20 Inexpensive Ways To "Be With" Your Personal Relationship

Being in relationship with your spouse or significant other can get lost when we put so much focus on success and work. Here are some inexpensive ways to connect and be together and keep your relationship as important as anything else in your life. Take some time to plan and put some effort into your romantic life.

You might want to dress yourself up a little, write a note, or just think about how you want your attitude to be while you're together. If you want your spouse to enjoy being with you, make your attitude enjoyable.

1. Be a tourist and go around your town and rediscover your town and rediscover each other. Likes, dislikes, passions and so on.
2. Visit a local museum or art gallery, look around, share with one another which items or pieces of art you like and don't like.
3. Go to a fancy restaurant after you've eaten dinner at home and just order dessert and coffee.
4. Light candles in your bedroom, get a bottle of warm massage oil, and give each other massages.
5. Hire your kids to make you breakfast in bed and serve you both.
6. Go to a local coffee shop together and talk about all the ways in which each of you feel blessed these days, as well as your hopes and dreams for the future.
7. Find a cookbook, pick out a delicious looking meal or dessert, then make it together.
8. Play board games, cards or do a crossword puzzle together.
9. Go to a community play, sporting event or a school concert.
10. On a Saturday morning, make breakfast together, take it back to bed and eat and then snuggle together.
11. If you have a wood burning fireplace, set out a blanket, play music, make a fire, and make popcorn or S'mores in the fireplace.
12. Read a book out loud to one another.
13. Take a blanket outside somewhere (or even on the roof) and stargaze with your sweetie.
14. Make a date and both of you create a dream board for your relationship together.
15. Put your favorite hot beverage into a 'to-go' cup, bundle up, and go on a walk together at a nearby park.
16. Feed the kids early and rent a movie for them to watch. While they are watching movie have a candle lit dinner for two and then invite the kids back for dessert.
17. Set up a tent in the back yard and camp out for the evening. Lay out and star gaze and enjoy each others company.
18. Set a date in the middle of the day while the kids are at school or napping. Enjoy sandwiches and cuddling.
19. Trade off with other couples for babysitting and date nights.
20. Bring your minds together and discover an inexpensive date together.