Number Four: Planning it yourself

Now guys, here's a bit of advice. If you're going to take your wife out to dinner, don't ask her to make reservations or baby sitting arrangements, and think that it's romantic. If your wife is stressed out with the amount of responsibilities she's dealing with (work, school, family, home) most women will feel this is just an added chore. Make the arrangements yourself. Call her up and say "Hi, sweetie! Your mother is taking the kids for a couple of hours and I'm taking you out. I'll pick you up in 20 minutes!"