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Ok. So I have a new boyfriend. He's actually my first boyfriend so this experience is new for me. He's 26 and I'm 20. I'm a very shy and quiet girl, although little by little I'm learning to open up to him and beginning to feel more comfortable with him. Anyway, although he's always saying he's very happy with me and enjoys being with me, I'm still kind of scared of boring him. Tomorrow I'm going to his apartment, which is very small and there is hardly anything to do there, so I want ideas on any fun, interesting games (non-sexual) or things to do with him. Maybe also some fun questions that I can ask him and can make us learn about each other. He's always the one taking the initiave to do things and choosing places, but tomorrow we're going to spend the day together and he told me to choose whatever I want...we'll probably go to his apartment but I want to surprise him by having some ideas ready. Or does anybody know of any board or card games for couples (again-non-sexual)? Or any other ideas of what we can do? Thanks!
my fiancee and i, when we first started dating, loved to just sit and talk about what we wanted out of the relationship, our hopes for the future, what we liked to do, our favorite things, etc.
we also went to the mall and "mall ratted" and grabbed lunch or dinner and then saw a movie.
while we still do the mall/movie/dinner thing....we now spend alot more time watching dvd's or playing video games together *^.^*
What a great post! And fun to answer! These have been lots of fun and proved successful:
1. Coloring books and crayons. I love this!
2. There is a book called the "Book of Questions" which is fun to pull from randomly for each other, leads to interesting topics and you get to know each other better, it is paperback, less than $10, lasts for years because you never go through them all
3. Card games if you know you both like it, because what one person loves the other might hate. I love Skip-Bo and Mille Bornes and cribbage; but if the person is overly competitive it's not too fun so consider personalities and i like the rule that nobody has to play anything they hate.
4. Board games I like too, backgammon and Triple Yahtzee. A boyfriend-then-husband and I played Triple Yahtzee for years, actually went a little nuts with it , kept record books and everything, it was a little crazy, but fun.
5. This is personal preference, but a girlfriend of mine said when she was dating her boyfriend, they would paint each other's fingernails and toenails and had a blast. Now I wondered about this because some guys might think that's a little too foofy. Then I met the boyfriend, and he is of all things a former military RANGER!!! And a neat guy. We worked together for awhile and he's clearly very comfortable with his masculinity (he's about as macho as they come) he adores his girlfriend who looooooves makeup and doing hair, he said he lets her put makeup on him and do his hair just because he loves being around her. That's so romantic.
Anyway have fun with your beau, and he is fortunate to be with someone putting such thought and attention into your time together. I hope he appreciates that and you!
Make sure he knows you want it to be nonsexual. He's probably planning on the sexual thing.
My idea would be to cook a meal together. That's always fun.
Absolutely on clarifying expectations!
Cooking is a great and non threatening way to spend some time together - great idea!
Then, you can do a movie. You could tell him that you simply want an evening of conversation. This time of the year, you can even find games such as "conversation cards" that aren't all sexual. They have questions that simply start conversations such as "what is the most scariest moment of your life". If you're shy, that might be a way to go. If you both enjoy trivia - pick up some trivia game or some other board game for adults.
What a great post! And fun to answer!
2. There is a book called the "Book of Questions" which is fun to pull from randomly for each other, leads to interesting topics and you get to know each other better, it is paperback, less than $10, lasts for years because you never go through them all
Own it and love it!
My husband and I are just now getting into Dominos (I'm trying to learn how to play Mexican train) and darts. The darts are a blast, even though I can't ever hit what I want on the board!
A date that I always enjoyed was packing a picnic lunch and going to a park with music...sitting there and eating and talking together...or if it was winter, renting a movie and doing the picnic thing on the floor...but I wouldn't rent a chick flick, more so, something that both of you would enjoy.
Good luck and please come back and let us know what you decided to do.
Have fun and just be you...he was attracted to the person you are....so, be sweet and I'm certain, he will help you come out of your shyness...
.or if it was winter, renting a movie and doing the picnic thing on the floor...but I wouldn't rent a chick flick, more so, something that both of you would enjoy.
Wow! Thanks so far for the ideas, I've read some really good ones I'd love to try. If I have time tomorrow before I meet up with him I'd like to buy that book of questions or those "conversation cards" which sound like fun. If not, I'm thinking about printing some from the internet instead. I've already been to his apartment once, he cooked for me while I took a nap on his couch, then after that he joined me and we just cuddled and talked =). But tomorrow he won't be cooking so I don't want him to rack his brains trying to think of ways to entertain me... I want to take that iniciative. I also like that picnic idea but it'd have to be indoors since it's winter and I live in a freezing place. OMG I just got an idea...I could do that picnic thing while we ask each other questions from conversation cards! That'd be nice I think. Thanks you guys for the ideas!
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) and darts. The darts are a blast, even though I can't ever hit what I want on the board! 
