So you finally got up the nerve to go talk to that hot girl at the bank counter, you guys hit it off and it ended with her number in your phonebook ... awesome! But wait ... what happens next?! Fear not, young grasshoppa, just consult this list of cool 1st dates any guy can afford but she'll never forget and plan your next move.

1) Find somewhere cool and secluded in your area and bring her there. I once figured out how to climb the water tower in my home town and started taking girls there. They were a little apprehensive at first but not one of them refused to climb it and by the end of the night they were always glad they did. Of course I'm certainly not advocating anything illegal, but sometimes "Do not enter" really means "Be discreet and don't do anything stupid while you're here."

2) Go swimming at the local lake in the evening time. During the day, swimming areas are packed with tourists having picnics and kids peeing in the water. At night, they're quiet and romantic places where you and your lucky lady can frolic uninhibited by the disapproving stares of others. Plus the stars and moon on the water are breathtaking.

3) Take her grocery shopping. One of my all-time favorites, this "date" subcommunicates that you're a busy guy and can't take too much time out of your schedule to screen her, but you still want to give her a chance to become part of your world. At first, she'll think you're buying groceries to cook for her. When she finds out you're just doing errands, she'll wonder, "Just who is this guy?" Once you're done, you can use your perishable groceries to eject gracefully if she's boring OR parlay them into the perfect excuse to invite her back to your place.

4) County fairs. This suggestion may catch some flack for not being free, but that's alright. County fairs are still cheap, and they are awesome places to take girls. There's tons of energy, you're bound to see people who know you, and you can tell her the #1 rule of riding the ferris wheel is that she has to kiss you when you get to the top Bonus points if you stand your ground with the carnies trying to scam you out of extra money.

5) Go on a hay ride. In case you don't remember anything from high school: 1) There is a lot of room back there on those trailers, and 2) putting a blanket over the top of you two makes anything you do underneath alright

Now, in the spirit of Chino's "5 Steps to Being More Attractive" ( 5-steps-to-being-more-attractive-vt33090.html ) you must now add 5 more cheap or free date ideas to this thread!

1. Living room camping
it's always fun to "pitch a tent" in the living room.

2.paid programing
just stay up all night watching those crappy commercials that make you want a new set of kitchen knives for no reason at all.

3.home movies
watch all the stupid stuff you did when you were kids.

4.strip poker
just you and her.... and her friends.... and that chick from across the street...

5.the park
go crazy on the little kids jungle gym. try and make it a race, winner gets a kiss.

i forgot it was "first dates"

best just stick to 3 and 5 then...

save the other ones for the second date

AHAHAHAHAHA you and her...and her friends...and the chick from across the street... lol beautiful my friend beautiful

1. Walk around the city pretending your detectives, interrogating people about where they were last summer
2. Pretend your tourists (up it and you dont speak english, just mime taking photos to strangers)
3. Ice skating (cheap)
4. Dance class (group drop in ones are cheap)
5. go opshopping (2nd hand stores) where you have to wear what the other person picks out that night (within reason... or not)

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I am so trying them!

Yeah, or you can invite her to a party going on at your house and when she gets there let her realize no one else is coming.

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Haha love the detective and tourist one.

I once had a good friend (male), we'd just go out for like 6 hours and our only goal was to have fun. It's incredible how many girls we'd pick up just by fucking all the rules and having fun.

Drink a few beers, maybe smoke some weed.

Then we'd just approach any hot girl we saw, without ANY intentions as such. Insta-date all the time. We'd approach people pretending we can't speak english. We'd run down the metro escalators backwards. Both of us are very funny, so sometimes we'd be in a public place just exchanging rivalrous banter which often had girls sitting there laughing their asses off.

Sometimes we'd have pull-up contests in unusual places. Amazing what great game you can pull with drunk girls coming home.

What I mean is 1AM on the metro friday night... they're all drunk, and a lot of them haven't got what they want which is a guy for the night.

It sounds immature, and I guess it is, but fuck it was fun.

Oh and another funny one was to be complete violent assholes (he's a marine, and I'm an ex-street gangsta type) with any guy who'd hit on a girl we'd talked to. Very funny in a bar. Especially when it's with 'nice guys' not AMOGs.


You know, we'd approach some hot girl, chat for a bit. Usually we'd play like complete opposites, arguing with each other, all in good humor, and then forcing the chicks to side with one of us.

