Oh, Mr. SP is definitely an “acts of service”. Nothing gets him purring faster than me offering to stand up and fetch the remote so he doesn’t have to rise from his horizontal position!
I’ll echo dates. It is very easy to get stuck in the house because going out is a pain. One thing we do is to have a subscription to a local theater company. Not all that expensive, it supports a good cause, and it forces us to go out and have some fun.
Married over 34 years, so it definitely works.
This is probably the wisest and most insightful thing I’ve read on a message board.
Advice for QuickSilver on maintaining marital romance. Don’t make tired sexist remarks to your wife.
This could probably become a top-rated video on YouTube. 
As for me and my twenty year marriage? I’m thrilled with planning things together similar to date nights. We’re broke, but we recently purchased a Groupon to go see a double-feature drive-in for Valentines. Then our next step will be finding a unique place to eat on our outing and any other thing that can enhance our little trip. It’s like a scavenger hunt. Fun and sweet.
Does not compute.
Forcing?! What bizarro dimension are you posting from?
Which specific part(s) was tired and sexist?
Have a designated “date night” outside the home once a week, every week with just the two of yourselves.
Make no exceptions-we’re tired, we’re broke, etc. will not cut it. If missing a date night is inevitable, make it up in the very same week if at all possible.
Try at all costs to avoid that “slippery slope” of missing a few in a row–too easy to start making excuses for not meeting and next thing you know your not doing it anymore.
I think this sort of thing is why my first response was that it very personal, something that you can’t extrapolate to everyone else.
If I had to do this in my relationship I would end it. This is just the most depressing thing I can imagine. I don’t mean it in a bad way about your relationship, of course, it’s great that it works for you and many other people. But forced “dates” every week? Uugh! Sounds like some kind of middle class midlife crisis torture to me.
Has anyone mentioned blowjobs yet?
I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it.
Top seller on the list of world’s shotest books:
The Secret To A Happy Marriage
Page1: Blow Jobs
Page 2: Give Lots of them.
Page3: The End
Aw, shucks! 
Has anyone mentioned yet that this post is absolutely spot on?
It doesn’t necessarily have to be blowjobs. When you mention the word “romance” I think most woman think of flowers, candles, dinner out. Guys think of the sex they get when they bring the flowers and candles. So, if you want to keep the romance in a marriage just don’t forget that that includes sex in some form. Or maybe that’s just me. I’ve pretty much stopped bringing the flowers and giving the backrubs because those things aren’t romantic to me and I am not getting the things I think are romantic in return.
Especially if it went in unbaked.
Indeed. My BF and I love nothing more than staying in together and locking the doors knowing we don’t have to go out because everything we need is within our walls.
Going out on occasion is nice, but we’d much rather cuddle up in our home and watch something on tv (movie, tv show, whatever).
Give him back massages without being asked to. This always makes my man feel special. 
Write back in 10 or 20 years, especially when you have kids cuddling gets interrupted by crying, diaper changes, and homework.
That reminds me of a scene from “Disaster Movie” (last 10 or so seconds, but the “Head On” bit is funny, too).