Take Your Tired Relationship On A Blind Date
If you’ve been married for a while or have a long term boyfriend, you might think about going on a blind date with them just to spice things up a bit and keep it interesting. One of the worst things for a relationship is falling into the grind. An everyday routine that after a while, just isn’t fun anymore. So every once in awhile it’s good to monkey around and do something a little off the wall to keep the journey interesting.
A fun thing you can do is schedule a blind date. Unless you’re really good at creating a character and your partner is keen enough to catch on to what’s going on this can’t really be a surprise. You’re going to have to talk about it and put a plan together. What you need basically is a time, a place, and if you want to make it really fun, throw together some role-playing ideas.
Scheduling the blind date
You could decide on a specific night to go on you blind date or you could leave it open and leave it up to one of you to initiate a chance meeting anytime during the day or evening of the following week. The chance meeting scenario is fun because it builds up some anticipation for one of you and lets the other exercise some creativity to plan out how this chance meeting is going to happen.
If you do this then there should be some kind of signal where the person in charge of initiating the date is wearing something special that will signal that this is the chance meeting and the blind date is starting. It’s best to plan for the date to last a day or an evening, but if you want to make a crazy weekend out of it then remember that you’re probably going to fall out of character at some point. This can be fun too if you put together some kind of penalty for falling out of character before the date is over.
Meeting your date
If you’re going to set a day and time for the date, it’s generally a great idea to meet somewhere that neither of you have been before. Some place out of the way a ways - you don’t want to run into some friends who’ll recognize you and spoil the whole fun of you both acting like you’ve just met. The easiest place to randomly meet might be a restaurant lounge or pub but it can be just about anywhere. It could be in the parking lot after work or a lonely stretch of beach.
One great idea is to meet somewhere and go on a spur of the moment road trip overnight or for the weekend. Don’t pack a suitcase, just go, and get what you need along the way.
Get into character
This is what makes the blind date so much fun and what holds the whole idea together. Each of you should create a character and don’t tell the other what your character’s name is or what their background is until you meet for the date. The better you can pull this off, the more fun you’re going to have.
Think of a theme. You could do a James Bond theme and create a whole “we’re being chased by spies” story. Whatever it is, create a little backstory for your character and have fun with it. Your character should be amazing and bigger than life. If you can put together some costumes or wear something completely different than what you normally would, you will really bring your character to life.
Go to a vintage store and get all swanked up like Bonnie and Clyde - just don’t get too wrapped up in your characters and go on a robbery spree!
