If the week has been hectic, that’s no reason to “skip” Valentine’s Day. On the contrary: a short, well-done date is the perfect reminder that you are a couple – not just a team in everyday life. <\/p>\n\n
Here’s how it works (prepared in 10 minutes):<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n One rule: put away your cell phone, turn off the TV! You don’t have to talk much – but you can. And that’s exactly what often happens automatically. <\/p>\n\n A romantic dinner doesn’t have to mean three courses, stress in the kitchen and washing up until midnight. The elegant solution: a menu on a board, perfectly prepared, with a restaurant-style dramaturgy. <\/p>\n\n For example:<\/p>\n\n Tip: Serve everything on a large wooden board or a stone plate. Appearance is the trick here: it looks like fine dining, but feels like a cozy date. <\/p>\n\n Movie night is only romantic if it doesn’t end like any other evening. The secret: treat the movie like a visit to the cinema – not like background noise. <\/p>\n\n Preparation:<\/p>\n\n Extra romance: Everyone gets to choose a movie – but only one, and the other really gets into it. That’s a little gift. <\/p>\n\n If you are looking for something really unusual: Pretend you’re on vacation. Not just “we’re cooking something”, but: We’re traveling for an evening. <\/p>\n\n 3 quick travel dates (without suitcases, but with feeling):<\/p>\n\n If you don’t have time in the evening on February 14 or are tired: Move Valentine’s Day to the morning. This is often even more intimate – and surprisingly romantic because it feels so “unexpected”. <\/p>\n\n Valentine’s breakfast in 15 minutes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Sometimes romance is not what you do, but what you say. And especially when you’ve been together for a long time, words are often the most beautiful thing, because they can’t be taken for granted. <\/p>\n\n Write to each other:<\/p>\n\n It takes 10 minutes. But it’s like a little relationship cure. If you don’t just want to let the evening “run out”, but want to end it consciously: Have a little conversation ritual.<\/p>\n\n 20 questions – a few examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n It’s not difficult, but it is very unifying. And that’s what it’s all about. <\/p>\n\n Romance is not what you buy. Romance is what you give each other: time, eye contact, small gestures. And this is often best achieved at home. Whether you only have 90 minutes or a whole evening – if you consciously set a detail, it will be a Valentine’s Day to remember. <\/p>\n\n Related posts:<\/p>\n\n\n
2nd dinner for two – without cooking: the “Brettl menu”<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n
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3. the most romantic movie night of your life <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n
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4. the extraordinary home date: “Restaurant in another city”<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n
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5th quick Valentine’s Day idea at home: “Breakfast as a date”<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n
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6. the “sweet idea” with guarantee: love letter & 3 memories<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n
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7. the perfect ending for Valentine’s Day at home: 20 questions instead of small talk<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n
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