Low-key date nights at home
Which at-home date would you rather have than another plan you have to dress for?
Staying in is a plan when you choose it. It is a default when you do not. These are specific enough to start and small enough to finish on a weeknight.
Rank the evening you want this month, not the evening that would look best described to someone else. Nobody else is invited.
Rank two options at a time. Leave out anything you cannot judge. You can share the result or, on a public list, add your order to the visitor tally.
4–8 options keeps it quick. Leave at least two checked. You can adjust the order at the end.
What is on this list
The order here is a starting shortlist, not a ranking. Notes are context so a group can tell similar options apart.
- Cook one new recipe
- Cook one new recipe, not a project menu. Pick the recipe in the afternoon so you are not deciding while hungry. Missing ingredients end the plan, so check the list.
- A two-player game you own
- A two-player game you own. Patchwork, Jaipur, Lost Cities, and 7 Wonders Duel are examples on another list. Tonight, use a box that is already in the house.
- A film you both already like
- A film you both already like removes the half-hour of choosing. If you want the argument anyway, use a movie-night vote. This row is for skipping it.
- A walk after you eat
- A walk after you eat. Name the loop before you put shoes on. Twenty minutes is a date. An unsigned wander becomes a negotiation.
- Dessert and a playlist
- Dessert and a playlist. One of you picks the food, the other picks the songs, or you trade. The plan is the trade, not a production.
- One puzzle, then stop
- One puzzle, then stop. Agree on a stopping time before you open the box. A puzzle with no ending will outlast the date.
- Split a takeaway and rank it
- Split a takeaway and rank the dishes. The Friday takeaway list can pick the style. The date is the splitting, not a second dinner out.
- Look through photos from a year you pick
- Look through photos from a year you both remember. One year, not the whole camera roll. Stop when it becomes a chore.
Visitor rankings
Finish the pairs, then add your order from the results screen. Pickaside stores a random id in this browser and the order you submit. It does not ask for your name on a public list.
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Questions about this list
Do we need a two-player game we do not own?
No. The row says “a two-player game you own.” The board-game list of games that play at two is there if you want to buy one later. Do not make the date depend on a shop that is already closed.
What if we only have an hour?
A walk, a playlist and dessert, or a single chapter of a book you are both reading. Cooking a new recipe is the long option. Rank it lower if the hour is real.