{"id":1399871,"date":"2020-10-02T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T14:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/?p=1399871"},"modified":"2020-09-29T12:39:45","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T16:39:45","slug":"literary-first-date-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/literary-first-date-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Tried-and-True First Date Ideas from Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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So you’ve finally done it. You’ve made a genuine connection with another person, you’ve established a mutual interest, you’ve followed each other on Instagram and accidentally liked each other’s selfies from 2013. What comes next is the tricky part: \u00a0going on an actual date.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reason this is so tricky is because every idea you will have is just rife with potential disaster. Dinner and a movie? The movie could be terrible. A hike? Too sweaty. A picnic? Be serious. What if a hawk swoops down and steals all the food, and then there’s a tornado? I rest my case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, here are some tried-and-true cute date ideas from literature that are all but guaranteed to take your relationship to the next level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.<\/strong> Hit up the Netherfield county ball<\/a> and refuse to dance with her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.<\/strong> Short on cash? A free and easy way to have fun together is to just murder the king of Scotland<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.<\/strong> There’s nothing more romantic<\/a> than telling him he must solve your father’s riddle if he ever wants to win the honor of your hand in marriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4.<\/strong> Do something silly<\/a>, like turning all his friends into pigs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5.<\/strong> Try and get a little culture in your lives. Invite her to see a play<\/a> with you\u2014one you’re hoping will prove, once and for all, that your uncle murdered your father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6.<\/strong> Commit manslaughter and then flee the scene<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7.<\/strong> Take her out to lunch<\/a> and tell her she’s a bad driver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8.<\/strong> Consummate the relationship on the eve of your exile from Verona<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9.<\/strong> Make eyes at each other at your husband’s funeral<\/a>. I’m talking literally flirting over the casket. Your (former) husband is dead, after all; surely he won’t mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10.<\/strong> Try paddle boarding, kayaking, or getting lost at sea<\/a> for ten years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11.<\/strong> Plan a fun weekend getaway. Flee from Athens<\/a> together and get lost in a forest full of devious fairies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12.<\/strong> Be spontaneous! Abruptly ask her to run away with you with no planning or forethought whatsoever<\/a>. Use the word \u201cphony\u201d no fewer than twelve times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13.<\/strong> Share your dreams with one another. Tell him about the one<\/a> where he gets murdered at the Senate meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14.<\/strong> Notice, one fine evening, that he is inexplicably on fire. Proceed<\/a> to put him out. Guys like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

15.<\/strong> Everyone likes surprises. Throw his favorite book<\/a> into the fire and demand control of the family finances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16.<\/strong> Do something nice for her, like rescuing her parents from a dragon<\/a> that’s holding them hostage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17.<\/strong> The Luxembourg Gardens are very romantic<\/a>. Spy on her from afar, fall hopelessly in love, and decide her name is probably Ursula without ever actually speaking to her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

18.<\/strong> Fake your own death<\/a> just to see what he does with this information<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

19. <\/strong>Meet in the room<\/a> above Mr. Charrington’s shop and try to forget the current political climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

20.<\/strong> Walk around a quaint small town<\/a> together. Climb atop the scaffold, imply that you had sex out of wedlock, and die of shame right there in front of everybody.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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