Romance in your marriage is a two-way street. If you are trying to revive some romance in your marriage, let your wife know what you are trying to do and enjoy the creative process together.

It is important to know your partner well enough to know whether your changed behavior will be a pleasant surprise OR just perceived as odd or unusual behavior.

Picnics are romantic at any age. And you don’t necessarily have to cook. You can order a nice box lunch or picnic basket for a local store or restaurant. Just take a look in the phone book and call around or, if you are internet savvy, get online and perform a search for ‘box lunches’ or ‘picnic lunches’ in your area.

If you’d rather get the picnic items yourselves, you can shop for them together at a local store, then gather your items in a basket and head for your picnic site. If you are not up to the walk through the woods and the lugging of baskets and bottles. Find a nice city park or a small public area with park benches or a fountain and park close to the walkways. Lead your love through the area and settle on a bench with a lovely bottle of wine for a few hours to enjoy the sun and watch the sights.

You certainly don’t want to FORCE your wife to do anything she does not want to do! And, if you are really trying to put romance in your life and IF you are sensitive to your wife's preferences and desires, you should have no problem convincing her that you will both enjoy this process.