Cheap Date Ideas 3

My mom told me about this one. Her date picked her up at her house, and told her he had a plan, but it was very crucial that he didn't tell her, until they got there. After a few miles of driving, they arive at Atlanta National Airport. The moment they stepped inside, her date went up against a wall, .007 style. Well, my mom caught on to the general idea pretty fast. They ended up playing "international spies" all day in the airport. They would "hide" behind trash can's, cut eye holes in news papers and watch people, and eye people suspitiously as they would pass by. It was an added bonus when they ate dinner at one of the little airport resteraunts, and my mom picked up her hamburger box at the end of the meal and put it to her ear to get vital information from base. That is just the basics of her day - Heather

Hey Brenda, I have a really good idea (or at least I think its pretty good). If you and your significant other both play instruments, get together and play, or teach them to play. Alex

I drew a picture of him - and wrote a romantic script at the bottom. - Kel

One night sneak into you lovers house or invite them over. Dim the lights, put on some soft music, set up some candles and have massage oils prepared. Purchase some hand cuffs or whipped cream to be a little more exotic. Write a sweet love poem or letter for your significant other - and when you suprise them, tell them you'd like to read something to them and go from there. Buy the book of Kama Sutra just to spice things up. In the morning have a shower or a bath together. ~SuGar

This isn't really a date idea, more of a romantic tip. I'm not sure why, but one day at work I took home one of those receipt roles. For more than 6 months I would write something on it every now and then. A quote, how much I miss her, a poem, almost anything you can think of. Eventually I filled the entire roll. I brought her out for a walk in the woods we had a few snacks and a bottle of wine with us. In the middle of our date I pulled out the roll of words and gave it to her. We sat there together for hours. She was reading it as I was trying to remember why I wrote certain things she would ask about. It was really cool to see the look on her face whenever she read something she REALLY liked. She still has the roll of words, she's actually had it dowled at either end so it's kind of like a scroll now. Anyway, if you have the time go for it. It's probably the best idea I've ever had. --Adam

Go find a book store somewhere - try to find the book called "1001 ways to be romantic" or "1001 more ways to be romantic" (it was a 2 book series) - by Gregory Bodek. A lot of book stores have chairs you can relax in. Take turns with the book - call out random numbers - for example: I had the book and my husband would say "34" - so then I turn to idea number 34 and read it out loud. Then we have to vote whether we would "never do that", "maybe do that" or "absolutely do that". You can vary the voting choices obviously. If you actually want to buy the book - it's only like $10 - then you can play the game in bed, or whenever. It's amazing what you'll learn about your partner. Also, it gives you GREAT romantic ideas that you or your partner may act out at some point. My husband put lots of these ideas to good use ;-) --Debra

My twin sister and I were taken out on a fantastic double date. First the two gentlemen (who are cousins) took us to the MN State Fair. After watching the amateur talent contest they took us to a small coffee shop where we bought 6 drinks and blended up our own creations. Later we went to a drive-in movie where the guys set out a blow-up bed with pillows and blankets to relax in the back of their truck. Around midnight we took off to watch the late night airplanes arrive and depart at the local airport. To top of the evening we went to a sand beach on the Mississippi River and ate ice cream. It was wonderful and an evening we will never forget! --Hicks

Dating with Children: My most memorable date was when my date took me to the top of a hill and we sat and talked while looking over the city, and the cemetery below. I love to walk through cemeteries. One near us had such fascinating facts that we later went back and cleaned all of the headstones, just to read the epitaphs. I have greater respect for loved ones who have been in love since we did this.

Another fun idea is to go to a friends house and refuse to leave until they give you both a job to do. It's a slave labor date. We did this and ended up helping someone replace a microwave. Wow, who knew. Later they commented on how that helped them in a time of need, and we were just bored and needed something to do. I have several children and if I prepare carefully, I can have them run a restaurant, bus boys, waiter, cook and hostess included. My children think we are weird, but I can also see they like doing it. They are always willing to paint mustaches on each other and dress up for effect. --Eric

A real man is not afraid to shave his woman's legs - and a real woman who trusts her man - will let him. It's also sexy and romantic - and can be kind of fun. Then, if you want, the woman can shave the man's face. --Deb

