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Douglas and Annie Brown had been married for 11years and, well, things had gotten a bit stale. And infrequent. So they put aside the regular stressors that most couples claim leads to a lack of physical intimacy and they “just did it.”

For 101 days straight, no matter what else was going on, they followed through on their commitment to each other. Sometimes one or the other wasn’t totally feeling it, but they powered through, anyway.

Then they wrote a book about it. Called “Just Do It: How One Couple Turned Off the TV and Turned On Their Sex Lives for 101 Days (No Excuses!)”, the book is informative, entertaining, and sometimes kind of explicit.

The good news for the Browns, and maybe for you, is that it worked to bring the sexual spark back into their relationship. It could be a good idea to investigate, no matter if you’re married or not. Maybe you can even follow-up with your own book!

Remember that when you are planning to propose to someone, the event is going to be remembered for the rest of both of your lives. It’s something that everyone in your circle of friends and family is going to ask about. Your kids and grandkids will ask, even some complete strangers will ask.

It’s just nice to have a good experience with the proposal for both of you to be able to tell. So here are some tips for proposing when the time is right.

Do keep the proposal a secret. Half the fun of a good proposal is taking someone off-guard. So if you need help planning the event, be careful who you share the details with! You don’t want someone spilling the beans before you!

Choose a location you want to remember. It would be great if you can incorporate a location that is a memory of one of your favorite dates with your significant other. Otherwise, beautiful scenery can create a lovely and memorable back drop. Just don’t propose with the ring on a bridge. Trust me, I know a guy who dropped a very expensive ring. Not a good memory.

Date night should be continued throughout your relationship, and honored as the tradition and ritual that helped you to fall in love in the first place. It’s a scheduled (or spontaneous) time to pay respect to your relationship and keep the intimacy and spark alive in your relationship.

If you’re hunting for some fresh ideas for date night, we’ve got some tips for you. Let’s start with a date for two at the aquarium. Remember the fun when you were in school and looking at all the fish? It’s still fun now that you’re older!

Another fun idea rooted in childhood—camp out in your own backyard! Set up a tent, a couple of snuggly sleeping bags, get some flashlights, and camp out. Tell each other scary stories and then zip the sleeping bags together and cuddle.

Our last fun date idea for tonight is a dessert date! Go to one of your favorite restaurants and just order dessert and maybe some drinks. It’s naughty, delicious, and good fun!

It also seems as though no matter how many first dates you have, you can’t really get good at them. You can’t control how the other person is going to act, so there are just a lot of unknowns. We’re going to give you some tips that are good for no matter what kind of first date you’re on.

First, it’s important to be yourself, but not like your ‘all-by-myself’, ‘walking around in my undies’ self. Keep your mom’s manner lessons in mind—don’t chew with your mouth open, no passing gas from either end if you can at all help it, don’t order the most expensive thing on the menu (unless you’re paying for it!), and don’t drink too much.

The not drinking too much one is a biggy. Some people get so nervous being on a first date that they think, “I’ll have a drink to loosen up.” Six margaritas later, you’re not going to be any version of your best self and you could get yourself into a situation you’re not proud of (or even remember!) the next day. So limit yourself to two drinks, max. And sip them slowly!

I decided that everything I ever needed to know about dating, I could have learned from studying “The Bachelor.” Now I’ll share these tips with you.

To start with, rejection is never easy for anyone—the rejecter or the rejected. This is shown time and time again when the bachelor is planning who to eliminate at the rose ceremony. This is especially true the longer you know someone. So the tip: remember that rejection is hard on both sides.

Another thing to remember is that your date is not a mind reader. Unless you tell someone what you’re thinking, they’re not necessarily going to know that you think they’re annoying or rude or whatever the case may be. Especially when you’re first getting to know someone, people aren’t necessarily themselves for a variety of reason. So speak up if something is bothering you but be gentle about it and then, if there’s enough interest in someone, give them some time and see if things change a bit as they relax.

The final tip for today is… don’t date more than one person from the same household. It just leads to drama.