Tired Of The Same 'ol Dinner And A Movie

[kentuckyjess]

My husband is in school and we have a two year old daughter. Money is tight but we do our best to make time for date night 2 or 3 times a month but I am getting a little tired of dinner and movie. It is fun for sometimes but it does get old. Does anyone have any ideas that have worked in the past or think might be fun to try?

Thanks in advance!

[Traveler]

My husband is in school and we have a two year old daughter. Money is tight but we do our best to make time for date night 2 or 3 times a month but I am getting a little tired of dinner and movie. It is fun for sometimes but it does get old. Does anyone have any ideas that have worked in the past or think might be fun to try?

Thanks in advance!

I am big on concerts (especially jazz) and live plays. It does not have to be professional stuff - even high school stuff is fun. Speaking of high school stuff - you could take in some football games. These kind of things are more fun if you get other couples to go along. You can also invite other couples over for BBQ or to play games. There has got to be stuff where your husband is attending school.

My wife and I are empty nesters and we got a hold of one of these dancing video games and had about 4 couples over - it was a blast once we got things started.

Sometimes when we go out to eat I like to drive out into the country and stop at a little ma and pa restaurant and order the house special and meet the owners.

If there are any art shows I like to go - my father was an artist. If you can’t think of anything else look online for your community and see what’s happening - don’t be afraid to try new stuff but if you are like me the teenage stuff is not for us older types.

The Traveler

[prisonchaplain]

Pretend to be tourists, and go exploring some local attractions you've probably never been to, even though you grew up in the area.

[Maureen]

Call up friends you haven't seen in awhile and go on a double date, maybe just out to eat.

M.

[Guest Monica]

Dates arent about where you go, but who you go with. Even being on hell with the one you love is wonderful. If you really wanna have a good special date, ask him what he would like to do, and then do it cheerfully, just for the sake of pleasing him.

[Dr T]

Reading. Go to the library and get some kids books for your child. My kids act like it's Christmas every week when I bring home library books. :)

[Maureen]

Reading. Go to the library and get some kids books for your child. My kids act like it's Christmas every week when I bring home library books. :)

Great minds think alike, except I was going to suggest Chapters (do you have Chapters in the States? Book stores...). My kids and I can go and spend a couple hours looking at/for books and magazines. There's chairs to sit on and read and coffeeshops attached, but they also have nibblies, maybe even juice.

M.

[Dr T]

Hi Maureen,

I have never seen or heard of that book store. My kids love books! Read every night and there are books all over the house. I hope their love for books continues.

Dr. T

[Lindy]

A lot of great ideas!

I remember some great dates ... just walking in the park and skipping rocks in the river.... hockey games, concerts, climbing rocks looking for Indian hieroglyphics, laying on a blanket looking at the stars ..... just enjoying time together doing things that both like to do.

[shanstress70]

I'm all about road trips, and things that you can see along the way. Check out this website to see what's interesting in your state...

http://roadsideamerica.com/

Other ideas include a place like this where you paint your own ceramics http://www.brush-fire.com - they are popping up all over the country.

Dance lessons would also be fun if my husband danced!

Bowling is something different, at least for us, and we always have a blast when we go.

It's fun to go to a Farmer's Market.

Cooking class, bar where they have trivia games on a projection screen, bike ride on a greenway if your town has them, etc. etc. etc.

I like doing active things together, as opposed to sitting quietly in a movie... so many possibilities!

[karrie91]

A few of the inexpensive things my husband and i do are,

go shoot pool, there are still some family style halls

go ten pin bowling

make a picnic and go somewhere new and if we get lost if gets to be more fun

sometimes we rent a movie and just turn the phones off (just let the kids see grandma)

also being in az we go to the icecream place too

just some ideas

[Lindy]

LOL gee I'm writing these things down for ME! great ideas I am seeing

ohhh Shan...the Farmers Market..... I love those things.... in Portland we had a huge one called Saturday Market..... which we would go to and have a blast!

[prisonchaplain]

Even being on hell with the one you love is wonderful.

I actually did this once--and Monica's right! I took my wife on a "date" to the Immigration & Naturalization Service, for an interview. We were trying to get the "conditional" status on my wife's green card removed. The date went well, with the agent urging my wife to seek citizenship since America needed people like her. (She ultimately did).

So, there you have it...seek out your own local hades. It'll really make (or break ) your relationship.

[Lindy]

So, there you have it...seek out your own local hades. It'll really make (or break ) your relationship.

Oh PC...isn't the whole idea of a "date" as a couple to spend quality time together and to increase the bond between you instead of trying to break it apart?

But I guess if you can survive the pitfalls of hades together.... you can survive most anything else thrown at you in life.