What a cheap date

They're so happy and yet so creepy

Most of us are poor college students, okay? We can’t afford to take someone else out for dinner and the whole shebang every stinking weekend. But there are cheap ways to have fun and get to know other people. However, whatever you do, don’t be this guy:

Cheapskate movie date

There are so many cheap date ideas out there though! I asked my friends for cheap dates that they enjoyed and this is what they said:

·         picnics at a cemetery, park, or indoor area (like the mall, on a college campus, or a fort in your living room)
·         take a class together, like yoga, kickboxing, zumba, dance, etc
·         go thrift shopping with a $5-$10 limit and buy something for each other
·         day spa at home (don’t lie guys, you get into this!)
·         volunteer somewhere
·         have an iron chef cook off!
·         bonfires with hot dogs and smores
·         nerf gun war (nerf guns are an awesome investment)
·         feed the ducks
·          if you both love a TV show, make a date out of new episode showings
·         plan a fancy dinner at a fast food restaurant. lay out nice linens and candles
·         go roller skating
·         make boats out of tin foil and race them down a little stream
·         live it up at Nickel City
·         use makeshift sleds and go sledding. be sure to get some hot chocolate
·         pick up some fresh ingredients at the farmers market, come home and cook up a meal
·         college campuses provide lots of cheap cheap opportunities to see plays and performances
·         put down some trash bags and eat spaghetti with your hands
·         try restaurant.com to find good deals
·         karaoke night at Pizza Pie Cafe
·         play pool, ping pong, or foosball
·         glow stick tag at a park at night
·         go to a rifle range
·         have a flour fight (put flour in nylon stockings and hit each other- it sounds lame, okay, but I dig this)
·         build a fort wherever you want
·         brighten up the sidewalk with chalk drawings
·         rent a tandem bike
·         water balloon fight
·         pretend like you’re living in Ikea
·         watch a scary movie and then walk around a cemetery
·         go jogging together
·         walk around a bookstore
·         test drive an expensive car
·         have an over-the-top pretentious conversation about interpreting art at an art museum
·         make homemade pizzas. then you can customize your toppings and it’s delish

These aren’t just a random list of possibilities. They are tried and true. And I could go on and on. Dating is a great time to try out crazy, creative, cheap dates because guess what…when you’re married, you’ll be doing the same thing.