Noon: Can Date Night Ruin Romance?

In an op-ed piece, LZ Granderson announces that he is no longer making time for date night in his busy household schedule.   “Why?  It was ruining my sex life,” writes Granderson.  “Every Thursday night, I knew I was going to get some alone time, which I guess is better than not getting any at all. But when you know the precise time you are going to get busy and you know it’s going to be that time each week, that makes it routine. And if intimacy becomes routine, it can become boring. And when intimacy becomes boring, well, you have one of the leading causes of divorce.”  Read more here .

Is a regularly scheduled “date night” beneficial or detrimental for a busy relationship?  Doesn’t it add a lot of pressure to an already hectic calendar?