Getting Creative: Things to do on a Date

Sometimes when you’ve been together with your partner for long enough, things just fall on the wayside.  Most times you rack your brain thinking about things to do on a date.  Routines are good but sometimes you just want to feel like an effort is being made. When you’ve been together a number of years, the usual dinner and movies just doesn’t cut it.  So what to do when your love life needs a creative date push?

A creative date doesn’t mean fireworks and spectacular 6-month planning.  It may just be something that’s a little out of the ordinary for both of you, or a twist on something familiar.  All it really needs is a little imagination.

Go on a picnic. Seriously, nobody goes on a picnic these days and I don’t understand it.  It’s so much fun to sit on the grass and eat lunch or dinner at the park or at the beach.  Not creative enough, you say? Then why don’t you:

• Bring a guitar and spontaneously sing songs about each other or the people around.
• Test your culinary skills and bring the food for the picnic.  Let’s see what you’ve got.
• At the beach?  Why not build the tallest sandcastle you can make.  Make it a contest or team up on it.

Have a sense of adventure. This doesn’t have to be as intimidating as it sounds.  Go to your city’s historic or touristy area, that place where there are lots of museums, parks, shops, and all that, settle on a starting point (like where you park your car, for example) and then flip a coin.  It could be tails = you go right or heads = you go left, it’s up to you.  Let the coin lead you and see where it takes you.  After every stop you flip a coin to see where your next destination is.  It’s a great way to explore the city and quite a novel way of getting to know a person’s likes and dislikes.  Try it sometime.

Blast from the past. If you have been together for quite some time, how about reminiscing your first date?  Pick her up at the same time, wear the same things (if possible) or something similar, dine at the same restaurant, maybe even order the same food.  Talk about everything that happened that night, whether good or bad, and see how far you’ve gone from that day.  It’s like retracing your steps.  This is sure to bring out tons of memories.

These are just two suggestions, but of course there are more ideas out there.  You may want to try these two first, put your twist on them and see where it goes.  A creative date doesn’t need to be elaborate.  For the most part, the element of surprise is more important and more.