First Date ideas (excluding dinner and a movie)

[madeye]

Excluding Dinner and a movie!!!!

I had a separate post urging guys to stop spending big bucks on an expensive first date dinner and a movie style. Not cause of being cheap. Just cause a first date should be casual relaxed and expectations free.

your only concern is to give each a genuine and fun chance to get to know one another. NOT IMPRESS a woman with the flash of a credit card and your best suit like its an aphrodisiac and she is a prostitute.

My favorite first date choice is: Play darts at a bar. You can spend a few bucks on the dart game and have a pitcher of beer. and then give her the opportunity to offer you a drink/shot at some point when your having fun flirting and cheating during the darts game.

For you under 21 peeps I would suggest: Ice skating, or coffee lounge.

[arutha]

Pool is another good one, and great for getting some touching in. Plus neither of you need to be any good at it. I can vouch for ice skating, that is awesome fun especially if neither of you are particularly good at it and can involve lots of holding each other up. 10 pin bowling, yet to try it one on one with a girl but I think it would be fun.

Movies are no good for a first date, not because they are cliche but because you are sitting there watching a screen not paying attention to each other, and aside from putting your arm around her there is very little chance for touching and no chance for flirting.

[lnt1103]

I gotta tell ya, my first date with my bf was lunch and a movie and it was fantastic. Of course, we knew each other very well and were already very good friends, so the ice was broken long before then. But the evening ended in our first kiss, and the rest, as they say, is history.

Mini golf would be another good one for relaxed and fun.

[ducktales]

Laser tag, nothing like being locked in epic combat with a pack of rabid 7 year olds to bring two people close together.

Mini-golf is a good one. Pool/darts is always a fun one also, especially if you are over 21, can have some drinks and get a little looser.

There's a kind of cheap, considering all you get, place near where I live where you can get mini-golf, laser tag, bumper boats, go karts, batting cages, arcade, and pizza, all for about $20 per person. Not too bad, a little more expensive than the others but you get a lot of bang for your buck.

I wasn't sure how to get to that particular place when I first started dating my current gf but I took her to Dave and Busters(restaurant/arcade place). A little more expensive than I realized before I got there but she wouldn't let me pay(I knew right then I had found my dream girl ) but most of our dates we split the bill regardless of who invites since we are both college kids, except for special occasions like each others birthday(the other pays) or anniversaries(we switch off each time so far).

[funinthesun]

Surfing---

It's a good workout, plenty of adrenaline rush, and tons of downtime waiting for a wave to just chill and get to know each other. Afterwards, if things went well, chill on the beach, grab a drink/lunch/dinner and continue the fun. If things don't go well, the two of you had a an enjoyable experience regardless.


I also like lunch. There is a big difference between lunch and dinner. It's simple, cheap, and you both have time constraints so you get right down to business. If it's enjoyable, you get to go back to work in a great mood and have time to reflect on what you've learned about the person to organize a more tailored date. If it doesn't go well, you still have the whole day to turn things around and have fun with coworkers; no time lost.

[Mr. Saint]

Pool is my all time favorite thing to do on a first date. You can talk the entire time and laugh because I am complete rubbish at it. It is not that cheap where I go though ($24) and I usably buy her lunch before or dinner after. Bowling is good to.

[masse7326]

Pool is always a winner, but what about if you're actually really good at it (like me)?

[arutha]

Even better, you can show her how to play better. Stand right behind her with her body against yours, hold her hands while she is holding the cue and guide her. This will give you a different experience to two people who play and laugh at their own silly mistakes, she will look up to you as a person with skill. Just don't be arrogant about it.

I find it difficult to justify taking a girl to a pool hall now, since I have a pool table at home.

[marie26]

My first date with my boyfriend was going to Manhattan by the river and sitting there getting to know each other and just enjoying the view. I found it the best date ever. We just spent hours sitting there and having a discussion about our past and what we want in our furture.

[duh477]

sporting events like baseball games have good first ones for me