Here's one based on the old reliable - a picnic. I did this one with my wife (before we were married) and scored big points. Move all the smaller (easy to move) furniture out of your living room. Bring in potted plants, silk plants, etc. and set around to make the room as much like the outdoors as possible. Buy the glow in the dark stars from a local Walmart, K-mart, etc. and using tape or some other adhesive attach to your ceiling. Buy one of those animal sounds CDs and play it in the background. Then just set up a picnic in the middle of the floor. This makes for an interesting alternative to a regular picnic. It also makes for a fun date on a rainy, really hot, or really cold night. --Trent

Heres a good one my hubby and I tried. Go to the dollar store and buy a box of wedding or party bubbles, party surplus stores have them as well. In the back or the side of a local theater there is usually a way to get to the roof. Climb it. Sit near the front, safely close to the edge and blow the bubbles down towards the movie-goers. You'll get a lot of laughs, from some movie goers as well. But be carefull, a manager usually catches on and chases you down or cops could be called. It is a "short" date, but memorable.

For those of you who live anywhere within decent driving distance of Washington, D.C. - you have tons of cheap (if not free) date ideas. There is Harpers Ferry, WV - Great Falls, MD or VA, all the museums, old town Alexandria walking around at night ... the monuments ... a picnic on the mall ... and on and on and on. My husband and I had our entire courtship touring D.C. and having romantic picnics, walks or hikes - because we were both poor back then ;-) Debra Sue

For one of my first dates, I kidnapped him and took him out to breakfast. Another one that we did was have a waterfight in the park. Make sure that there are plenty of water balloons and that they are also the bio-degradible kind. --Miranda

For those of us who are thirty something - we don't normally have teenage children yet, and it's been a while since we were teenagers ourselves ... so it's kinda fun to go to your old high school if you live in your home town, or pick a high school, and simply attend a high school football game together. Or basketball game, or whatever. They're cheap - and quite entertaining. This one is for the girls ... get your date, boyfriend, husband or whatever to do all of your makeup - curl your hair - wash your hair (I saw that one earlier) ... etc. Not all guys will go for that, but it does give them an appreciation of what we gals go through to primp up ... and it's kind of fun to see the end result. On the flip side, my husband has really straight hair -and he let me curl it one time - and it didn't look half bad. We went out on the town that way. On a different note - you and your date could pick up litter together.

There are tons of places where folks litter all the time, and you could help clean up the city while having time together. You can make up stories about who threw the litter ... you'll find odd stuff, yucky stuff, etc. Let your creativity run wild. You may even find something neat.

This one is corny - but I had a blast doing it one time. You and your date can drive to every grocery store or big store (like Wal-Mart) parking lot and put away all the grocery carts. It's astonishing how many folks do not put away their cart! You'll be helping out some poor soul who has that as his job - and you'll be eliminating a few door dings and dents along the way. People who catch you doing it might think you work at that store though ... so be prepared for questions. --Debra

I'm actually about to try this out tonight. You pick your date up, and tell them you didn't really plan anything. Drive by your local library and pick up a book on how to make interesting different airplanes (if it's not too late, or pick it up the day before). Make sure you have lots of paper, and enjoy making the paper airplanes. You can have distance contests, and stunt contests anwhere (although I suggest going to a busy place like a Walmart or Target or something). -Aaron

Here is a truly weird date idea, but it's fun and it works in the sense of getting past personal barriers and getting to know each other. My sister used to do this for some dates, and I stole the idea from her. She calls it "tacky bowling". The idea is simple: put on the tackiest clothes you have and go bowling. You could go tacky with other activities, but it works well for bowling because no matter how silly you might feel on your way to the bowling alley, when you compare your tackiness to the bowlers around, you realize that you're just an amateur. According to my sister, it was never difficult to convince guys that this was fun, but I found it to be something of a hard sell to ladies. The brave souls who tried it with me, though, had lots of laughs. I haven't been on a tacky bowling date since graduate school, though. (Damn, there's another graduate reference - maybe I am hung up on Mrs. Robinson.) --David

My boyfriend and I love to go to the pond and feed the ducks. --Lisa

Make a movie. For instance, "The day in the life of a " dog, baby, mirror, crossing gaurd. Then watch it when you are done. - Buy plaster of paris and make a mold of your hands. --Makayla

Spend the whole day going around 'shopping' as if you two were getting married and starting to live together. Pick out all types of things from a house to the kitchen tile design. --Brandon