Virtual date ideas needed

[ninja]

Met someone 3 weeks ago just as social distancing was starting - we had a connection but were in a group so nothing happened.

Fast forward and we've messaged loads and had a couple of 'dates' 1) bottle of wine and confessions (all by text) 2) tried to watch a film at the same time as each other but just ended up texting/phoning/FaceTiming 3) zoom with a bottle of wine

We can talk for hours and he really makes me laugh but it this is going to go for a while does anyone have any ideas of things that might work for a date night

In case it's relevant I'm 49 and he's 52 (still feel like a teenager though ;) )

I'm interested to see what people suggest, I'm a year into a relationship but we live apart and it would be nice to have some different ideas

I've been playing quiz games online with the guy I had been dating before CV to break up the bordem a bit

@Fairycake2 what kind of quiz games?

@ninja we've played quiz planet on Facebook so far which is a general knowledge quiz. Need to look into others

National Theatre are live streaming some of the plays in their collection. Every Thurs at 7pm, then it’s available for a week. I have a date tomorrow night. We’re going to chat on the phone/FaceTime for a bit, then watch One Man, Two Gov’ners, then chat on the phone after it finishes/in the interval if there is one.

www.timeout.com/london/news/the-national-theatre-is-going-to-stream-a-free-play-every-thursday-night-032620

Thanks - chat watch chat might work ... it's all so new and I'll have gone through all of this knowing someone really well but never having touched them, well one quick goodbye hug ...

The timing is so rubbish!

Gooooood post.

Interesting post

Tune in to the virtual pub quiz and keep in contact with both of your mates who are. Has worked for me and remote GF of two+ years so far. Its a laff and takes the pressure off.

Yes - pub quiz together could be fun, I'll pencil that in

Lots of art galleries are doing virtual tours, so that could be good? Or, if it's more your thing, some theme parks are doing virtual tours and roller coasters!

Use Google maps to both 'go' on a city break?

We did a zoom meeting and made spag bol together, then watched the national theatre thing on youtube. It was a bit of a mare getting the youtube 'syncronised' but it worked quite well we had a lovely night.

Slightly different but hopefully helpful , when I met my DP 8 years ago we lived a 6 hour journey apart and only saw each other every 2 , 3 or 4th weekend , depending upon work schedules etc but we emailed every evening without fail , ( this went on for just over 2 years ) just a nice what we had been up to through the day type chat , thoughts on subjects previously raised etc , it's amazing how much you can get to know someone like that and now that we live together we have a similar quick catch up with a cup of tea as soon as we get in in the evening , the power of proper conversation is so underrated , it builds a relationship up and strengthens it , gives it a firm footing .

I think this is a lovely idea. Such a pity to meet just at this time but my dh and I met just before I travelled for a few months. We kept in touch via email. Could you 'cook' the same meal (something simple) and enjoy it together?

Sorry just read similar idea posted.

Thank you :) we have been talking loads - by text, phone and last week zoom

We tried to watch a film together but just ended up chatting - so didn't bother to try this week

So I've suggested the virtual pub quiz this week - which could be fun.

I don't mind just chatting but it's a really long time potentially to maintain it - we could have end up knowing each other really really well without ever having even held hands!

I had a long distance relationship in the past and we'd sometimes just have FaceTime on while we were working and say the occasional 'hi' - I could also do the 'shall I get you a glass of wine' and pretend we were in the same room - but not with this guy.

Oh well - it adds a bit of brightness to the days and now after two weeks of constant messaging we've admitted that we like each other and started to talk about them as dates that anxiety feeling of is he going to text back has gone which is good