Winter date ideas

Ideas for dates during cold winter
While fewer choices, you can still be creative

Nancy, who lives in northern Maine, asks, "I just met someone online and we have been dating for about three months now. But every time we date, we either go to eat, or hang out in the mall, or go to the movies, since it is so cold here in winter. Do you have any ideas for dating in winter?"

This is a common mistakes that couples make in winter. They look for a public place that is warm. As Nancy says, movie theaters, malls, restaurants, museums, etc. are the most common places couples end up in. But this is not something that you can do forever. Here are a few ideas that I recommend when you simply can not go out in the open either because it is too cold or the weather is really bad:

Learning date: If you check out the local events calendar, you will find that there is always something being taught by someone. Normally it will be 2-3 hours session in which you might learn yoga or pottery-making or cooking. Indeed, you will not be romantically looking into each other's eyes, this is an excellent way to meet some new people and do something fun.

Voluntary activities: I don't like to think that this is something unromantic or not fun. For instance, when I was a college student, I volunteered to read for senior citizens. I would simply cut out a few major news stories or articles from newspapers/magazines and then read these loudly and slowly to senior citizens. If a question was asked or just to provide some background, I would add some commentary. I brought along some of my dates and they really liked it.

Theme date at home: What you do is to pick a theme and then organize everything around it. For example, you could pick an Oriental theme. Then you could decorate your home using some items from a store like Pier I, cook some Chinese/Japanese dishes, and then may be watch a Jackie Chan type Asian thriller.

These are just some ideas to give you a flavor of what you can do. A date is not just you and your date talking to each other all the time. You can find a million ways to be together and get to know each other.

By Pierre Coda (Author of Consultant Blog)

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