National Couple’s Day

Anyone who is half of a pair might enjoy celebrating National Couple’s Day!

History of National Couple’s Day

Love isn’t always easy but, when two people pair together to make a couple, it can create a whole lot of fun! Couples who are committed to each other can enjoy celebrating National Couple’s Day.

Whether it is celebrated as an alternative to Valentine’s Day (almost exactly 6 months later) or a much needed supplement in between Valentine’s Days each year, National Couple’s Day offers a delightful way to enjoy being part of a pair.

How to Celebrate National Couple’s Day

Enjoying and paying heed to this day is great for those who are part of a couple, or for those who have a couple that they admire and love! Try out some of these ideas for celebrating and honoring National Couples Day:

Spend Time with Your Other Half

Those who are half of a couple can take some extra time on National Couple’s Day to show their partner how much they are appreciated and loved. Whether by writing a card or love letter, giving a bouquet of hand-picked flowers or doing some activities together, this is a great time to renew affections for one another.

This isn’t necessarily a day for exchanging gifts. In fact, most solid couples know that the best way to show each other how much you care is by just being together.

Show Random Acts of Affection

This is a great day to throw your partner off track by being particularly affectionate and doing the little things that they love. Place a sticky note on the bathroom mirror to tell them how much they are loved. Call them in the middle of the day for no reason.

Enjoy a leisurely walk in the park together. Put on a song that is meaningful in your relationship and dance in the middle of the living room. Or make a special visit to the place where you first met.

No matter what kindness or care is taken, it’s great to make National Couple’s Day an occasion to remember and celebrate!

Watch a Film for National Couple’s Day

Those who don’t feel like doing reading or research about famous or important couples might want to, instead, watch a movie about them. Plenty of couple stories have been told that bring to light the power of different couples throughout history. Try out some of these movie ideas for starters:

• Radioactive (2020). While this film is certainly about the discovery of the science behind nuclear power, the underlying story is based on the real relationship between Madame Marie Curie and her husband, Pierre. Based on a graphic novel of the same name, it stars Rosamund Pike and Sam Riley.
• Walk the Line (2005). This movie starring Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix tells the true story of the 35 year relationship between country singers and musicians Johnny Cash and June Carter.
• Loving (2016). An American couple who fought for the right to be married – because she was black and he was white – the Lovings won a Supreme Court case against Virginia in 1967. This film tells the story of getting thrown out of their home and eventually gaining the right to go back.
• Southside with You (2016). Detailing the first date between Barack Obama and his future wife, Michelle, this film chronicles an afternoon in 1989 when Barack wooed Michelle on the south side of Chicago.

Remember Why You’re a Couple

Couples who have been together for many years–or even decades–might need a bit of a reminder about why they are together and what makes them so great as a couple. Perhaps it would be fun, in honor of National Couple’s Day, to have a date night where you make a list of the reasons you are better together. Use this list to express gratitude and appreciation for one another not only on this day, but as a habit and rhythm of life.

Make a National Couple’s Day Playlist

Whether classic or new, this would be a great time to take a walk down memory lane with a list of songs on Spotify, Pandora or some other platform. It’s like a modern day mixtape! Choose songs that are reminiscent of this beautiful relationship. Pick some of your favorites, or try out some of these ideas to get started:

• Still the One by Orleans (1976). This classic song channels the inner life of a long-term, committed relationship. “You’re still the one that makes me shout, still the one that I dream about, we’re still having fun and you’re still the one.”
• When a Man Loves a Woman by Percy Sledge (1966). Quickly climbing to Number One on R&B and Billboard Hot 100, this song inspired the title of a 1994 film of the same name starring Andy Garcia and Meg Ryan.
• Let’s Stay Together by Al Green (1972). The title song for Al Green’s album, the lyrics speak of loving “whether times are good or bad, happy or sad.”
• Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran (2014). English singer-songwriter, Ed Sheeran, draws in anyone who has ever dreamed of being a long-term couple, with his song about looking forward to loving his partner at age seventy.