Comments on: $10 Dates

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:15:14 +0000

Our youngest will soon go away to school. Now that we have more time we CAN spend together, I got laid off and we have little money to spend on dates. So this topic is of particular interest to me. Here are some things we do:

Rent a Red Box movie, pop some popcorn and turn off all the lights. Sometimes we use the watch instantly option on Netflix instead and its even cheaper!

Frozen yogurt from McD’s and walk the park.

When we are already in Lexington, we peruse the book stores, but honestly, that’s more of a fun thing we do at the same time rather than together.

We have also done the drive-in a couple of times. Its not as cost effective as I would like ($21 for 3 adults) but since we take a cooler with our own drinks and food its pretty cost effective. Our daughter usually finds friends to hang out with and we have the car to ourselves, at least until the mosquitoes start biting

I will be watching to see what everyone else’s suggestions are.

By: Llama Momma

Llama Momma — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:46:20 +0000

At the beginning of the summer, I marked my calendar for all the “free” concerts and plays our community was hosting this year — all free.

I try to trade babysitting with friends and neighbors so we don’t have to spend our $$$ on babysitting. Then we just pack up a nice picnic, maybe splurge on a bottle of wine, and off we go! Very relaxing to enjoy a summer evening with my honey and the cost is very low.

By: cassie-b

cassie-b — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:39:41 +0000

Glad you had a good time.

There’s so much fun to be had with someone you love for only small amounts of money. I remember going to Ocean Beach Park as newlyweds, and spent $1.00 on licorice. It was a wonderful evening.

By: Kimberly @ Raising Olives

Kimberly @ Raising Olives — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:11:37 +0000

As a mother of 10 also, my husband and I are just getting to the point in our marriage where we can leave our kids alone (our oldest is 13) and we have started meeting for lunch on a semi-regular basis.

We generally do something light like subs or Mexican. Lunch allows us to spend less for the same experience and a bonus is that we are not so hungry at dinner so usually feed the kids something fairly light.

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:02:12 +0000

We have a date at home every so often. Once the kids are in bed we pop in a movie, make a yummy dessert, or work a puzzle and just spend time together. Our only rule is we can’t be on our computers or engaged in something else.

By: renee

renee — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:48:20 +0000

My husband and I love to go on cheap adventures/dates. In fact we have a goal this year to do at least 52 new “adventures” and most of them are free or cheap. So far a few we have done are a carload night with friends to the state fair, hiking, making our own sushi, hot air balloon festival, and wine tasting at a local vineyard.

By: wanda

wanda — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:38:40 +0000

I love it! Hubby and I are good at cheap dates as well!
It’s not always the moola spent….it’s mostly the time together!
Quality time is top on my love language.
I could easily find some cheap or free stuff to do and eat cheap!

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:27:43 +0000

I personally think $10 is too small to be shared between 2 people to have a “date night” $20 might be a more realistic goal, a better date, and still a HUGE savings compared to the $50 date meal you descibed. I would rather have a $20.00 date less often (1 a month) compared to a $10 date (2 a month) Just my opinion though. With $20.00 you could easily find a “mom & pop” restaurant/dinner to patronize (and god knows they needs it in this ecomony) rather than “a chain” restaurant. Take your time, enjoy the conversation, feed each food…and then like a reader suggested before me…go to a bookstore…browse the shelves…enjoy the peace and quiet.

By: Jan

Jan — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:02:22 +0000

I miss having teenagers to babysit! Huge gap in our family and our youngest oldest is 22 and our oldest youngest is 7! This makes for an expensive date no matter what – with olders either working full time or off at college. Oh, how I miss teenagers! We do manage to have the occasional cheap date though – we just have to be more creative. The kids have mandatory outside play while we sit quietly in the breakfast area and talk or wait until they go to bed and have ‘movie night’

By: Amanda Valley

Amanda Valley — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:55:23 +0000

Our favorite date night has become going to get gelato and a walk through town along the river. For us it’s an indulgence, but is still under $10 for the two of us. And totally romantic!