What Romance is Like Before You Have Babies Versus Afterwards

Going from being a couple to becoming a family doesn't have to mean romance is 'dead'; it is just a little different!While candlelit dinners and weekends away are now a rarity, there are plenty of other ways to keep the love alive once you have babies! 

Date night pre-babies

Dinner at a fancy restaurant. 

Date night post-babies

Wine in your pyjamas with the TV off. 

Romantic gesture pre-babies

Flowers, chocolates, a surprise trip away 

Romantic gesture post-babies

Changing a nappy when it's not your turn, letting your partner have a lie in.

Foreplay pre-babies

An 'early night' with your partner (wink, wink). 

Foreplay post-babies

An early night with your partner. 

Dirty talk pre-babies

'I am not wearing any underwear.' 

​Dirty talk post-babies

'I haven't washed for three days.'

Texting pre-babies

 'I CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU TO GET HOME.'

 Texting post-babies'CAN YOU GET NAPPIES AND WINE HOME ON YOUR WAY HOME.' 

Pillow talk pre-babies'

You look beautiful.' 

Pillow talk post-babies

'Is that sick in your hair?'

 Weekend away pre-babies

Hotel, spa, city break. 

Weekend away post-babies

A Saturday without kids shopping for a new washing machine.

Sexy text pre-babies (part 1)

*Text partner sexy selfie from in the bath* 

Sexy text post-babies (part 1)

*Text partner selfie from bath to prove you have washed today* ​Romance isn't dead - it just takes a bit more effort (Picture: Getty)

Sexy text pre-babies (part 2)

'I'll be in bed when you get home. Come and join me." 

Sexy text post-babies (part 2)

'I'll be in bed when you get home. DO NOT wake me up. ' 

Falling in love pre-babies

You think everything about your partner is amazing. You spend every spare minute together. You realise you both use the same brand of toothpaste and decide you must be soul mates. 

Falling in love post-babies

You have made tiny humans together. You fall in love with them more each day and watch in amazement as they smile, laugh or sit up for the first time. You are sharing intense experiences and seeing new sides of each other. While there may be fewer flowers and less sex; raising children is by far the most romantic thing you have ever done together.​

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