Jill and Kevin have just gone viral this week and I’m sure you’ve all seen the amazing footage on the news! Before them, these other two couples carried the torch and danced the ass off their own first dances.

Jill and Kevin

The Original ‘Baby Got Back’

James and Julia do Johnny and Baby

Den and I had a little choreographed number to Michael Buble’s ‘Feelin’ Good’ – half Foxtrot, half Salsa. We kept it a complete secret and everyone was blown away to see us doing something fun and different. Not to mention they never even knew Den could dance! We practised hard in the carpark of our apartment building for months!

What’s the best one you’ve seen? Did you choreograph something for your own wedding? Love to hear from you!

Politicians, the media and dating ‘experts’ are all weighing in on the issue, making me wonder when the subject of a husband and wife’s date night became a political vote-grabbing tool.

From The New York Times, June 5 2009:

THEIRS is a seasoned marriage, 16 years and counting. They are middle-aged. Life is that modern-crazy haze: two girls in the windstorm of year-end school activities, the puppy that must be walked twice daily, the live-in mother-in-law. They both work long hours. Standard recipe for a drive-by relationship.

Relationship experts are applauding the first couple for giving life to the modern fantasy that longtime spouses can still be passionate about each other. Intentionally or not, the Obamas have become ambassadors for date night, a term that is a creature of these times. A generation ago, when Saturday night rolled around, parents simply went out. Now parents need to be prodded to date each other, as if they’re singles: take a break from the children, already!

Everyone should be following their lead. Our fast-paced modern lives are doing us no favours. A slew of problems, ranging from depression to exhaustion to divorce have all been attributed to our lifestyles. We are working harder and longer than ever before, connected 24-hours a day to technology and suffering for it.

I think that the health of The Obamas’ relationship should be of paramount concern to the country. The Obamas are going through one of the most important phases of their lives, and it is vital that the stresses of running a country (and indeed leading the rest of the world in the process) don’t take their toll on the relationship and leave everyone far more stressed than need be. If you don’t have a healthy personal life, you can’t be effective at work.

So we have big love for The Obamas, regardless of the amount of money they are spending on themselves. I say they deserve it! What do you think?

Of course, we at $30 Date Night have long known that you don’t need to fly your sweetie across the country to make date night special…. date night can be just as effective if you spend only $30. The key to doing date night right is not the amount of money you spend, it’s doing new things together that keeps your relationship healthy. Maybe we can convince The Obamas to try ten pin bowling or ice skating next time?

Now go! Get inspired and book a date night with your lovebird this week! Hundreds of fun ideas are waiting for you…

NB: Video after the jump!

The Obamas are undoubtedly the busiest couple in the entire world, with the weight of global responsibility squarely on their shoulders… we’re sure that their weekly schedules would be enough to put us mere mortals to shame. And yet…
And yet they still find time for regular date nights (and not just dinner and the movies!) and what’s more, Michelle credits their closeness directly to the fact that they do! What’s more, the Obamas aren’t afraid to show a little PDA and they are clearly head-over-heels in love with each other… Barack refers to her as ‘the love of my life’… awww… anyone else feel a date night coming on?