I can’t believe I am saying this but our generation sucks really bad for not being able to come up with date ideas. Being that we are so connected to everything it should take us literally 2.5 seconds to find anything “new” that we want to try in a 50 mile radius. I think if you accept movie and a dinner for the first 2 dates that is pretty lame. Not saying it’s a bad thing just saying going on a date with someone should be a new experience. You should want to experience something with that person and actually get to know them. Not get to know them for a couple of minutes but through the different adventures you take with them.

I am a very traditional type of person as far as a man taking a woman out on a date. Yes this should happen the first couple times just to be a gentleman. Show her you actually know how to plan something so she can at least think you’re not a regular type of person. Planning a date is really not that difficult especially if you spent a number of hours with them on the phone getting to know them. No one said you had to go on a $200 date to impress someone but you can definitely go on a date that isn’t breaking your pockets. For instance if the person likes to read you can go on a couple Barnes & Noble dates. Pick a book you both can read, spend a couple hours reading it and discuss it. If your person is into fashion go to the mall and play a fashion game. You both create an outfit for both a guy, girl and a baby. Each round will take 15 minutes. Take pictures of the different pieces, write down the cost and where you got it from. Then meet back up, discuss the different pieces and why yours would look better. The person with the lower cost item that looks the best wins. If your person likes to paint or be crafty go to AC Moore buy some supplies and head to the park. You can always have a park date with just painting and crafting.

Date ideas come from actually having discussions with the person and trying to have them experience new things. The purpose of going on a date is to get to know the person in different settings and that really isn’t that difficult. Netflix & chill has been turned into sex & more sex but it really can turn into a really dope movie date. You can play movie bingo or you both can create 10 questions for the other person to ask them at the end of the movie. For the connected generation it seems that coming up with date ideas seem pretty hard. It’s just that we fail to look outside what’s considered the norm.

Taking someone out on a date doesn’t have to just be a one way street, both a male and female can do it. The first couple times, personally it should be a man. A woman can provide plans later on but that’s after you guys get comfortable with each other. Your goal as a man is to court her so you have the opportunity to take her out on multiple dates and not just one. If you are not able to court her and get her interested in you then date ideas really don’t apply to you unless you have someone to use them on. Another thing if he doesn’t know how to plan a date (outside of dinner and a movie) he isn’t for you. For the connected the generation we have all the options that we need in the palm of our hands, we just need to use them. We have to think outside the box and be as creative as possible.

BYOB Cooking or painting Class

Pottery making or painting class

Poetry cafe

Go Karts

Laser Tag

Drive In Movie

Paintball

Gun Range

Dinner Boat Ride

Stage Play

Wine Tasting

Museum

Zoo

Bike Ride

Arcade

Site Seeing

Bowling

Pool