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April 16th,
2010
Written by Jennifer Nickert
Dating doesn’t have to cost a lot or cost
anything. A date is just creating an opportunity to spend time
with someone and get to know them. The next time you want to meet
someone, but it’s not in the budget to do dinner and a movie try
one of these dating ideas.
Museum or Art Gallery
A good date idea is a local Museum. Many
often have free days. You can go to your big city museum webpage
and check on that or find local city museums that you would never
think to try. Be creative!
A great date idea is an Art Opening. I
have been to some wonderful art exhibits. The best part is most
offer wine or drinks and appetizers! You can snack, walk around,
see some beautiful art or have something to make fun of later.
Some openings even have live music. It can be an amazing date
night for free.
You can find an event like this by searching
your local paper, free papers at restaurants are great, Google
galleries and libraries in your area and call and ask, check
www.CraigsList.org in their events section and ask friends!
Go for a Walk
A good date idea is a walk. Meet at a local
park, a great walking path or even one of your neighborhoods.
It’s great exercise and gives you lots of time to just talk with
no pressure. If it doesn’t go well at least you stretched your
legs. You could even meet at an animal shelter and walk one of
the dogs. Just call the shelter and ask if they allow that.
A great date idea is to go GeoCashing.
GeoCashing is like high tech hide and seek using a goes to
discover hidden boxes that are hidden along trails, in parks, in
the woods, all over really. It gives you a goal, a destination
and some fun. Try this site for locations to get you started…
http://www.geocaching.com.
Enjoy the Park
A good date idea could be meeting at the
park. You could enjoy a breeze on a bench and spend some time
together. Don’t forget to hit the swings.
A great date idea is to play some tennis or
basketball. I realize not everyone is athletic, but even if you
are terrible at it this could be fun. Just let go and laugh at
yourself. If your partner knows more than you, let them teach
you. You don’t even have to play full blown basketball you can
play the shooting game Horse or Pig. That’s a game where one
person stands still and shoots the ball, if they make it you have
to try to shoot the ball from the same spot. If you miss you get
a letter of the word HORSE or the word PIG (You pick a word
depending on if you want a short game or longer one, choose PIG
for the short game). It’s like a live action game of hangman.
Watch a Movie
A good date idea has always been to watch a
movie. You can pick a movie you haven’t seen yet, but I actually
like to pick favorites that we both have seen a million times. I
do the classics because then we don’t miss parts and get lost when
we end up talking or kissing through some of it. You can even do
a theme movie. If it’s a Christmas Story, then get out the little
Christmas tree and grab those Santa hats for you both. Just get
creative.
A great date idea is an outdoor movie. Grab
or borrow a friend’s portable DVD player or your laptop, get a
blanket and find a spot in the yard or park and snuggle up. You
can star gaze, get some fresh air and make it a date to remember.
Go For a Swim or Sledding
A good date idea is going for a swim or going
sledding. Depending on the season both can be a lot of fun. For
Swimming, find a friends pool or a great little beach to swim
around, splash and dunk each other. For sledding ask any kid
where the local hills are, bundle up and go have fun.
A great date idea. Find a quiet spot to take
your date for swimming and go skinny dipping! Be brave.
Hit the Mall
A good date idea for a cool date would be to
go to the mall. Sit on a bench, window shop, people watch and
grab some free samples. You can see what their tastes are in
clothing and jewelry. Get gift ideas if the relationship grows.
A great date idea for a free date would be to
play text tag. We used to do this with pagers and voice mail when
I was young. You find a spot in the mall and text them a hint to
where you are. If you are sitting at the donut shop, text
something like, “Your first hint is that Homer Simpson would love
this place.” If they don’t find you with that hint your next clue
could be, “Stereotypically police officers spend a lot of time
here.”
There are many free things to do on a date,
just let your imagination run wild. Think of the things you liked
to do as a kid, we never had money as kids. Just find something
you are comfortable with, make your date comfortable and turn on
the charm!
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