatile than it has been in days past, and people are working longer hours or irregular shifts.  

This can put a damper on your love life, but this should not discourage you from enjoying you and your partner no matter what time of day it is.  

Romance is not just for evenings anymore, and here we have a list of 25 things you can do during the day, or during the evening that will help ensure you make the most of every second with your lover.

Week 6

Take a hot air balloon trip!

Keeping Romance Alive - Week 5

We live in a day and age where lives are busy and schedules are swamped.  The working day is also a little more versatile than it has been in days past, and people are working longer hours or irregular shifts.  

This can put a damper on your love life, but this should not discourage you from enjoying you and your partner no matter what time of day it is.  

Romance is not just for evenings anymore, and here we have a list of 25 things you can do during the day, or during the evening that will help ensure you make the most of every second with your lover.

Week 5

Plant a tree together and make a ritual. After you have planted it, celebrate with a glass of champagne, right by your tree.  Do this every year on this anniversary.

Romantic Date - Blind Date

Blind Date

Blindfold your partner and take them to a romantic restaurant or surprise cultural event. Keep the surprises going all evening. 

Arrange for the chef to come and say hello and deliver a special dessert. Get a special bottle of wine. Arrange for a backstage tour at the concert or theatre. 

If you want an extra private date - swop houses with a friend and serve an extra special home cooked meal. 

Romantic Date - Loving Lunches

Loving Lunches

If you can't have lunch with your partner in person, be there in spirit. 

Once a week or whenever they need a pick me up pack a special bag of lunch with their favourite food, a love note and an extra treat (sexy photo etc). 

Romantic Date - Memory Lane

Memory Lane

Interview couples whom you admire who've been together a long time. 

Ask them about the early days of their courtship. What they did for fun, where they went or what songs were popular when they were dating. Invite them to double date with you. 

Look at old photos, ask them what they think the secret to happiness and a long lasting relationship. Compare notes on what you learnt from them. 

Where do you want to be when you're their age? 

Romantic Date - Love Fortress

Love Fortress

Remember how much fun it was to build a fort when you were a kid? 

Re-create this adventure together. 

Make a date in a tree house, cabin or playhouse. Caves are also romantic. Bring music, wine, and erotic literature to read to each other while you hide away from the rest of the world. 

For something more luxurious you can search online for listings of tree house rentals. 

Romantic Date - Story of us

Story of us

Take turns being director, reporter, and camera person and make a video about the story of your relationship. 

Include shots of where you met, where you went on your first dates and other special places. Interview friends and family and ask them to talk about your relationship and why the two of you are good together. 

As your relationship progresses you may want to make a sequel. 

Romantic date - Getting Ready

Getting Ready

Turn the routine of getting ready for an evening out into a sensuous experience. 

Light some candles and start with a warm soak together filled with Montez Jelly Bath. Give each other a back massage, write messages on each other's back. 

Wash your partner's hair. You may be brave enough to shave each other. Rinse off with a steamy shower. 

At this stage you will be ready razzle or maybe you just want to stay at home. 

Romantic Date - Creature Comfort

Creature Comfort

If you don't have a furry friend of your own spend an afternoon at your local animal shelter walking the dogs, playing with kittens or volunteer to help out at a fund raising event. 

Besides offering to help out at an understaffed organisation you'll enjoy spending the time together and who knows - fall in love with something else as well. 

Do phone ahead to learn about their volunteering policies.

Romantic Date - Edible Art

Edible Art

Unleash your inner Pablo Picasso in an edible medium. 

Start by undressing each other - stripping to your undies or to a completely naked canvas. Using chocolate, whipped cream and a paintbrush or your fingers, indulge in your inner artist and paint all over your beloved. 

Take some photos for your private portfolio - just remember that any photos posted are there FOREVER and will be used against you. 

Once you have created your masterpieces there are several options of how to clean off your canvases. You can both hop into a steamy shower or you can simply feast on your creation.

Check out the delicious body chocolate made especially for Lola Montez 

Romantic Date 24 - Be a kid again

Kidding Around

Plan a date where the two of you get to be kids again. 

Go to a playground and push each other on the swings and merry-go-round. Climb the jungle gym, play hopscotch, jump rope or walk using stilts. get a big pad of paper and crayons and draw each other. 

Trade stories about your childhood: What were your favourite toys, which teachers did you like best and what kind of trouble did you get into. Pack your favourite childhood snacks. My personal favourite is -Flings and Fizzers!

Romantic Date 22 - Date Replay

First date replay

If you've been together for a while relive your first date by revisiting the same places you first went together. 

Talk about how your romance has blossomed since then and what attracted you to each other on that first date. 

If you're in a new relationship start a diary - keep movie stubs etc. Record highlights. Use it when you have forgotten. Be careful you aren't considered a stalker. 

Romantic Date 19 - Strawberries and Cream

Tutti Frutti

Build a date around a piece of fruit. 

Go apple picking, drink cider and bake a pie with your bounty. 

Attend a grape crush at a vineyard. Carve pumpkins together. Make fresh lemonade and sip them from a tall glass on the patio. 

Pick strawberries (there is a farm around Johannesburg where you can do this but I couldn't find the details, so please let me know) and eat them with pancakes or sugar or cream. 

Romantic Date 18 - Kiss me quick!

Kissing Signals

Before you and your partner go out for the evening make a pact to kiss each time someone - the waiter, a guest at a party or anyone else you encounter - says a certain word or phrase or each time you see a particular item. 

Stick with a kissing theme for the whole date. 

Romantic Date 17 - Silence is Golden

Say nothing at all

Discover the sexiness of silence. 

Plan a date during which neither of you are allowed to speak. Figure out alternatives to verbal communication. 

Use your bodies, make up your own hand signs or scribble notes. 

Spend the afternoon in a row boat. Soak in a hot tub and listen to music. Go on a hike and pay attention to the sounds. Make notes as you go along.

At the end of the date break the silence and discuss all the happenings. 

Romantic Date 15 - Hold On!

Hold on!

Have a date that's all about holding hands as much as possible - you may even notice other people smiling at how romantic a gesture this is. 

Go for a walk, stroll along the beach or track through a museum. 

Back home give each other hand massages and then wrap your hands in hot towels sprinkled with lavender or lemon juice or smother them with a rich moisturizer. Massage each other's hands until the moisturizer disappears and you're simply left holding each other's hands.

Romantic Date 14 - Modern Adventurers

Be modern adventurers

Play Burton and Livingstone in your own back garden and plan a date devoted to exploring areas in your city or province that you have never seen before. 

Drive down a road in your town that you've never traveled before but always thought about or didn't even know was there. 

You might find a hole in the wall cafe, a wonderful antique shop, a beautiful row of houses or a scenic vista. Ask friends, read guide books or local magazines for ideas.

Romantic Date 13 - Wet and Wild

Wet and Wild

Next time raindrops fall, grab your partner for a spontaneous barefoot run through the wet grass and a long kiss in the rain. 

Or on a hot summer day make a mad dash through the sprinkler holding hands. If you have a private yard do it in the buff!