SIMPLE, CUTE AND ROMANTIC DATE IDEAS YOU SHOULDN'T MISS...

"Dating is about finding out who you are and who others are. If you show up in a masquerade outfit, neither is going to happen."

Henry Cloud

Going on dates doesn’t always have to mean draining your wallet at fancy restaurants. There are plenty of affordable and entertaining dates you can go on with your significant other. After all, it’s really the time you spend with them that matters and not how much you’re spending on the dates. Here are 50 cheap dates for you to try:

• Cook each other’s family recipes for each other.
• Nostalgia movie night. Watch your favorite movies from during your school years.
• Watch a free improve show.
• Go for a hike in a beautiful park.
• Picnic outdoors and prep delicious foods to feed each other with.
• Explore the farmers market together, and share some juicy fruits or tasty snacks to munch on.
• Take a tour around a museum the both of you haven’t been to (preferably on free museum day!).
• Go to open mic night and sing your heart out.
• Visit a board game cafe and play games to your heart’s content.
• Pal up with your partner for trivia nights in neighborhood bars.
• Create your own city tour, and visit historic landmarks.
• Pick a documentary, and discuss it after watching.
• Have a book club date night. Choose a book to read together, and hold an intimate book club meeting for two when you’re both done with it.
• Volunteer together at the pound, homeless shelter, or your favorite nonprofit.
• Go swimming together.
• Stargaze and try to name the constellations you’re staring at with the help of an app or book.
• Watch birds and wildlife, and try to identify them with a book or app.
• Pick fruit from a farm, and find recipes to cook the fruit.
• Plan a trip together, and share pretty pictures and hot-spot descriptions with each other.
• Buy a travel book of your dream travel destination, and read it together.
• Visit the library, and read books together.
• Take a free meditation class together.
• Bike around the city.
• Bring $5 to the mall and see who ends up with the best buy.
• Rollerblade together or go to a roller skating rink.
• Try ice skating.
• Go on a free factory tour.
• Go bowling.
• Play a sport together.
• Make desserts for each other.
• Become a kid again, and play games at the arcade.
• Throw a fondue night, and experiment with unique ingredients.
• Go fishing.
• Watch a movie in a drive-in theater, and make a sundae or a root beer float to consume at home before going.
• Visit the zoo.
• Go to a jazz bar.
• Build a jigsaw puzzle together.
• Go to a local festival.
• Visit a flea market or thrift store, and try to find things you can restore together.
• Walk around Ikea, and get a meal there after exploring.
• Miniature golf.
• Attend a tasting of your favorite liquor.
• Check out an art exhibit.
• Paint together.
• Try to fold challenging origami pieces.
• Design mugs for each other.
• Go to a playground, and exchange childhood memories
• Visit a dog park with your dog.
• Attend a pet show or meetup in your area.
• Make a scrapbook of your best memories together.