Show Ask Mom Kathryn Jones Staff Columnist Mom Why is it that every date I Igo go on is just like the last The guy might be different he might be funnier than the thelast thelast thelast last guy or more serious or cuter or whatever but the dates we go on are always the same Dinner and a movie dinner and a movie dinner and a movie Whatever W happened to creativity Sincerely Bored out of my mind Dear Bored I know how you feel and andI I hate to break it to you but after you get married things only get w worse I mean it And the problem isn't that the men arent aren't creative I think its it's that they just get a abit abit abit bit lazy Sorry guys But the truth is we are lazy too I mean it When we keep going on dinner and anda a movie dates without speaking up what's the guy supposed to think Yeah that we like them so why not tell him what we really think In other words when he asks what you would like to todo todo todo do do you have something already in mind that youve you've longed to do or do you spout out Oh it doesn't matter what do you want to do I think its it's important that we know the answer to this question I l I. I also think its it's important to share our interests during the date vh 0 k knows 1 wS What i ibe be swirling in our dates date's mind the next time around because we weren't afraid to speak up Creating a date together is an awesome thing I also like the idea of group dating That way if your date is as boring and as lifeless as a chunk of rock you have someone else to to talk to Through the years I have gathered some of my best date ideas Some of them I have experienced for myself others have come by way of friends and family Sometimes all we need to spark life into our next great date is to tobe tobe tobe be spurred on by someone else's creative idea Here are 10 to hopefully spur you on 1 Have a date test driving cars 2 Eat dinner in an elevator at the airport in inthe inthe inthe the back of a up pick-up truck The menu should be simple like take-out take from McDonalds 3 skate Roller-skate around the neighborhood 4 Take a make-believe make survey at the grocery store 5 Visit the zoo Draw pictures or take photos of the animals 6 Play Monopoly in inthe inthe inthe the mountains 7 Blow bubbles 8 Play the games you played or your parents or grandparents played as a hopscotch jacks the kick four square etc 9 Go ice 10 See what you can canes can c the DolI Dollar Sto Store e with get at r only a dollar each w 1 J jJ r I Mom |