Question Posted Thursday February 11 2010, 8:45 pm
I've been with my boyfriend for about a year and a half and we're kind of in a rut when it comes to hanging out and running out of things to do. What are some (not super expensive) date ideas?
We've done the usual hanging at houses, renting/going to movies, eating out, mall, etc to death.
1. Go on a search for as many good climbing trees as possible, climb as high as you both can in all of them, compile photo evidence
2. Go to a major chain bookstore, and leave notes to future readers in copies of your favorite books
3. Have her dress up as a ghost and you dress uup us Pacman. Walk around downtown holding hands, and whenever anyone sees you two, pretend to be embarrassed, and run off screaming “wocka wocka wocka.”
4. Create photo evidence suggesting that you went on an adventure that didn’t really happen
5. Dress up as superherous and stop at least one petty crime “ie. jaywalking, littering….”
6. Build forts out of furniture and blankets, and wage war with paper airplanes.
7. Try and visit as many people as you can in one night, and turn as many things inside their apartment upside down as you can, without them noticing.
8. Go to the airport, get the cheapest, soonest departing flight to anywhere when you show up, and stay there for a weekend.
9. Write a piece of fiction together. Outside at a cafe. Ask strangers when you get stuck.
10. Dress to the nines, pretend to be married, and test drive very expensive vehicles at an auto dealership.
11. Do the lamest tourist thing in your area that you have both secretly wanted to do forever. Have an unabashed good time!
12. In the middle of the night, drive to the beach, so you arrive just as the sun is rising. Have a breakfast picnic, then fall asleep together. Bring a sun umbrella.
13. Drive somewhere unknown and have dinner in a city you’ve never been to. With fake names.
14. Go to a minor league baseball game under the stars. Tell each other stories about how bad you are at athletics. Randomly cheer for both teams. Eat lots of Cracker Jack.
15. Go around the city with sidewalk chalk and draw hearts with equations inside on random things
16. Walk around a city and perform short silent plays in front of security cameras
17. With camera and pair of boots, make photolog of a day in the life of the invisible man.
18. Walk around the city all night and find a place to eat breakfast at dawn
19. Go to a restraunt and convince the cook to create something completely new for you.
20. Rent a movie you’ve never seen before. Set on mute and improvise dialogue. [ hotpotato's advice column | Ask hotpotato A Question ]
christina answered Friday February 12 2010, 2:29 pm: There are a lot of things you can do with each other that are cheap & don't cost a lot of money.
You can try bowling, or going to concerts for local bands. Those are usually pretty cheap. You can also try museums or you can bake together whether it be homemade cookies or cupcakes from the box. You can cook dinner and eat it together while watching your favorite TV shows. If you're old enough to go out to a club, go dancing. :)
There are a lot of things you can do. Try & look up things to do in your city on Google. I've done that before & have found a lot of things to do. [ christina's advice column | Ask christina A Question ]
Jumpercutie2009 answered Thursday February 11 2010, 11:28 pm: I'm 19 and my bf is 22, we've been going out for a year. There's lots of things you can do. Like for valentines day we're going to make our own home made pizza and have a candle lit dinner in my bedroom on a coffee table. lol. We also like to play World of Warcraft together. I'm definitely not a nerdy type girl and never ever thought I would enjoy that game but man its really fun! You can also bake, and if you have any cheap local museums or something nearby. We have an old military fort near us that we went to and it was only a couple bucks to get in. If you like hiking thats a really fun one too, Or bike riding. [ Jumpercutie2009's advice column | Ask Jumpercutie2009 A Question ]
MummuM answered Thursday February 11 2010, 10:20 pm: Do you guys have any games you enjoy playing together?
Maybe even go out bowling one night?
You could try hanging out with groups of friends, or even make a double date night, if any of your friends have partners.
Do crafts, scrapbooking, picture frames of every memory you both have with one another. [ MummuM's advice column | Ask MummuM A Question ]
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