When one partner works long hours and the other handles full-time childcare, couples lose time to talk as adults. The speaker argues that scheduled date nights aren't a luxury but essential to keeping the relationship alive beyond logistics and exhaustion.
just day-to-day stuff because we're like, hey, we got to get this done, we gotta get this done. Wait, we really need date night. You know, between you being gone at work for all hours of the night and/or day depending on your schedule, and me being home with the kids and really not having any adult contact or conversations, we, we need some time for just you and me. We need some adult contact and adult conversations.
