Date Ideas: Fun Things To Do For Couples

By Alan Detwiler

Need an idea for what to do on a date? Dinner and a movie is fine once in awhile. But variety and new experiences heighten our attention to make time together more enjoyable and more memorable.

Date Ideas describes over 100 things to do on a date, many of which are out of the ordinary. A variety of ideas are given. The emphasis is on simple, inexpensive activities that give you and your date a chance to get to know each other.

The book is written especially for dating couples looking for enjoyable activities to make their time together pleasant and worthwhile. The ideas in the book can also be used by married couples wishing to keep fun in their relationship.

There are short, to-the-point sections with tips on topics such as where to meet people, how to ask someone to go on a date, and how to make dating and relationships more enjoyable.

The ideas in the book go from a picnic in the park to renting a Forest Service lookout tower (yeah, you really can rent them in five states). We tried to only present activities that would be accessible to most people, but we just had to include a few of the odd ball ones that were too good to leave out. Hopefully you will find the ideas as good as we think they are.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Alan Detwiler
• Release date: Feb 1, 2012
• ISBN: 9781466155442

Alan Detwiler

Alan Detwiler grew up on a small farm. That background gave him some special insights and perspectives. The weather and the natural world are very much a part of living on a farm. On a farm, everyday observations demonstrate how plants and animals grow and develop and how weather and climate interact with living things. Alan and anyone growing up a farm knows that our food supply is very much dependant on how much it rains, when it rains, and how warm or cold it is. Any drastic change in climate and weather patterns will affect our food supply. Genetics and disease are topics of special concern to anyone living on a farm. Farm crops and farm animals are not the plants and animals of the wild. They have been genetically altered by human intervention. Farmers are especially aware of those differences and how genetics produce those differences. Farm animals are in constant threat of disease. It is not uncommon for farmers to loose substantial numbers of their animals to disease. People and the plants and animals we use for food are at risk. Farm living, plus an interest in science gave Alan the background for writing science fiction changes coming in the near future. Potential threats are very serious and are perhaps likely to drastically affect our lives. The consequences could be unpleasant, but why react with anxiety? Wouldn't a better reaction be to take action to be prepared and feel good that you have done so? The main themes in his writing are maximizing resilience through self sufficiency,self reliance, and how people prepare for and react to the changes of the upcoming decades. Alan writes to explore ideas and to discover ways to more enjoy life. He uses the ideas of others and adds what his own experiences and observations can contribute. Imagination adds new ideas for appreciating all that is good. His hope is that the readers of his books will do the same.

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Date Ideas: Fun Things To Do For Couples

By Alan Detwiler

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Introduction

Where to go and what to do are questions dating couples often ask themselves. Sure, perhaps the most important aspect of dating is getting to know each other and being together. But dating will be more successful and enjoyable if you choose activities that are pleasant and provide opportunities for each of you to gradually find out about your partner's interests and attitudes.

Often it is enough to choose among the more common dating options of eating out, seeing a movie or attending an organized event such as a sports game. However, occasionally doing something that is new and different creates interest and enthusiasm and helps make all your time together more enjoyable.

This book is meant to provide a mix of activities some of which will likely already be familiar. Hopefully a good many of the activities will provide you with new and exciting ways to experience and explore the world and the pleasures of each other's company.

Table of Contents:

To go to a particular section, click on the title of that section.

article title

Introduction

A walk in the park

Drive in a remote area

Cook something

Look at photo albums

Play Frisbee

Watch a video

Have a pizza party

Check out a book store

Go to a movie

Neighborhood walk

Take a one-day class

Try a new food

Rollerblade

Explore a habitat

Go fishing

Play a sport

Eat at a restaurant

Go to a flea market

Fair or amusement park

Orienteering

Make twenty wishes

Bake cookies

Browse a fave store

Small boat cruise

Tour a park

Watch the sun set or rise

Listen to music

Lookout tower

Canoeing

Raft ride down a creek

Check a greenhouse

Conversation in kitchen

Have a picnic

Walk and follow a creek

Sightseeing nearby town

Check visitor bureau

Write candidate policy

Ping pong

Pitch and catch

Go see grandparents

Simulated power failure

Do miniature golf

Go hiking

Make snow sculpture

See a planetarium show

Launch model rocket

Watch lightning storm

Visit a museum/gallery

Giant slide ride

Play bocce

Pose in scene

Shoot pool

Snowshoeing

Drive-in movie

Take on a corn maze

Go to a county fair

Tell likes/dislikes

Tell each other your plans and dreams

Star gazing

Childhood memories

Sand sculpture

Ask questions

Tell life stories

Learn to dance

Your job nitty-gritty

Play with gadgets

Relationship fears

Paper airplanes

Hike a mountain

Simulate tropics

Play air hockey

Take factory tour

Go on a bike ride

Cookout home/away

Walk in the rain

Invent something

Nature center

Living history event

Make a pie

Walk your city

Plant a garden

Candlelight dinner

Unusual dinner

Overlook your city

Know what you like

Learn a card game

Together times scrapbook

Tour a grand house

Pick your own fruit

Sidewalk chalk doodles

Teach each other

Make something

Join a club

See an aquarium

Skyscraper lookout

Moonlight picnic

Volunteer

Walk in the woods

See local attraction

Coffee and talk

Arts festival

Walk in moonlight

Found/natural gift

Gardening together

Playground

Go bird watching

Browse charity store

Make candles

Walk the beach

Travel video

Play poker/solitaire

Explore a park

Deals at yard sales

Shapes with clay

Do doodle art

Personal questions

Tour a ship

Tie-dye t-shirts

Explore your town

Bizarre dress up

Window shop

Christmas lights

At the zoo

Childhood play

Photograph nature

Meeting people

Pick up lines

Ask out a stranger

Ask someone out

Reducing date anxiety

First date etiquette

Ice breaking questions

Make dates better

Topics for conversation

Making dates romantic

Improving relationships

Relationship turn-offs

A quotation

Introduction

Where to go and what to do are questions dating couples often ask themselves. Sure, perhaps the most important aspect of dating is getting to know each other and being together. But dating will be more successful and enjoyable if you choose activities that are pleasant and provide opportunities for each of you to gradually find out about your partner's interests and attitudes.

Often it is enough to choose among the more common dating options of eating out, seeing a movie or attending an organized event such as a sports game. However, occasionally doing something that is new and different creates interest and enthusiasm and helps make all your time together more enjoyable.

This book is meant to provide a mix