Have A Great Date Without Breaking The Bank
Most people seem to think that to have a great date means you have to empty your bank account or max out your credit card just to impress your date and have a great time. A great date does not have to mean a couple of dozen roses and dinner by candlelight, although that is a very grand and a very romantic gesture.
However, the idea behind going out on a date is to spend some time together with someone you like, even love, get to know him/her and have a good time. A great date does not have to be expensive; it just has to be something the two of you can have fun together. Take note that having fun together means both of you love whatever it is that the two of you decided to do on your date. A date where only one is having the time of his/her life is no good.
Here are some great date ideas that are certainly inexpensive, but definitely not cheap and yucky.
For book lovers:
• Go to a poetry reading or a book reading by an author you both enjoy.
• Sip coffee together, either at a coffee shop, your place or at your date’s place and read chapters of the same book to each other.
• Play a game of which quote came from which book and who wrote it. You can even set it up Jeopardy!-style.
• Sit at the beach or in your backyard under the moonlight and recite poems to each other. If you can recite a poem you made up especially for your date, all the better.
For movie lovers:
• Schedule a movie night at your place or your date’s, and then agree on what theme your movie night should be. If the two of you agreed on a horror night, then the movies you ought to watch should be horror and suspense flicks. Or you can agree to watch all the movies that you hated and point out to your date exactly why you hated that movie.
• There are some places like parks and museums that show good movies to the public for free. You can check out which places in your locale do just that and make it a point to go on the next time they do some showings.
For homebodies:
• A game of poker or Scrabble. If you want to take it to the next level and do strip poker or strip Scrabble, it is up to you.
• Spend time in the kitchen cooking each other’s favorite dishes. You can invite friends and family to eat what the two of you have cooked with you.
• Stargaze.
For those who love the outdoors:
• Go for a walk at the park or the local botanical garden.
• Go for a swim at the beach or build sandcastles. Make bets on which one gets to make the best sandcastle.
• Jog or work out together.
• Pull together a picnic basket and spend time at some secluded or isolated spot.
Dates do not have to be expensive. Great dates can be pulled off without spending too much.
- Roel