Same Ol Same Ol

Same Ol’ Same Ol

So, you have a HOT date! Want to really electrify him? Then you gotta do something out of the ordinary, something thrilling. How about dinner and a movie? Huh? Hey, wait just a minute. That’s exactly what you did on your last date, and the one before that, and the one before that.

Ok, some movies really are entertaining and dinner, for the most part, can be a, uh, a fulfilling experience. But the whole dinner-and-a-movie thing is not a knock-yer-socks off kinda date - about as electrifying as a Sunday dinner at mom’s house.

Want to impress a first-time date or add some zing to your current relationship? Here are a few ideas. If these don’t strike the right cord, use your imagination and come up with something on your own, something that expresses who you are!

Don’t go out to dinner, stay in. Read a cookbook and make something sumptuous for just the two of you. No roommates allowed. By them tickets to the movies and kick their lazy butts out for the evening.

When was the last time you packed a picnic and ate lunch on the steps of St Patrick’s or on the shore of the Columbia River? Pack up a basket of goodies, a chilled bottle of your favorite beverage and really get to know your date.

Instead of traipsing to a movie try a theme park. Big or small, just about everybody loves a day at a theme park. From the roller coasters to the bumper cars, the attractions can help make a date more genuine and enjoyable. Or, if that sounds like too much excitement, try a visit to the zoo, a stroll through a local museum or an art gallery.

For the hard-core thrill-seeking daters, you might want to consider taking a jump out of a perfectly good airplane at 13,000 feet. More and more, there are companies that offer training, equipment and flight diving packages. I’ve seen a couple starting in the neighborhood of $250. I can’t think of a better way to show your date you care by placing their life in hands of a professional skydiver. If they just can’t jump out of the plane by themselves hook them up with a tandem dive. In a tandem dive the novice is harnessed onto the front of a professional diver. The professional carry’s a parachute built for two people. When the plane reaches 13,000 feet both people jump together. Whew - nearly 60 seconds of free-falling! Now that’s thrilling!
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Can you recall the name of the last movie you saw with ol’ what’s her name? And what was that slimy stuff you ate the last time you went out with ol’ what’s his name? While jumping out of an airplane is not for everyone, I guarantee your date will never forget you or the experience of bailing out at 13,000 feet!

BONUS : Saving Money With Online Dating

These days, it costs a great deal of money to maintain a presence on the dating scene. Bars and nightclubs routinely charge covers simply for admission, and everything inside will set you back quite a bit. You can find cheaper drinks at certain hours of the day, sure, but the odds of finding a romantic prospect between the hours of 3:00 and 6:00 PM are pretty slim, to say the least. More accurately, establishments will actually raise the price of drinks as the crowd grows; after all, what other options do the people have? By the time you factor in the various costs associated with simply going to a bar or club and buying drinks for yourself, let alone buying drinks for other people that pique your interest, it’s not unheard of to spend well over a hundred dollars in a single evening. All of that, and there is still no guarantee that your time, effort, or money will translate into romantic success.

One of the key advantages of online dating versus traditional dating is that you don’t have to spend any money in order to simply participate or to achieve success. Creating an online personal ad or profile requires very little time and effort, and only rarely will a company charge you for the actual hosting of your profile. If there is any fee associated with such a service, it is generally nominal. Simply having a profile available online is the best way to increase your odds of finding a romantic partner; just as you are searching online for potential matches, so too are others looking for somebody just like you. Browsing through available online personal ads is generally free, as well. Occasionally, websites will allow you to browse through the front pages of online personals but will require a paid membership in order to actually contact the person. Often, however, this cost is rolled into the price of personal ad hosting. Regardless of how the fee structure, if any, is structured, it still represents a significantly lower cost than a night on the town with high aspirations and uncertain results.

Not even when you find a romantic prospect and actually connect with them are you required to spend money unnecessarily. A simple exchange of emails and telephone calls costs nothing, and by the time the relationship progresses to the point where the two of you go out, it is generally assumed that there is sufficient mutual interest to warrant such a decision. Because of this, a night out will not be a matter of throwing money around in hopes of finding romantic success; as there is already interest, any money spent will go towards fostering the development of a relationship. Furthermore, getting to know somebody online and by telephone before actually going out with them gives you the opportunity to explore interests and discover what the two of you have in common. Because of this, there is no “testing the waters” to see what the two of you can enjoy doing together. In all aspects, online dating is a more economically feasible option than traditional settings.