Getting married is only the beginning of your love affair. Like a living, breathing thing, your love life needs to be nurtured and cared for to endure over time.

Keep your romance alive by planning to spend at least one night each week on a romantic date together. If you're looking for a few good romantic date ideas to start a weekly tradition with your loved one, read on!

Cook a Romantic Meal Together

Set aside one night each week to share a romantic, candlelit dinner. You can take it in turns to be chef, while the other prepares the table. Use your best napkins and flatware, fill a vase with flowers as a centerpiece and light the room with candles.

Scan the Internet together for exciting new recipes that you'll both enjoy and make sure you make it a "no interruptions night". This means no TV, phone, cell phone or pager.

Have a Movie Night - In Or Out

Watching a movie together is one of the most favored things newlyweds enjoy, so be sure not to neglect this one. Plan a movie you know you'll both enjoy and snuggle up together, either in the cinema or on the couch. If you're watching your movie at home, dress in your favorite pj's, grab a bowl of freshly popped corn and your favorite beverage and enjoy!

Spend a Romantic Evening In

Order in whatever takes your fancy - Mexican? Pizza? Run a bath and fill it with bubbles, then take turns in massaging each other with your favorite massage oil so the fragrance of the oil fills the bathroom. And then, of course, make wild, passionate love. If you are not doing this on a regular basis, why not?

Gaze on a Star and Name It

Go out for a drive in the country and find somewhere to lay out a warm blanket where you can gaze up at the stars together. Go online and register your name for a star and dedicate it to each other at Name a Star.

Learn Something New Together

Take a class together in something you know you'll enjoy, like pottery, Cajun cooking, Chinese brush painting or learning Italian. Laugh and have fun!

Enjoy a Visit to a Museum or Art Gallery

Museums are not all stuffy. Look for new exhibitions at your local museum or the latest works from a hot new artist at an art gallery near you.

By now you should have come up with some interesting romantic date ideas to keep your romance alive and thriving. It is all too easy to take one another for granted, even in the early days, so make a habit of remembering how important your partner is to you.