{"id":1263,"date":"2015-02-11T10:58:54","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T17:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mops.org\/2015\/02\/11\/can-of-dates\/"},"modified":"2015-02-11T10:58:54","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T17:58:54","slug":"can-of-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/can-of-dates\/","title":{"rendered":"Can of Dates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Confession: I’m a Valentine\u2019s Day scrooge. I hate the colors. I hate the gifts. I hate the way I felt when I was single, and I hate the way I feel now that I\u2019m not. My husband is a romantic, but for me, Valentine’s Day is just too much pressure. Surely there\u2019s a better way.<\/p>\n

This year I\u2019m going to out-valentine Cupid by bypassing all the cheesy stuffed animals and heart-shaped boxes of mystery chocolates and give my husband a \u201cCan O\u2019 Dates.\u201d It\u2019s simple, girls. Just decorate an empty paint can and fill it with fun date ideas for 2015.<\/p>\n

Finding it difficult to come up creative ideas? I\u2019ve got you covered. Below are 50 fun dates to get you started:<\/p>\n

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  1. Host a couples\u2019 game night.<\/li>\n
  2. Go to a play.<\/li>\n
  3. Watch a sunrise (or a sunset if you\u2019re not morning people).<\/li>\n
  4. Take a cooking class.<\/li>\n
  5. Build a snowman.<\/li>\n
  6. Take a shower or bath together.<\/li>\n
  7. Take a road trip.<\/li>\n
  8. Go to a concert.<\/li>\n
  9. Hold hands and take a stroll down the streets of your town.<\/li>\n
  10. Visit a museum.<\/li>\n
  11. Send the kids to grandma’s house and enjoy a romantic evening alone at home.<\/li>\n
  12. Go to a book store and browse.<\/li>\n
  13. Go to an auto race.<\/li>\n
  14. Go on a picnic at night.<\/li>\n
  15. Ride bikes together.<\/li>\n
  16. Go skinny dipping.<\/li>\n
  17. Attend a baseball game and eat peanuts and Cracker Jacks.<\/li>\n
  18. Go fishing.<\/li>\n
  19. Do a community service project.<\/li>\n
  20. Go shopping and buy each other new outfits.<\/li>\n
  21. Workout together.<\/li>\n
  22. Go to the zoo.<\/li>\n
  23. Take a couples massage.<\/li>\n
  24. Learn to dance.<\/li>\n
  25. Go dancing.<\/li>\n
  26. Go roller-skating.<\/li>\n
  27. Watch fireworks.<\/li>\n
  28. Make your own fireworks.<\/li>\n
  29. Go to an arcade.<\/li>\n
  30. Go to an auction.<\/li>\n
  31. Make a couples \u201cbucket list.\u201d<\/li>\n
  32. Skip rocks in a stream or lake.<\/li>\n
  33. Fly a kite.<\/li>\n
  34. Go junkin’ (AKA: thrifting or antiquing).<\/li>\n
  35. Test drive new cars.<\/li>\n
  36. Finish a project.<\/li>\n
  37. Spend a day playing at the park.<\/li>\n
  38. Visit a nearby city.<\/li>\n
  39. Eat at a new restaurant.<\/li>\n
  40. Take a pottery class.<\/li>\n
  41. Go to an amusement park.<\/li>\n
  42. Share an ice cream cone.<\/li>\n
  43. Play touch football.<\/li>\n
  44. Celebrate the date of your first kiss.<\/li>\n
  45. Work in the garden.<\/li>\n
  46. Watch meteors and shooting stars.<\/li>\n
  47. Visit a grandparent.<\/li>\n
  48. Hold hands in a movie.<\/li>\n
  49. Go through a carwash and make-out.<\/li>\n
  50. Go on a hike and if you find a secluded place, go for IT.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    It\u2019s time to put that hot glue gun to work, girls. Not the crafty type? Fear not — just print this article and check off the dates as you go. Regardless, get out there, be brave and start dating!<\/p>\n

    Happy Valentine\u2019s Day!<\/p>\n

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    Tasha Levert, Ph.D., is a licensed professional counselor in New Orleans who provides face-to-face and online care. She is a conference speaker, worship leader and the author of <\/i><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Confession: I’m a Valentine\u2019s Day scrooge. I hate the colors. I hate the gifts. I hate the way I felt when I was single, and I hate the way I feel now that I\u2019m not. My husband is a romantic, but for me, Valentine’s Day is just too much pressure. Surely there\u2019s a better way. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":12908,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"0","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,102],"tags":[167,27,146,192,36,186,147,223,239,148],"class_list":["post-1263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fun","category-relationships","tag-dating","tag-fun","tag-husband","tag-in-the-bedroom","tag-relationships","tag-romance","tag-spouse","tag-tasha","tag-valentine","tag-wife"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}