Good cheap dates mean short on funds doesn't need to mean short on fun. Here are five inexpensive date ideas for nearly free dating that will keep your relationship in great shape, regardless of your budget.
Ideas for Art-Loving Couples: Go to an Art Museum
A great inexpensive date idea for high-art lovers, leisurely hand-holding walks through your local art museum are a wonderful, enriching way to nurture your relationship on a starving artist budget. An inexpensive date and a romantic way to learn that Romanticism has nothing do with Valentine's Day and chocolate-covered cherries, they're an endless source of budget-friendly dating since each new exhibit means a new reason to return.
To turn these cheap dates into some truly low-rent romance, check with your local art museum for admission-free events, exhibits and days. Free days tend to be particularly full of hand-locked lovers looking for low-budget romantic thrills, so you're sure to fit right in.
Cheap Dates for Wordsmiths in Love: Sexy Scrabble
Think Scrabble isn't sexy? Think again. Dirty Scrabble makes great cheap dates. What better way to find out what naughty little secrets lurk in your lover's mind than a racy game of Scrabble. Score double points for playing dirty and you've got a great inexpensive date idea that expands your vocabulary too.
Ideas for Romantic High Rollers: Moonlight Roller Skating
For an inexpensive date idea that's full of fun, hokey charm, take your sweetie skating. A lot more athletic than you might think, moonlight late-night roller skating is a romantic, retro-nerdy way to show how silly you're willing to look to have a good time. Cheap dates on cheap skates go hand in hand (literally).
Ideas that Use Your Lips: Cooking Together
There's a reason cooking together leads every list of inexpensive date ideas: It's fun, romantic and affordable. Why spend on a high-priced meal when you can make a romantic meal together? Not only is cooking together a fun, romantic way to spend an evening creating and enjoying a top-notch meal, it's a great way to see how compatible you and your amour are. Whether it's Valentine's Day or just any old Sunday, cooking together is one of those classic inexpensive date ideas that's stood the test of time.
Cheap Dates that Could go Viral: Photobombing
For an inexpensive date idea that's a little more modern and quirky, go photobombing with your sweetheart. A stealthy way to horn in on someone else's most memorable moments, photobombing involves sneaking yourself (or yourselves, in this case) into someone else's Kodak moments and making your own. Not sure where to start with these cheap dates? Just grab your honey and head to the closest tourist spot: You're sure to find plenty of photobomb-able moments to take advantage of.
Inexpensive Date Ideas are all Around You
Fun and romantic inexpensive date ideas are all around you. So keep your eyes (and hearts) open and you're sure to find plenty of romance-filled inexpensive dates. It's less about how much time and money you spend, and more about how you spend the time and money you have. So make the most of your cheap dates and love the one you're with!
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