Thread: Date Ideas

Bowling is fun and cheap. Most bowling alleys have nightly specials, like $1 per game or free shoes.

Mini golf is also cheap and fun. Around here, $10 gets you and your date a round.

Arcades are great, too, just set a spending limit. $10 (each) is more than enough to spend on video and crane games.

Go to an old fashioned ice cream shop, like Swensens. Share a milkshake or one of those massive ice cream sundaes.

Plan a picnic in the park. Just buy a bottle of wine and some fruit, don't forget a blanket to sit on, and maybe buy some flowers for your date. That'll score you lots of "romantic" points and it'll cost you $20 at most.

Visit the planetarium. It sounds geeky, but you can make out under the stars, so to speak. I think the one here costs $4 per person, so it's cheap. Or you could actually drive out to the country and star gaze for free.

Go to one of those pottery making shops. You can get creative and paint a mug or a plate for $5 or $10. Girls love a guy with an artistic side, haha.

Find out what her favorite movies are, then rent two or three of them. Stock up on candy and popcorn and have a marathon favorite movie night.

That's all I can think of at the mo... good luck, tov

good ideas, thanks. A little weirded out by the arcade one tho... Who takes their date to a geeky arcade??? Maybe I am just out of the loop... lol

Originally posted by tovlakas@Jun 28 2004, 10:32 AM
good ideas, thanks. A little weirded out by the arcade one tho... Who takes their date to a geeky arcade??? Maybe I am just out of the loop... lol

Haha I was just recalling one of my favorite dates. The guy took me to Mr Gattis which is like a Chuck E Cheese, only about 10 times better. Very casual, of course, so it was like no pressure at all. After pizza, we just hit the ski ball machines and the race car machines and a few of the video games. We laughed and laughed and had a g-reat time. Maybe some girls wouldn't be all that impressed by a cheap pizza dinner and a ski ball machine, but I'm easy to please.

Also, the radio stations here are always giving away tickets to sporting events. So you might listen and try to win tickets instead of paying out the wazoo for them. Same thing goes for free dinners.

Ooh, ooh, go here:

http://www.raceplacemotorsports.com/

I know if I was a chick and you took me to an indoor karting track, I'd put out.

if only life was that easy...

Greener and Retro pretty much shut this thread down.