A Picnic In The (Bedroom) Park
What happened? Where’s the romance? You’ve built this wonderful life together, but have you paid much attention to your wonderful co-builder, your significant other? Your jobs, your kids, your friends and families, just the helter-skelter of your quotidian lives, can somehow separate you from your significant other. That’s not the way it’s supposed to be. That’s not what you had planned. Is it? No. You need to step back, hold hands, and look at your life together; realize that the two of you are supposed to be the center of that life.
If you’re feeling that something’s missing in life, it’s probably the camaraderie, the friendship, the personality of that very wonderful person with whom you decided to share your life, however long or short a time ago. Approach that person in a new and unique way. And don’t worry about details. Details can squash the fun. You won’t need reservations, you won’t have to pile into the car. Just set aside a weekend. You’re going to turn a special place in your home into something even more special.
Kissing and K.I.S.S. (Keeping It Simple, Silly!) is how you’re going to spend a day this weekend. You’re going to have a picnic - without leaving the house. As noted, simplicity is the key. Across the bed, or across the bedroom floor, spread out a quilt, a blanket, or even that old tablecloth you have used on real picnics. Add a few pillows and settle in for the rest of your Saturday or Sunday. (Send the kids to grandma’s. Unplug the phones. Disable the cells.)
You can watch movies all afternoon if you wish, play board games or cards to relax, or simply do nothing at all but talk and laugh with one another. Allow yourselves to detoxify from the tension of the work week and your daily lives and reconnect with each other on a very basic and loving level.
As the day continues and you find yourselves developing an appetite go and prepare yourselves a picnic-style lunch. Anything is fine here. Whatever your favorites are or whatever you have in the fridge will suffice. The idea here is to spend as much time together as possible relaxing and enjoying each other not spending the time making and preparing a gourmet meal.
Open a nice bottle of wine to share if the mood strikes you to help and encourage each other to relax. A nice light way to eat, and a great complement to wine, is the addition of some European cheeses, olives, and crackers. Finger foods for this type of occasion are fantastic. You can munch away all day long, enjoy a great bottle of wine, and each other’s company. What an amazing way to spend a day!
As the day wags on, don’t watch the clock. The nice time will be over too soon as it is. Go get the watercolors the kids never use and paint each other’s pictures. Or paint each other. Or dote over a favorite movie, rewinding scenes and really analyzing them. Practice a speech you have to give at work next week, only in the nude. Just remember, you’re both in your own park, you both set the admission price, you both decide the ride limits, you both know who wins or loses. You both will win, of course.
So, have a picnic-style get-together. In your own place. It’s a multi-course meal, and it doesn’t involve only food. It involves you, your significant other, your imaginations, and, of course, a little adventurism. Bon Appetite!