TonightOpen TonightDate night ideas at home
The best date nights at home have one thing in common: they feel different from a normal evening. Here are twenty that do, grouped by mood.
When you're both tired
- Blanket-fort film night with a snack you only buy for dates.
- Breakfast for dinner, eaten in bed.
- A long bath with candles and a playlist made for each other.
- Read to each other, one chapter each.
- Foot rubs while you talk about the best bit of your week.
When you want to laugh
- Blind taste test of five crisps or chocolates.
- Karaoke duet in the living room.
- Cook a dish from a country neither of you has visited.
- Board games with a reward for the winner.
- Recreate your first date, badly on purpose.
When you want to feel close
- Phones off from 8 pm.
- Slow dance in the kitchen.
- 36 questions, taking turns.
- A full massage, the kind with oil and warm towels.
- Write each other a short letter and swap.
When one of you wants to go out
- A walk to somewhere you've never been in your own town.
- Dessert only, at the nicest place you can afford.
- A cheap gig or a comedy night.
- Sunset with a takeaway and a blanket.
- A hotel bar drink, pretending to meet for the first time.
When you're not in the same mood
This is where most date nights go wrong. One of you wants the sofa, the other wants to go out. Tonight asks each of you privately, then plans an evening that gives each of you something you asked for.