52 Fantastic Dates for You and Your Mate

David Arp, Claudia Arp

HarperChristian + ORM, Oct 19, 2008 - Family & Relationships - 149 pages

From a husband and wife marriage counseling team, a book of recommendations to help couples bring romance and renewal to their relationship.

You can enrich your relationship and create years of special memories with the fun and creative dates inside this book. Here are a couple of examples:

• Put on your black tie or evening gown and grab the picnic basket for an evening under the stars.
• Order take out, set your phones to silent, and just relax and enjoy each other.

52 Fantastic Dates for You and Your Mate is a wonderful tool for those who want to make their marriage come alive with fun, laughter, and good times together. “Will dating make a difference in your marriage?” ask the authors. “Our answer is an emphatic ‘Yes!’“

Contents

• FormalDinnerinthePark Date: 1
• Photo Date: 4
• OwlWatching Date: 7
• GourmetCooking Date: 9
• Bubble Date: 13
• Coupon Date: 15
• Book Date: 18
• YellowRoad BlueHighways Date: 20
• GETTINGINSHAPE DATES: 23
• WalkandTalk Date: 25
• Bike Date: 28
• NewSport Date: 31
• SnowGolf Date: 34
• Water Date: 36
• DancingLessons Date: 38
• Workout Date: 40
• ROMANTIC DATES: 43
• HoneymoonMemory Date: 45
• ThreeWishes Date: 47
• Kidnap Date: 49
• AtHome Romance Date: 52
• BedandBreakfast Date: 54
• SwingingintheJungle Date: 57
• Clue Date: 59
• DOITTOGETHER DATES: 63
• HomeImprovement Date: 65
• Study Date: 68
• RememberWhen Date: 70
• MarriageEnrichment Date: 73
• HostaDinnerParty Date: 76
• MarriageHistory Date: 80
• Home Depot Date: 83
• MarriageCheckup Date: 85
• CHEAPANDEASY DATES: 89
• Game Date: 91
• Music Date: 94
• WindowShopping Date: 96
• MateAppreciation Date: 98
• Parade of Homes Date: 100
• Switch Date: 102
• SlumberParty Date: 104
• WERE JUST TOO TIRED DATES: 105
• PlaywithaPet Date: 109
• Secret TLC Date: 111
• Bland Date: 113
• Were Just Too Tired to Talk Date: 115
• LongDistance FaxaDate: 118
• OvercomingtheBlahs Date: 120
• Showers Bubble Baths and Candles Date: 122
• Hiking Date: 127
• BreakfastonaMotorcycle Date: 129
• The Limo Date: 131
• Airport Date: 133
• SurpriseTravel Date: 136
• Birthday TreasureHunt Date: 139
• AloneandTogether Date: 141
• Ten Bonus Dates for Mates: 143
• About the Authors: 145

About the author

Marriage and family therapist David Arp was educated at both the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Tennessee. After Arp worked his way up to captain in the U. S. Army, he took the position of marketing executive at IBM. Along with his wife, Arp began a career in marriage therapy and later founded Marriage Alive International, Inc. The Arps have given workshops and seminars at locations throughout the world, are columnists for Christian Parenting Today, and have created their own syndicated radio show, The Family Workshop. Arp and his wife have written over twenty books including The Second Half of Marriage: Facing the Eight Challenges of Long-Term Marriage, and Love Life for Parents: How to Have Kids and a Sex Life Too. Claudia Arp is a marriage and family consultant who was educated at the University of Georgia. Arp and her husband founded Marriage Alive International, a non-profit marriage and family enrichment program used by several organizations. They were also keynote speakers for the United Nation's Second International Year of the Family Celebration in Vienna. Arp has contributed to several magazines including Today's Christian Woman, Marriage Partnership, Virtue, and Christian Parenting Today. Among her books coauthored with her husband are The Second Half of Marriage and 54 Dates for You and Your Mate. With her husband she created The Family Workshop, which is a syndicated radio program that can be widely heard on more than 100 radio stations.

Bibliographic information

• Title: 52 Fantastic Dates for You and Your Mate
• Authors: David Arp, Claudia Arp
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM, 2008
• ISBN: 1418579319, 9781418579319
• Length: 149 pages
• Subjects: Family & Relationships / Love & Romance; Family & Relationships / Marriage & Long-Term Relationships; Self-Help / General