On Dating

As the honeymoon ends and jobs and school and other engagements rob us of more and more of our time together, it has become a lot trickier to find time for a romantic evening. An even greater challenge has been chronicling such events to remember later. When we were dating and all through our engagement, we lived four hours away from each other, so our date weekends were a huge deal that often got thoroughly photographed, as evidenced clearly on facebook. It struck me as not only incongruous, but a real shame if we should cease cherishing our dates now that we blissfully share a roof.

This was taken on our way out to a restaurant. We hadn't gotten dressed up for a night out in a while, so we tried to make it a big deal. Note the gorgeous hairstyling. Oh and hers, too.

Sadly though, halfway through our meal, I realized that the camera had been woefully left behind in the car. Another date with no memory to thrive upon. we had tried so hard, gotten all dressed up, I opened doors, it was a huge deal! So huge that I stopped my beloved on our way out to take a photo as proof - PROOF! - that we still go out, we're still classy. That romance isn't dead.

So, our dates aren't all going to be photo-ops. I'm realizing more and more that going out to eat can just be a private affair with no self-imposed paparazzi. We can save the camera for our more adventurous dates.