Surprise Date! Need a timefiller...help!

Kato

Ok. My wife and I have been married for 7 and a half years now. Been together for close to 9. In the last 7 and a half years of our marriage...the "date" aspect of our marriage has come to a standstill. Mainly, just due to the fact of having kids and she was going through college for the last 4 years (graduated and is now teaching for her first year now)...always just being busy and also, lack of money. We have been living basically on my income and it just barely gets us by. So for reasons we couldn't really control, we rarely ever get out on a date, with just the two of us.

Now though, as I mentioned above, she is working. And we got her first paycheck this week...YAY! I am going to surprise her and take her out on a date. I already have the babysitter lined up and ready to go. But, I have a dilemna.

Appears we will be leaving the house around 6 or a little after. I want to take her to a nice restaurant in town...and due to our location, there isn't many around I'm in Salina, KS if that matters. I plan to take her to this Italian place called Martinelli's Little Italy. It's about the classiest place we have in town. I am going to guess that dinner will be done around...7:30'ish. Somewhere around that time...maybe a little before or a little after. I am getting late night tickets for a movie (our babysitter can get us hooked up with dollar tickets...sweet!). Yeah..this is a basic date...but fuck, when you never get out with just the two of you has it is, just any date will be nice.

The movie doesn't start till 9:40 though. So that leaves roughly 2 hours to fill. I thought about trying to catch the 7 movie...but the movie I want to take her too starts at 7. And there's just no way I can get us to dinner and out in time for the movie. So, any suggestions on what to do or how to fill that slot?

I'd like to come up with something a little different. I can spend some money during that time, but we can't go crazy with it of course. Just because she finally got a paycheck, doesn't mean we don't have a few debts to try and catch up on. Paying daycare and school loans. Bleh. I'm getting distracted though...

Any ideas? One friend suggested heading out to the country for something in the sunset...which it would be warm enough, but my wife hates bugs and insects. They always bite her and she gets pissed when it happens So I don't think that would be a great idea and she doesn't like Off or anything like that on her. Our town just sucks in that there isn't much in a way to do for something different or halfway romantic. Can't take her back to the house for anything...that would defeat the purpose of the babysitter and date. I'm not all that creative at times either..specially when it comes to something like this.

Help!

GungHo

Car sex

PeregrineFalcon

Kato wrote: »

So, any suggestions on what to do or how to fill that slot?

With a double entendre like that I don't even have to make the joke.

mightyspacepope

Things that I've liked to do during the time in between events on a date:

1. Go to a book store, you guys can walk around and look at stuff. This hinges on the fact that either she likes to read, or you both like to read.

2. Get some ice cream or some other type of dessert.

3. Sex. If there's somewhere you guys can go to be alone, go for it. Hell, those "fantasy" hotels usually let you get a room for an hour or two. If there's anything like that in your area, it might be worth looking into.

Kato

ahaha...you guys are awesome. *grin*

Sheep

Is she a romantic? You could always go some where and dick off for a bit. I used to take dates to the Mississippi River, park and just kinda enjoy each others company for a bit.

Cauld

Take a walk. Or even better get desert or some ice cream and take a walk. Perhaps through a park or a nice neighborhood.

Derrick

My advice?

Be irresponsible!

You guys have been working hard towards this goal for a while it sounds like, and now you've got it. Splurge for a night.

Try to find a very nice, tie-and-jacket restaurant. Get some new clothes, and leave her a missive (notes are more romantic but email if that's all you've got) that she needs to dress to the nines tonight.

Take her for a romantic dinner and/or dancing if you can swing it.

You've done what you needed to do, now it's time to play like grown-ups and start enjoying what you two have accomplished.

Trowizilla

Ice cream! If it's nice out, ice cream + a walk in the park holding hands. If you've got some sort of non-chain dessert place around, go for that over a chain store; it's more date-like.

Daenris

Mini-golf if you have a place nearby and it's nice out (or the place is indoors).

vonPoonBurGer

Linger over coffee, desert and/or drinks after dinner? Relax, sip, digest and talk. Maybe it's just me, but a meal at a classy place is usually not a quick affair. My girlfriend and I get drinks and an appetizer, then dinner, then maybe desert if there's room, plus coffee or an after-dinner beverage. Takes us over an hour, easily, and often closer to two hours, which could easily fill your 7:30-9:30 window. Having a backup activity from the other suggestions would be a good idea too, in the event that the place is busy or you don't feel like lingering.