Summer Date Ideas

If you and your guy (or girl) are running out of things to do Cosmopolitan.com has a list Creative Summer Dates.

My daughter and her boyfriend, Greg, are doing number one on the list today – Tubing on the river. He picked her up a bit ago and we had a big discussion about sunscreen. For some reason she was resistant. Silly kid.

I’ve never been tubing myself. It sounds like so much fun. I do, however, float on a raft in hip-high water as often as my schedule permits. I think that a picnic at the park and a float on the creek would be a good addition to the list.

Other ideas include a mystery road trip and a restaurant crawl. I like both of those ideas. We have a small downtown area in my town and there are some great restaurants down there. I’ll have to keep that in mind for when my boyfriend is back in town. If we hit it on the right day, we could even catch some music.

The next date on the list is playing an online game together. I guess that would be fun for some people, but games are something that the kids do with my boyfriend. I want to talk or at least look him in the face, because it’s something that I rarely get to do. I think I’ll skip this one.

The next one is picnic, but hey, I already mentioned that. They do give a good recipe for a Garbanzo Bean dip, though, so you might want to check that out. Pack some gum in the picnic basket as it features a healthy amount of garlic. (Yum, but also high on the ick factor if you are hoping for some romance).

Cosmo suggests doing some of the fun things you did as a kid. What did you like to do when you were younger?

This is going to sound silly, but I liked to swing in the dark. When I was a teen – actually up until I was a young mom -I used to love to go to the park and swing in the moonlight. The park at night is both beautiful and creepy.  Believe it or not, that’s a pretty sexy combination. (Skip this one if you live in a high crime area. Yikes).

The last suggestion is to watch a movie under the stars. I have always wanted to do that, but those projectors are pricey. Cosmo suggests using your laptop. Okay, the picture is little, but it works and you can put the money you save by not getting the projector toward the mystery road trip suggestion.

Image credit: Michelle Smith