<p>This may be a stupid question but does anyone have tips for dating during college (with students from the same school). Obviously you'll have some classes and events and then some free time, but with sky high tuition and fees (like 60k/year), youre not going to have the money to constantly go out to movies/minigolf/dinner etc. What type of dates did you find thr best in college?</p>
<p>Coffee. Old movies. Vintage record stores. I sound like a massive hipster right now, but seriously, it’s a lot of fun and it’s less expensive.</p>
<p>Bowling, walks, picnics, etc.</p>
<p>Some dormroom fun. Know what I mean??? Cheap, too. Haha</p>
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<p>^That’s not a date, that’s a hookup. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think “dating” implies that OP is eventually looking for a relationship, and hookups almost never lead to those.</p>
<p>Edit: that’s not to say that nights in can’t be a good idea. Popcorn, movies, games, etc can be a fun cheap alternative if you already know you get along well with the other person. And then you can let it lead to whatever, if things happen to happen.</p>
<p>I guess I was looking more at date ideas than bedroom advice haha. They’ll be parties and all and hookups will probably happen at the club/party, but any ideas as far as dating or going out? Throwing around a frisbee playing with squirt guns or something? Eating at the dining hall together (I’d hardly call that a date but college kids are poor)? Just chilling in your form room/common area playing cards or watching a movie or tv (too bad for no cable haha)? Inviting her to a party (if it’s a select group- ie sports team)</p>
<p>Just walking around campus talking–getting to know one another better. Me and a girl who wear dating, we’d have dinner and would one of us would suggest “want to walk around campus for a while?”</p>
<p>Oooooooooops, my bad haha. I completely forgot about the title. Well, in my experience, just a simple walk is good enough for a decent quasi-date. You both have some time to talk about whatever and stuff. I did that with a girl I met at my college orientation (about two weeks ago). We decided to go to some things together for the orientation and then went to eat at night at one of the eateries, of which Dominos was the only one open. After that, we went back to the fountain in front of the tower (UT Austin) and talked about different stuff while enjoying our food. Hopefully by giving you a general outline I can assist you in your quest for a nice woman :). Oh, and don’t really try movies unless she is interested in watching it because you have to be quiet, or else you’re an annoying viewer. Cheers!</p>
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<p>Oh here’s another one! Campus theater events. My first date with my current boyfriend was a show in the theater basement. The next was a $1 Improv show. There are probably very cheap events you can go to on campus like that.</p>
<p>Campus sporting events maybe too (if its something you are both into) but it can be crowded so maybe not a first date</p>
<p>Live music/theater is always a good option.</p>
<p>My boyfriend and I do a lot of free activities- mostly hiking, swimming, etc. Winter is a little tougher, but there’s always something to do on campus.</p>
<p>There’s always something to do. You don’t <em>have</em> to spend money to have fun. My university has a movie theater and has second run movies for free Thursday-Sunday, so that’s kind of popular. You can get dinner together (even if each of you use your own meal swipe, it’s still fun, because you’re hanging out with someone and getting to know them better). You can walk around campus. You can have a picnic on the quad or the horseshoe or whatever the outside hang out is. You can go play frisbee or racket ball or squash or table tennis. You can hang out in your room and watch a movie.</p>
<p>There’s tons of stuff to do that really doesn’t cost much. You just have to be creative.</p>
<p>My first couple of “dates” with my boyfriend were just the two of us walking around campus at night when it was pretty deserted. It was actually really nice with all the streetlights and stuff. It was a good getting-to-know-you kind of thing.</p>
<p>Check into things that your campus offers that might seem kind of lame. There’s a lot of untapped resources there. My school has this little bowling alley in the union where you can bowl for like, a dollar or two, but it ended up being a fun date. We also have Friday/Saturday night entertainment that’s usually just a movie, and it’s generally not crowded because most people are partying but it’s a cute thing to do together.</p>
<p>Go to restaurants or cafes, try sports at the school rec (tennis, squash, ice skating, etc), go to free events with music and food, parks, etc.</p>
<p>You could even study in the library~</p>
<p>Just spend time together.
If you want to plan a day excursion then maybe the zoo/aquarium, museum, concert, downtown, etc.</p>
<p>This is probably a stupid question, but for a girl who isn’t a girlfriend yet, would she know most of these are dates and not hanging out activities? Most of these things aren’t the traditional date, some fall into that category, but some could just seem like a hangout.</p>
<p>^ Are you seeing each other somewhat casually? Or is she literally just a friend and you want to make the first move? If it’s the latter, I think it depends on how you word it. If you say, like, “Do you want to go out with me this Saturday? We could go get some coffee,” then that’s hard to misinterpret.</p>
<p>user- Might, might not. Many relationships just kind of evolve into a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship eventually. Rebeccar’s got good information. Or you could just be honest and say something like “So what are we? Are we dating?” after a few “dates”.</p>
<p>Well we’ve been talking a lot over the last few months but have only met a couple times so O guess we’re friends because I haven’t really had an opportunity to make a true move because she lives on the opposite coast. But this fall I want to try to so I’m not sure if she’ll see it as just friends hanging out or something more but I like the way you phrased that. </p>
<p>Based off our MSN texting and Facebook convos were pretty close though, which is good and bad I guess if I want to go out with her</p>
<p>Roman- do they really evolve or do you just get thrown into a friendzone?</p>
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<p><em>Shrug</em> I was good friends with all of my exes (and current) before we started dating. I don’t believe in the friendzone.</p>
<p>My current boyfriend and I were very good friends for two years before we started dating. Then again, I was engaged when we met so… lol</p>