Accordingly, you need to find budget-priced date ideas which are
interesting and, of course, non-threatening. At first glance, this seems an
impossible situation but, if you put your mind to it you can come up with some
fun and cheap date ideas. If your partner really likes you for yourself (or
is going to) then he or she will be charmed at your suggestions.
Here are a few cheap date ideas. No doubt you can add more once we've got
you started thinking.
Young at heart
Take a trip to your local park but go about an hour before dusk and just as
the younger children are being ushered home. Forget all your inhibitions and
play on the swings, slides and roundabout. If this is a problem, take a
frisbee and, whatever you do, run the both of you ragged. Share a bar of
chocolate while you play to give you some energy and then, depending upon the
time of year, finish with an extravagant ice-cream, kebab fish and chips or
hot dog.
Walk the dog
If you don't have one yourself, find a friend with an amiable puppy or
elderly dog and offer to take it for a walk. Get to know each other as you
wander along a disused railway track or even just around the local dog trail.
You will find that having a pet with you will give you an easy topic for
conversation when you run out of things to say and, even if you are both
relative strangers, it will quickly bond you.
The Home Cinema experience
Even if you don't have widescreen, surround-sound and large speakers, a
simple TV and DVD player will allow you to make-believe. Rent an older DVD
that you guess or know your date will like, buy some popcorn from the
supermarket and sit back and enjoy the film. Never use the corny arm around
the shoulders routine!
The king of wishful thinking
Pretend that it's the future and you're both in well-paid jobs. What
material things would you most like to have? Why not go window-shopping in
your local High Street and tell each other your pretend Christmas-present
list. Take a thermos with you so that you can stop somewhere and have a hot
drink.
Food for thought
Both of you put in a very small sum of money and pick a local supermarket
which you go to about half an hour before closing. Grab a selection of 'Use
Today' reductions and see how much you can get for your budget without putting
in any extra money irrespective of how good a bargain it might be.
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We hope you enjoyed reading our cheap date ideas.