Check out a cheap romance novel from the library and read it, substituting your own names for the couples’.
Rent a tandem bike and go for a ride.
Visit a farmer’s market.
Make a time capsule and bury it in the backyard.
Play Frisbee golf.
Tie-dye matching T-shirts.
Do a service project for an elderly neighbor.
Go to a dollar store and buy the most meaningful and romantic gift you can find for each other.
Write uplifting words on sticky notes and go to a mall and put them in random places. Then watch as people find and read them.
Ride a city bus for the entire route, talking about the things you see.
Go on a penny walk. Each time you come to a corner, flip a penny to see which way you go.
Take a roll of quarters and go use them on things that use quarters like a jukebox, car vacuum, gumball machine, claw stuffed animal machine or fortune scale.
Popcorn and a scary movie.
For the more spontaneous and adventurous, or even if you’re not, put these ideas into a drawstring bag and pull one out on date night, vowing to stick to whatever it is you draw.
This article was originally published on Family Share
