Date ideas for every mood
Date ideas for every mood
40 ideas sorted by situation – from a first coffee to a yearly tradition. Each one comes with a line you can send straight away as an invitation.
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First date – short, easy, no pressure
Coffee and a slice of cake in a small café around the corner
Ready-made invitation line: “Coffee on Saturday – just an hour, totally relaxed?”
A walk through the park with ice cream in hand
Ready-made invitation line: “Ice cream and one lap around the lake – coming along?”
Two rounds of mini golf – loser buys the drinks
Ready-made invitation line: “Mini golf duel: will you lose or will I?”
Bookshop challenge: each picks a book for the other
Ready-made invitation line: “I pick a book for you, you pick one for me – Saturday?”
Street food market: three stalls, three small plates
Ready-made invitation line: “Three stalls, three bites, one evening – in?”
Sunday morning flea market, breakfast afterwards
Ready-made invitation line: “Flea market and breakfast after – Sunday?”
At home – cosy and cheap
Cook together: one recipe neither of you has ever tried
Ready-made invitation line: “Cooking night at mine – you bring dessert?”
Build your own pizza and rate them blind
Ready-made invitation line: “Pizza contest: yours against mine?”
Movie night with a blanket, popcorn and one film each
Ready-made invitation line: “Movie night – you pick first?”
Board game tournament over three rounds
Ready-made invitation line: “Three rounds, one winner – do you dare?”
Baking: decorate cookies as ugly as possible
Ready-made invitation line: “Bake cookies, decorate them badly, eat them anyway?”
Playlist swap: five songs each and the story behind them
Ready-made invitation line: “Five songs from you, five from me – tonight?”
Outdoors – when the weather is good
Picnic with a blanket and sandwiches you made yourself
Ready-made invitation line: “Picnic in the park – I'll bring the blanket?”
Bike ride to a place neither of you knows
Ready-made invitation line: “Bike ride to nowhere – Sunday at 11?”
Watch the sunrise, then have breakfast
Ready-made invitation line: “Sunrise at 6 – are you crazy enough?”
Swim in a lake and fries afterwards
Ready-made invitation line: “Lake, sun, fries – in?”
Pick berries at a farm, then make jam
Ready-made invitation line: “Pick berries and make jam?”
Explore the neighbourhood: only turn right, for one hour
Ready-made invitation line: “One hour of only turning right – adventure?”
Autumn and winter
Christmas market with mulled wine and a bag of roasted almonds
Ready-made invitation line: “Mulled wine at the Christmas market – Friday?”
Ice skating, even if neither of you can skate
Ready-made invitation line: “Ice skating – who falls first?”
Museum afternoon, because it's warm inside
Ready-made invitation line: “Museum and hot chocolate afterwards?”
Sauna or spa on a grey Sunday
Ready-made invitation line: “Spa on Sunday – escape the grey?”
Cook soup and do nothing for a whole afternoon
Ready-made invitation line: “Soup, blanket, doing nothing – sound good?”
Afternoon cinema, when the room is almost empty
Ready-made invitation line: “Afternoon cinema, almost the whole room to ourselves?”
Something special
Day trip to a town neither of you has visited
Ready-made invitation line: “One day, a new town – just the two of us?”
Take a class together: pottery, dancing or cocktail making
Ready-made invitation line: “Dance class – I promise not to step on your feet”
Concert by a band neither of you knows
Ready-made invitation line: “Unknown band, loud music – coming with me?”
Stargazing outside the city with warm tea
Ready-made invitation line: “Stargazing – I'll bring the tea?”
Surprise date: the other only learns the plan on the way
Ready-made invitation line: “A surprise date – do you trust me?”
Anniversary date: same place, same date, every year
Ready-made invitation line: “The same date every year – shall we start?”
Three things that make a date easier
- • Keep a first date short. One good hour beats four awkward ones.
- • Name a specific day. “Sometime” never becomes a plan.
- • Offer a choice: two suggestions are easier to answer than an open question.
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