Valentine's dates for every love language

Valentine's Day is upon us and while flowers and chocolates are great, they don’t really speak to everyone’s love language. So how do you plan the perfect V-Day for your partner based on how they receive love? It can be tricky, so let us help you out with a guide to dates for every love language.

Words of affirmation

If your partner receives love through words of affirmation, you’re in luck! There are tons of creative ways to express yourself with words… written or spoken.

1. For a mutual sharing of feelings, writing and exchanging love letters is a fun activity and great exercise in giving and receiving love through words of affirmation.

2. For a more grand display, channel your inner Taylor Swift and put your feelings into a song. Bust out your guitar or piano and serenade your partner like they’re the One Less Lonely Girl to your Justin Bieber. Serious note, only do this if you know they’re into a serenade (I’d personally dump you on the spot).

3. For the low key creative approach, consider ordering takeout and making home-made fortune cookies filled with personalized affirmations to your partner.

Acts of service

Show them you care by helping your partner with tasks they haven’t been able to get to or you know they don’t like doing. Personally, I’d love if someone would shovel my driveway for me.

1. If your partner is the one who always cooks dinner, take the load off of them for the night and cook for them. Make they’re favourite dish or dessert AND do the dishes, we all know that’s the worst part. Or if you really can’t cook, book a reservation at their fave restaurant.

2. If they struggle to get to chores around the house, consider helping check some things off their to do list. Drop off their dry cleaning, tackle some lingering household repairs, or hire a cleaning service. Nothing says love like a professionally deep cleaned kitchen 😍

3. Provide the ultimate act of service and service them…. You get me? Do that thing they like, or better yet get them a toy that does that thing they like.

Physical Touch

If your partner’s love language is physical touch you can use Valentine’s Day as an opportunity to explore new forms of physical intimacy.

1. For the classic approach, massage. Book a couple’s massage at a luxury spa that will leave you both feeling relaxed and and refreshed before a romantic dinner. Alternatively, make it a night in and treat your partner to a sensual massage.

2. If you’re looking for an activity that gets you out of the house, consider something that still allows for easy contact. Skating is an easy hand holding sport, a dance class is sure to get you up close and personal, or going to a concert where you can sway to the music with your arms around each other… or you can just go to dinner and play footsie under the table.

3. If you and your partner are feeling a little adventurous, lean into some kinkier activities. Try temperature play, wax play, impact play, Shibari, or other forms of BDSM that might feel good. Give a blindfold a try for an intensified sense of touch.

Gifts

Who doesn’t love a present on V-Day? If your partner’s love language is gifts then you know what to do, but here’s how you can level up your gift giving...

1. For those with no budget, take your partner shopping for something luxurious that you know they’ve always wanted but can’t bring themselves to splurge on. Sure you could also just gift it to them, but if they’re the type of person that loves shopping then you get a great activity + a present.

2. For a slightly more labour intensive activity, plan a scavenger hunt that leads to a “pot of gold” (or gold bracelet, you know what I’m getting at). You can incorporate fun clues and smaller gifts along the way. It can be as big or small as you want, sending them on a hunt around the house or around your city!

3. Our favourite of course, give the gift of Os. Gift them a sex toy that you can then use and experiment with together. There’s nothing better than a present you can put to use right away! We’ve already done the hard part and curated a list of top tier toys designed specifically for couples.

Quality Time

Really the only way to celebrate V-Day is time spent together. Even if you’re not physically together, you can always make time for one another.

1. Plan a romantic getaway. A quick road trip, a nice weekend getaway, a tropical vacation, or even a little staycation — the world is your oyster! Intentionally carving out time for the two of you to spend 1-on-1, without interruption, is the perfect way to show love to the quality time receivers.

2. If you’re not super into Valentine’s Day then use Feb 14th to get some errands done. Even the most boring errands that you’ve been putting off can be fun when you do them together. My personal fave is going to Ikea, but you can make fun quality time out of anything like going to the grocery store, the car wash, or walking your dog.

3. For the couples that aren't geographically close, you can still enjoy some quality time this Valentine's Day. Have a FaceTime dinner date or spice it up with hot phone sex. If you really want to turn up the heat on your QT, gift your partner a long distance sex toy!

Happy V-Day to all ❤️