Decisions, decisions....

[Joooray]

Last proper "date", I showed up at her door with a walz instructor, a pianist, a violinist and a cook. We had dance lessons to live music (lots of laughs from all involved) while the cook prepared a romantic dinner in her own kitchen. Worked wonders.

That might be out of some peoples monetary reach of course, but there are cheaper ways to come up with romantic suprises, heck, pretty much anything beats the cinema...

Some?

[Beskar]

Monetary reach would be putting on a CD or MP3 player and doing the cooking themselves. Not have an orchestra, professional chef and a private waltz instructor turn up.

[Shibumi]

Standard dance lesson followed by a picnic then?

Dance lesson for 2 is maybe 40$, picnic even cheaper :)

Or just go and play laser tag, cheap and damn fun!

EDIT: If doing laser tag, remember you dont get points with the girl if you frag her repeatedly and then brag about it ;)

[Togakure]

I've always favored a picnic which I put together, carefully and with taste (having gathered a little intel on what she likes ahead of time), red and white checkered throw, basket, and all. Take her to a nice place on a nice day with a nice view. Make sure the weather is good, and there's room for a nice picturesque walk. This scenario allows for the enjoyment of food and drink, and lots of conversation, without a lot of distractions if you go to the right place at the right time.

If conversation, personality, and sincere eye-to-eye expression are strengths, it's hard to go wrong with this. I don't like to waste time (I don't mean getting to sex; I mean getting to know each other well). You can cover much more ground on a date like this than on ten dates to the movies doing things where conversation and one-on-one, face-to-face interaction is inhibited.

But that's just me, and times and people have changed. Maybe this kind of thing doesn't fly with most anymore.

As to laser tag etc., once some time ago when I did a picnic as described, I took my date to a park alongside a local river where there was an archery range, and after lunch on the spur, we rented bows and did some shooting. It was spontaneous and she loved it. She out-shot me too, lol (and I wasn't letting her--I'm a former summer camp instructor for pete's sake--she was just a damn good shot!).

[Prussian to the Iron]

Might be a bit of a turn around, but now...I'm back at square one and I've taken a step forward surprisingly.

after a really great night (won't go over details, but essentially I spent 99.99% with the hot sister and her best friend), her best friend asked if i liked the sister, which sparked a whole conversation and she says that she likes me back too. so now I just have to deal with.....the original.....(evil overshadowing music)

[Megas Methuselah]

So which one are you gonna do first then?

[pevergreen]

Might be a bit of a turn around, but now...I'm back at square one and I've taken a step forward surprisingly.

after a really great night (won't go over details, but essentially I spent 99.99% with the hot sister and her best friend), her best friend asked if i liked the sister, which sparked a whole conversation and she says that she likes me back too. so now I just have to deal with.....the original.....(evil overshadowing music)

So wait, the sister likes you?

Or the best friend?

[Prussian to the Iron]

both. but the friend is too young so in that i was talking about the sister. I see how that would be confusing though.

BTW: both sister and her friend know that the other likes me. just so nobody asks about that.