If another dude came in, then one of us would come over and be like "Yo, her friend said you're a jerk. I strongly recommend you fuck off before I get really pissed off" (quietly in his ear). Usually they'd stand and leave and then he'd be like "ahaha, I was just fucking with him"...

very immature, very fun though.

Let's not derail this thread, back on topic.

1) I love the second hand store idea. I tend to go to vintage clothing stores and/or costume shops. They are the best.

2) Go to a furniture store and pretend you two are a couple that is outfitting your new place. Lay on all the furniture together, and get her into a playfull mood. This should kick start some heavy kino and get her to visualize what it would be like to be a cute couple. It's fun. I used to do it to scout other stores, but then I and my store became too well known. Never feel bad to waste a sales persons time. Thats what they are there for.

3) Playgrounds at elementry schools. The two of you are giants on the little playground equipment.

4) Ice cream. Under $10 for the both of you. AFC Adam suggested this one because its quick and easy. Also, smoothie cafe's are great as well. You can meet her there, already have your smoothie and then she has to buy hers. This way it is less commitment than can be under 45 minutes. Then you can set up for later that night, the week or bounce on her cause she is dull.

5) Board games. Monopoly, scrabble, battleship. You can bring out her competitive side, make bets... Whatever. Get creative.

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1) Walk on the beach.

2) Ipod Wars, its a game I play with friends, I show off the coolest songs on my ipod that they haven't heard before, and they show me their's in the end we decide what the coolest song was from each other.

3) A tea bag game, take a tea bag and walk from store to store, to see if you can trade with anyone there for something slightly more valuable, and see how far both of you get. For example, I know people that traded a tea bag, and at the end of the day ended up with a office chair worth $60.

4) Play the Wii, girls digg that thing.

5) Go to city hall and check what small events or workshops they have going on. Because it is city hall, and public it will cost minimal. I once had small workshop on architecture and we got to design our own buildings, etc. Can be a great bonding experience.

I can imagine another one. Going to timezone or whatever you gameareas are and doing a danceoff on the dancerevolution machine

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Anyway....

PICNIC AT SUNSET......I just got you all so much more pussy

before the you start the picnic: Park Walking and People Watching ––– see Annie Hall

1) Pick a random destination and drive there. This is a fantastic date if the two of you have some free time and works well with the pretending to be a tourist idea, except you don't have to pretend. Pack snacks and plan ahead so you don't get lost ... or wait, maybe you should plan to get lost? You figure it out

2) Watch porn together. Critique the pornstars' technique, poke fun at the ridiculous plots and dialogue, etc. etc. Oh, and did I mention it's great for getting in the mood for sexy time?

3) As the song says, go somewhere where everybody knows your name. Whether it's a bar you regularly patronize or a store where you're on good terms with the staff, the social proof you'll garner from everyone saying hi and talking to you will spike her attraction through the roof.

4) Driving range. I have no interest whatsoever in playing golf but who doesn't like hitting small objects large distances? Plus there are tons of kino opportunities while you "correct" her technique

5) Shooting range. Much like the driving range, there are tons of kino opportunities and it's a guaranteed fun activity. Make sure the girl is not a psychopath before you do this one

I call this my 10 Dollar Close, Because at the end of the date I am either F closing or setting up so next time we meet I will F close.

Step 1. You have her come to your place. Invite her in for a couple of minutes while you still finish getting ready. I love this because its doing what girls always do to you. Like forget to grab your watch, bracelet, phone, etc. Hell, I have even put a load of laundry in one time while the girl waited.(Now you have got her comfortable seeing your house and always make sure its clean and presentable. Puppies/Dogs help to charm the girl as well)

Step 2. Take her to a park, Usually the one closes to downtown. So you can walk with her through the park and downtown. Getting to know her flirt with her.(This is your best time to flirt with her, play games, and just make the date exciting)

Step 3. Take her to get some Ice cream. It shouldn't cost no more than 10 bucks but I am going to give you a little tip to make this date stick out to her. Right before going in ask her if she is daring and spontaneous. Then you sample EVERY flavor of Ice cream the place has before picking one. Its very fun and you can even feed her the ice cream with the little spoons.

Step 4. More walking and flirting. Your goal is to get her to go back to your place which ain't hard since her car is there. Ask her to watch a movie or something then make a move. By this time you should have had enough Kino to easily escalate.

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