I’m taking a girl I’ve just met out on a date, we’ve been on a few but it’s still early days. Both of us are pretty heavy drinkers but we’ve decided to take a break from alcohol. I’m looking up something interesting we can do that doesn’t necessarily involve drinking. If it helps, we live in London.
What are your favourite date night ideas that don’t necessarily involve alcohol?
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I’m taking a girl I’ve just met out on a date, we’ve been on a few but it’s still early days. Both of us are pretty heavy drinkers but we’ve decided to take a break from alcohol. I’m looking up something interesting we can do that doesn’t necessarily involve drinking. If it helps, we live in London.
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Go ride a bicycle, it’s insanely difficult to ride a bicycle without falling while drunk. Even better a tandem bicycle. Those are hard to ride sober and hydrated.
-Bike ride
-Yoga
-Go dancing or take dance lessons
-Get coffee and chat or get coffee and walk around a park
-Visit a museum
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If you love, walking & checking out the nightlife would be a good start
There are lot of things one notices when walking that otherwise get missed out when life just happens
Used Book or Vinyl shop. Antiquing. Depends on the people involved.
Going to a museum. You can talk and get to know each other over art opinions. It provides topics to talk about, it’s free (depending where you live) it’s in public so both parties can feel safe
I’m in the US so not sure if this would be an option, but with warmer weather coming, my wife and I will occasionally do mini-golf and ice cream. It’s definitely more of a midday date idea though. I’ll pay for the mini-golf and the loser pays for the ice cream just to add a bit of competition to it.
And since you’re in a major city, there are other interesting options you can try. For example, interactive scavenger hunts, some of which even have prizes from the looks of it.
You sure she won’t just go out and drink with someone else after your date?
I never drink. There are absolutely no date night activities that necessarily require drinking unless you want to count drinking itself as an activity.
Something with adventure like axe throwing or indoor rock climbing.
Truffles and fingerpainting?
Well I’m not too familiar with the dating scene in London since I’m an American but I found NA beers when I was doing Dry January this year. I’m not sure what your drink of choice is but I’m sure you can find NA variants. NA beers taste similar to the alcoholic ones.
Take her hiking in the Epping Forest. That way she’ll be tired when you’re done, which is a great segue into offering her a romantic, lengthy foot massage (assuming she lets you touch and kiss her feet).
Bowling, mini golf, arcade
If i were in London dating I would just talk and hope that english with a swedish accent helps. It would have to be the girl who takes me on a date since i don’t know what there is to do. But if I was the one taking her some place i’d take her to hyde park and have a swedish fika and take a walk, ask her a lot of things about her and her life in London.
Escape rooms are always fun, sporting events, picnics, building legos together
Sex?
We like to go to the local Fresh Market (fancy grocery store) and pick out dinner and dessert. Then we bring it home, prepare, and eat. Working together provides lots of interaction and conversation, which is what you really want for a date. Also, you learn a lot about your date, e.g., likes, dislikes, skills, sometimes allergies…
Concert,, meal at a nice restaurant, day trip to beach or hiking, netflix and chill, movies, make her a nice meal at home, etc,etc
Literally any activity that isn’t going to a bar fits that description.
When I lived in major cities (New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Hong Kong, etc) I liked to take “tourists crap” dates.
Basically go around and do all the stupid things tourists do in that city. Get on an open top bus with a bunch of fat Americans visiting London. It’ll be fun.
Get a few bags and just don’t drink.
Can’t believe you’ve never gone cow tippin’ before!
picnic – pile of cold foods from an upmarket supermarket , a throw rug (go polyester- wont get heavy if it gets damp ) a bottle of designer soft drinks.
TKmaxx and a few competitors sell picnic set if you want to go wild
This looses its sparkle if you both live in the wild middle of no-where but most people live in towns, so I’m on a statistically safe bet
As someone who lives in a dry county, I have many ideas. Naturally there is the old standby, dinner and a movie but also do not overlook museums, a day hike, walking downtown window shopping, people watching in a park, and consider going to some of the touristy sights. I would think London would offer many sober activities.
Go for a hike with a picnic
Car show. Motorcycle show. Museum. Art show. Fun park. Amusement park. Movies. Fishing. History museum. Dancing. Beach/swimming…
Just a few ideas off the top on my head.
https://www.reddit.com/r/london/s/NaO3376xYA
This is what’s happening in London this week..
And it’s free.
Something that’s not so engaging that you can’t have a conversation. Even just listening to a record and vibing together is nice, get to know each other.
Watch a movie at home together.
Play Pokémon Go in the park.
Play a video game together.
Make silly videos together.
Go for dinner.
Spicy sleep.
Cuddles / sleep
Play boardgames.
An arcade.
Bowling.
Mini putt.
If it’s raining, sitting in your car in a dimly lit park listening to music on low as to not completely block the sound of the rain and having a really nice conversation.
Pretty mundane stuff lol.
Literally anything. Even going to a bar doesn’t mean you HAVE to drink.
Have an alcohol-free date planned later this week.
We’re meeting up at a coffee shop after work to grab a cup and take a walk around town, and if things go well I have a few nice but inexpensive restaurants in mind to grab dinner at. If things go really well, I’ll invite them back to my place to nosh on some dessert.
I’m not a man but I’m a woman that drinks a lot and my boyfriend drinks more. We live together but we stay in and cook or go to a movie and come home and cook. Sit outside with a glass of N.A. wine. Go hiking. Go to adult game places. Drink NA’s. The industry is really booming now. He drinks THC drinks often when we go out. My girlfriend solely drinks THC drinks when out.