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Saturday, December 5, 2015

Can't decide on a date? Here is a list of a few so that you can choose what ever sounds best to you!! 

Love is a Battlefield: Enjoy a game of intense laser tag together followed by adult sized go-carts. 

Remember the Good ole days: Rollerskate together while reminiscing about past humorous moments in each of your lives. 

Speedy Fast Track: Spend the evening playing games, between mini golf, laser tag, and arcade games as well as other activities. 

Let’s Go Biking: Enjoy a casual bike ride together through the city. 

Dinner and Dancing: Pair up the ordinary with the extra-ordinary by adding a little dancing to your regular dinner date plan.

Tandem Biking Date: Plan this date out beforehand so you can get a tandem bike reserved and enjoy the lessons of teamwork and communication that come along with this activity. 
Walk it out: Take a walk together while you catch up about things in each of your lives. 

Run a 5k: Just like it sounds, start training for a 5k together or set some other kind of physical goal! 

Workout Date: Start helping each other work towards a healthier life together. 

Boxing: Learn a great skill for exercising by taking a boxing class together. 
Nerf War: Play a competitive little game of Nerf War where the loser has to give the winner a foot massage after. 

Play Catch: Just as it sounds. Work on some reconnection ideas while playing catch. 
Extreme Sports Paintball and Airsoft: Compete as a team, or against each other for a good time with some healthy competition. 

Scuba Diving: Take lessons to experience the essentials of diving, finishing the date off with seafood. 

Trampolines: Visit an indoor trampoline park and just jump around during an open jump time, or sign up for a fitness class. 

Shooting: Visit the shooting range together. 

Horseback Riding: Take riding lessons together.

Water Park: Have some fun in the sun and then pick out delicious cupcakes! 

Disc Golf: Have a game of Frisbee golf with some friendly competition. 

Ice Skating: Bundle up a bit and enjoy the chilly ice arena. 


You could also look at any of these ideas if nothing above spoke to you! ;)
  • Go on an appreciation dinner date. Before you take each bite of food or each sip from your drink, tell your spouse something you appreciate about him or her or something you appreciate that he or she has done recently or in the past.
  • Start a photo kissing album. Have your picture taken while kissing in front of famous landmarks, in front of churches, restaurants, hotels, etc. 
  • Help serve dinner together at a homeless shelter.


  • Get to know your neighbors by doing a service scavenger hunt. Do all of these activities together and as soon as you reach 100 points then stop and reward yourself with some ice cream.
Vacuum a room 10 points
Wash a sink full of dishes 15 points
Wash a window 5 points
Sweep a porch 10 points
Sweep a walk way 10 points
Clean a toilet 30 points
Pull some weeds 10 points
Dust some furniture 10 points
Wash a car 30 points
Make dinner 40 points
Shake out some rugs 10 points
Walk their dog 20 points
 If you come up with additional ideas for the Service Scavenger Hunt send them to info@healthymarriage.org and we will add them to the website.
  • Plant a tree together.
  • Ask your grandparents or parents what their favorite date was and if possible recreate it with your spouse.
  • Make a date time capsule. Include items from some recent dates and open it in 5 years.
  • Go on a massage date. Set aside an hour for each person and give each other a full body massage.


  • Bake your favorite desserts together.
  • Buy two pocket remote control cars and race them at your local park. 
  • Go to your local children's hospital and read books to the kids.
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Eat dinner in a canoe or rowboat.
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Have a candle light dinner on top of a building and watch the movie Kate and Leopold. 
  • Go to the park and swing on the swings, slide down the slide, play on the teeter-totter. Basically leave your pride in the car and just act like kids again.


  • Go to a school and play a game of tetherball. You may need to bring your own ball.


  • Go to a park and set up your own game of Frisbee golf. Chose objects to hit with the Frisbee and decide how many throws you should get in order to make par.
  • Play a game of miniature golf in your house or neighborhood. Use large plastic cups that you lay on their side for the "holes"

Play a regular game of miniature golf.
  • Watch the sunset together.
  • Pretend you are a fashion photographer and do a photo shoot of your spouse at a scenic location.


  • Visit a video game arcade and play the games together.
  • Go to a driving range course and hit a bucket of golf balls together.
  • Visit a retirement home and read your favorite book to a resident who no longer sees and never gets visitors.


  • Plant some flowers for an older neighbor in their yard.
  • o to a basketball game.


  • Set up a lemonade stand and donate all the proceeds to www.alexslemonade.com to help fight pediatric cancer.


  • Design your dream tree house together.
  • Test drive your dream car together.


  • Take a video camera to a public place and interview people about what they view as the most pressing problem the city has.
  • Go to a drive in movie. If you can't find one drive to a romatic location and watch a movie on your portable DVD player in your car.
  • Go on a memory dinner date. Both of you should take 10 minutes before the date starts to write down a keyword that reminds you of fun memories you have had together. Cut out each keyword and place it in your pocket or purse. During dinner take turns pulling out a keyword and sharing that memory.


  • Attend a student concert at your local college or high school.
  • Go to a bagel shop and brainstorm with each other on how to solve world hunger.


  • Visit a crafts store and sign up for one of the craft class projects to do together.


  • Race go carts together.


  • Make a video documentary about life as a cab driver, police officer, hot dog vendor etc. Come up with a list of questions together and then make the video.


  • Visit an antique shop and make up stories about the first owners of the items.


  • Visit a romantic spot together and write a poem about your spouse.
  • Even if you have no artistic skills buy some crayons and take turns modeling and drawing a picture of each other in a scenic spot.


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Go out for pastries and brainstorm how to help strengthen marriages in your community.


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Donate blood together.


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Plan a picnic that you can turn into a food fight.


  • TGo to a thrift shop and buy the most outrageous outfits you can find and go on a date in them. 

Dress up as clowns and entertain people in a public area.


  • Go on a date to a cookie shop. Brainstorm how you might fix the tax system


  • Go to a donut shop and brainstorm how to help inner-city kids go to college.
  • Make plans for your 50th wedding anniversay. Even if it's 49 years away.
  • Go on a retirement date by talking about your dream retirement, your realistic retirement and how you are going to make it happen,


  • Ask your spouse out on a "High School Senior Prom" date.


  • Go to an ice cream shop and brainstorm how to make your city a safer place to live.