When it comes to planning date nights, guys, y'all got it easy.
I mean really, flowers, candles, her favorite restaurant or a home cooked dinner, music (and dancing if she's into that sort of thing), end the night with coffee and a walk (if the weather permits) and you're guaranteed to end the night with some heaving breathing.
Hell, a combination of any of the above two shows that you're putting in effort - that's really all most girls ask every now and again.
But what is it that you dudes want on a "romantic evening." This is something I just went through planning, and let me tell you, it wasn't easy. And though I think I've come up with a great evening that my man will enjoy based on his unique interests, I may have exhausted my ideas for future use in this one evening.
So tell me my male readers - what do you like in an evening with your girl?
Cheers!
-A
Good question. I'd like to know myself!
ReplyDeleteI would beg to differ on your first sentence, but I don't want to turn your post into a gender battle. It should suffice to say that understanding the wants/needs of the opposite sex is never as easy as it seems.
ReplyDeleteTo answer your question, tho: GUYS ARE EASY.
In a society where we're usually forced to make all the decisions w/o so much as a faint inclination of what you women want, it makes us happy just to "take a night off."
You make the plans. Take away the stress of whether or not his decisions will make you happy. Pick a restaurant where he can get a steak and a good beer (or bottle of wine if your man's like me and likes things a little classy). But make sure it's a place you like too. A guy is happy when his gal is smiling. If you can do that w/o him having to make the preparations, the rest will take care of itself.
In essence, don't over-complicate things. A simple role reversal where a guy can get to the "heavy breathing" w/o having to put in the usual amount of effort will put a smile on his face w/o stressing you out.
Those are my two-sense anyway. Interested to see any others.
I have to agree with Chris. The guy is usually the one who feels the pressure to come up with a good date night.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking for myself most of the time I'm racking his brain to come up with something that isn't the ordinary "dinner, movie and coffee" - which is a tough thing to do in Naples where there isn't much in the way of excitement.
I once had a girl take me to chuckee cheese and turn the night in to a little competition -that was fun. I like doing active things and I am a competitive person. You could always do a scavenger hunt date night where you give clues to the next stop.
But even if it's just a simple dinner and coffee - the fact that we didn't have to plan it makes it special. Oh, and if it ends with heavy breathing, it's a date night win.
sports events.
ReplyDeleteand heavy breathing.
That is pure romance for me. Take me to a sporting event and to the bedroom and I'll put a ring on her finger.
Chris - of course it's always easier for a woman to say guys have it easy...gender battles are pointless when you can't see the other side :) But thanks for the insight!
ReplyDeleteOG - competition is a great idea!
Matt - sports always seems so obvious. but maybe it's the obvious that I should be tapping into...