Valentine’s Day may feel like a romantic cliché, but it’s such a great excuse like any other to show love to the person you love. Whether you enjoy the holidays, despise or generally feel meh about the holidays, it’s nice to have a moment that prioritizes connection. Of course, the question remains: What Valentine’s Day ideas are worth considering? The holidays come with a specific kind of pressure, and the right gesture can go a long way. If you’re still playing it pretty safe, plans of fixed-price dinners and cocktails are out at some hip speakeasy. But, kommon, that does not mean you should be content with grocery store flowers (not that we think you will go there). For a little inspiration, we have this list of little, fun things to do on Valentine’s Day, in no particular order, from romantic gestures to silly things that can make her smile. We hope they help you come up with the perfect way to celebrate your partner.
87 Little, Fun Things to Do for Your Wife on Valentine’s Day
- Make a mixtape. Or a playlist if you are not an old person. It could be songs you listened to when you started dating, songs you both like, or something that evokes a wonderful memory.
- Leave some Post-Its oral for her everywhere on the bathroom mirror, in her laptop, on the steering wheel, in her socket drawer. Write sweet messages about them.
- Give her a day of total control over the little things. She can choose movies, food, activities, whatever you do.
- Make a list of things you are proud of. Do not be vague. Choose right things. Tell her. Appreciation is crucial.
- Set a price range and make a stupid impulse buy together.
- Does she usually handle the meal or bottle preparation in the mornings? Do it for her.
- Buy a pack of children’s Valentine’s Day tickets. Give her one the best one. Hell, give her five and place it all over the house.
- Put your phone in a shoebox for the night. Do not take it out. Put your attention on her.
- Set your phone alarm or radio to play a song she likes when you wake up.
- Send her an internet thing that you know she will like. a .gif, a cat video, a funny article ⏤ it does not matter. Just something good to give her a little bit of happiness.
- Ask her if she wants time alone. There is nothing more romantic than demonstrating that you are not needy.
- Should she go out? Warm the car for her.
- Put something strange next to her coffee cup. Could be chocolate. Can be a toy. Could be a drawing of an ocelot wearing sunglasses. The point is: she will find it and amused, touched, or both.
- Take out the trash. Feels like a weird thing, but it’s hard to have a special day when garbage is just lying around. Also clean up a bit. It makes a world of difference when it’s time for a romantic gesture.
- Warm her towel, cloth or slippers in the dryer. That way, she has something cozy to slip into when she first wakes up or climbs out of the shower.
- Do some extra chores around the house, and do not point it out to her. Better yet, do the one task she hates doing the most.
- Make some quick brownies. Except to make it in a muffin pan. In this way, each piece is an edge piece.
- Late. His. Sleep. In. Keep the kids busy.
- Send for her flowers. Do not do this.
- Give her a back rub without making it a big deal. Do not use oils, lotions or rose petals; just get in there and work some muscles.
- Text: “Think of you” at some point during the day. Follow it up an hour later with a funny eggplant-peach emoji combination or something if sexting is your thing.
- Make her breakfast. Coffee too.
- Manually write a message on a card. Think about it a little.
- Go running with her. Or take part in a stream yoga class. Whatever her exercise thing is, do it with her.
- Look at old pictures from when you went out or were just married. Memory with love.
- Compliment her in public. Make sure other people hear.
- Post something special for her on social media if that’s your thing. Make it funny. Hartlik.
- Find the best scribble your child made at school and present it to her nicely.
- Make some PokéMOM cards for her with the kids. They are like Pokémon cards, but each one must have a picture of your wife and a special skill she possesses that you and your children love.
- Whisper something sweet to her.
- Give her a gift that will last a long time. Think of guitar lessons, not chocolate.
- Take half a day off from work and do something fun together. The best way to surprise someone is to really surprise them – by sacrificing work time for her.
- Frame a photo of her with the kids. Tell her why you wanted to frame it.
- Search her shopping list, to-do list or Google Calendar and add silly, romantic things to it.
- Give her some free time to binge watch a TV show / marathon.
- Make out with her.
- Go for a walk together.
- Send her a nice text that includes your feelings. Not just a string of stupid emojis.
- Buy her a very stupid bath bomb.
- Teach the kids to sing a classic love song she loves. Of course, it’s probably easier to get them to make an “I Love You This Much” ticket, but a song and dance? This is a next level attempt.
- Give her the last bite of dessert. And the first.
- Shave. Or just clean your beard. Important: Clean everyone the little hairs out of the bathroom when you’re done.
- Light a ridiculous amount of candles.
- Burn your cargo shorts or whatever garment she hates. Yes, for her.
- Let the children surprise her with flowers.
- Go to the fancy grocery store for dinner. Make a flashy dinner.
- Do that thing she loves, but you hate.
- Make her any meal with care. Does she love sandwiches? Make the most delicious sandwich.
- Take a bath for her. Add some bubbles. Fancy soap is nice too. Let her enjoy it in peace.
- Open a nice bottle of wine for special occasions.
- Write her a note. A real note, in a card and put a feeling in it.
- Post an album on Facebook or an Instagram story with a photo of each year you were together.
- Clean and vacuum all the kid crap from the car. The Goldfish Crumbs, the Fruit Snack Envelopes – it’s all. Make it spotless.
- Dress the children.
- Let her choose the movie (and the movie snack).
- Ask about her day. Then listen to the details. All of them. Then do the same. Share.
- Make a heartfelt reminder for each month (or year) that you loved her. Add to each one a concrete reason why you love her: “For the day you gave birth to our child,” “To help me become a better person,” “Because your booty is a masterpiece.”
- Hire a masseuse to come to the house.
- Or give her a massage herself.
- Go for a walk in the neighborhood. Hold hands.
- Light a candle for each year you love her. She is the light of your life. Get it?
- Throw in a family dance night, but only with songs, which she likes.
- Create a simple movie from your photos.
- Play a board game together after the children have gone to bed.
- Buy her a gift certificate at her favorite clothing store. Do not buy underwear or other clothes for her. It’s hard. You will fail.
- Read a book aloud together.
- Do not let it work.
- Dance slowly with her in the living room. On a classic love song. Something like this.
- Buy her a book that you think she will like. Tell her why you would think she would like it. Write some notes in the margins. Underline some of your favorite passages.
- Have a glass of wine or her favorite cocktail ready at the end of the day.
- Go have a picnic in the backyard. Buy some bread. Buy fruit. Buy some dull-hole cheese.
- Change the background image on her phone or tablet to one of you together.
- Play footsie with her.
- Wear the shirt in your closet that she likes the most. Yes, even if it is that one.
- Insist that you both eat dinner at a real table, not in front of the television. Talk.
- Fill a box with nostalgic candy from her childhood.
- Plan a romantic getaway in your backyard.
- Be her secret helper.
- Draw a picture for her. Put some effort into it.
- Write her a love letter. The kind you would write if you were a teenager in the 80’s.
- Learn how to do her favorite hairstyle and help her with it.
- Smile and tell her how glad you are that you married her.
