Just a short note to encourage those of you who are married to keep dating. Judy and I have been married for 20+ years and we continue to seek adult time by ourselves. Interestingly, as our children have gotten older it has actually grown more difficult to date. Their lives are so much busier and, so while we no longer need a babysitter, it is hard to just leave them and go out for the evening. Perhaps as our oldest begins to drive the pendulum may swing back toward 
I know our financial advisor probably wouldn’t be happy to know that we’ve spent thousands on babysitters and evenings out – money that could have gone toward our eventual retirement. It’s pretty clear to us, however, that the investment has paid dividends in the strength of our marriage – something we just wouldn’t trade.
So, while I know all of the excuses (kids don’t like babysitters, costs too much, nowhere exciting to go), my encouragement remains: Keep dating the one you love! It will be the surest investment you make in 2011. And, by the way, it will help you be better parents as you have time away to strategize and renew.
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