Remember when you were dating, how you couldn’t wait for his phone call? Just the sound of his voice made your heart beat a little faster.
Then real life happens. You have jobs, kids, rent or a mortgage, laundry to fold and lasagna to bake. It’s been a long time since your heart has risen above a waltz, much less a mambo.
Maybe it’s time to put some pitter-patter back into the relationship.
Send your husband a flirty e-mail or text message today. Let him know you cannot wait to see him tonight-that you are counting the hours. A little over the top? I bet he won’t think so.
If you’re going to go beyond flirty to slightly scandalous (which, by the way, I highly encourage) make sure it’s his private e-mail or cell phone. You don’t want Big Brother at his company knowing how little you’ll be wearing tonight.
Prayer for Today
Dear God, may my husband have the security to know he is the only man for me – that you have designed us to be together.
Getting Creative
- Use an e-card service (Hallmark.com or americangreetings.com) to send a cute and flirty note.
- Don’t know how to text? Ask any teenager in the general vicinity.
- Most phones have a camera feature where you can send a photo message. Be sure to keep it G-rated so he doesn’t get in trouble at work.
Your Project:
Send a flirty text or email to your husband.
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Hi Kathy, This is in response to your request for comments about movie night. Well, this one had an incredible outcome. Usually, at our house, with 3 teenagers and 1 pre-teen, I usually wash dishes, fold laundry or bake muffins while my husband is relaxing by watching a movie. He always invites me to join him on the couch to watch, but I always say “I have too much to do.” So by the time the movie is over, he is relaxed and ready for romance, and I am exhausted and ready for sleep.
Well, I tried the “movie night” idea. I let him pick out a movie, and I left the dishes and the laundry and sat next to him for the whole movie. Guess what? By the time the movie was over, I was ready for romance! We had the most romantic evening that we have had in a long time. This little activity showed me that I can’t expect to feel romantic if I don’t take some time to relax. I already rented a movie for tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I also wanted to add my results for the wall full of romantic photos of my husband and I from when we were dating. He loved it. He still has them on the wall and told me he wants to leave them there as long as he can!
Well…I tried. I sent him an ecard from our desktop computer at home. Unfortunately, he is a bit leery (sp?) of the security we have on that computer so he was afraid to open it in case his laptop got a virus!!! Oh well, I’ll have to try to sneak onto his computer and send it from there…or maybe from a friend’s house next time.
This is one I actually already do on a regular basis, but my problem is the follow through. In the middle of the day when I actually have some energy left, a little fun and flirty talk online is easy, but then when my husband gets home, my flirty-ness has usually left the building! So this time, I spiced up his day with some flirty IM’s and I purposed myself to keep it up after he got home too. He definitely appreciated that!
I truly did not think this would work. My husband wouldn’t even know how to read a text message and he rarely checks his email. But we had a fight this last weekend and I wasn’t so nice. So I sent him a online greeting card apologizing and letting him know I love him. The day after I sent the card, we ended up meeting for lunch. I didn’t say a word about the card. As we were leaving we approached his car first and he got in. I leaned over to give him a kiss and he had that little cute school boy grin on his face. And he said “Thanks for the card”. That look was worth a million bucks.
I’m not sure how to work this one. My husband does all his computer work at home and I don’t usually get on the computer at all until after the kids are in bed. I may have to figure out how to send a text message…guess I need to find a teenager…
would it still count if I sent him a letter in the mail? (you know, the “pony express” kind?)
Hmmm, I don’t know if I did it right. I sent my hubby an email that I thought was sweet and spicy but didn’t get a response. Thinking it may have gotten lost in cyberspace, I gently asked him, after he got home from work, if he got an email from me. He gave me an unaffected “yes”. Odd? Maybe all these sweet gestures are making my man suspicious, LOL!
This one didn’t work for me. Ok. I thought it would be cute to send him an e-card. It was a romantic one. Well, apparently, he thought that I meant for it as a joke. Ok. He got a kick outta it. But, that was not the response I wanted. I think it may have been a bit “corny” for my husband which is why he thought it was a joke. Anyway, when he came home he was really trying to say “thank you” with a straight face. I apparently..made his day!
Usually phone calls or text messages from home involve “What time are you leaving work today? Can you stop by the store…” or “Your child did this today…you need to have a talk with him/her when you get home!” So I wasn’t too hip to text or call my husband during work hours if I could help it. I wanted to give him a break from all that during this 21 day project. My lack of pestering him during his work day has resulted in him calling home, just because. Nice change!
I sent him a text the day before but since it went so well that time I decided to do it again. He loved the dialog and the special note just for him 🙂 LJ
I texted him on my break at work. It was sweet and sexy!!Ha Ha. He was more shocked that I text to him then that I made sexual advances! : ) But I know he enjoyed the flirting, but all he said was that I tired him out last night! ( I did the bonus day the night before) Pretty funny huh? He was just kidding, but I think he was partilly serious. : )