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By Jeff Cohen Special to Yahoo! Personals Updated: Jul 3, 2008

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Planning a great date will score you major relationship points. The key is to understand your personal style and preferences as well as those of your date. Here are some unique date ideas to cover a wide range of hobbies, activities, and interests.

For Homebodies

Cook a meal together.
Play a board game and rediscover your childhood.
Watch a full season of your favorite show on DVD for a TV marathon night.

For True Romantics

Create love coupons

Create love coupons for foot rubs and back massages and cash them in.
Go all out with a traditional candlelight dinner.
Reserve a B&#38;B getaway.

For Adventure Seekers

Spelunking (not the best idea for those afraid of heights).
Whitewater rafting.
Racecar driving school.

For Artistic Types

Take a pottery class.
Paint ceramics together.
Attend an art show.

For Those Who Love to Learn

Take a cooking class and

expand your cooking repertoire

expand your cooking repertoire as a couple.
Audit a class on your favorite subject from history to art to marketing.
Attend a poetry or book reading.

For Charity Givers

Help with bingo night at the local senior citizens' home.
Volunteer at the hospital.
Take an underprivileged kid to a ballgame or the circus.

For Sports Lovers

Watch a minor league game.
Join a pickup game in the park, from softball to volleyball to ultimate Frisbee.
Take scuba diving or golf lessons.

For Travel Buffs

Go for a weekend getaway.
Plan a vacation together.
Get in the car and drive.

For Family Lovers

Double date with the folks.
Play charades.
Plan and cook a big family dinner

Jeff Cohen is the author of "Dating, Inc.," a that shows women a step-by-step plan for finding true love using the same skills that already make them successful at work. Jeff has appeared on CNN, CBS, and Voice of America, and been interviewed by USA Today, Daily News, Denver Post, the Chicago Tribune, the Boston Herald, and Martha Stewart Living Radio. He earned degrees in marketing from the Wharton School of Business and psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and readily admits taking charge of his love life through a game plan that included 77 blind dates before he found the one.

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Report Abuse 1. Posted by Shay Thu, Jun 14, 2007, 5:14 pm PDT

What if you are not the same styles?

Report Abuse 2. Posted by A Yahoo! Contributor Sat, Jun 16, 2007, 4:09 pm PDT

then join the two styles together and combine the plans, Try something new with each other

Report Abuse 3. Posted by A Yahoo! Contributor Wed, Jun 20, 2007, 5:30 pm PDT

Spelunking (not the best idea for those afraid of heights). This is exploring caves - not climbing mountains. - ????

Report Abuse 4. Posted by A Yahoo! Contributor Mon, Jun 25, 2007, 12:42 am PDT

ohh yea double dating with my folk SWEET:) nah i am just kidding great points i completely agree and thanks for broadening my horizons

Report Abuse 5. Posted by A Yahoo! Contributor Thu, Jun 28, 2007, 1:43 pm PDT

This advice is irrelevant for dating - these ideas make more sense for people in established relationships. If I'm seeing someone for the first few times, planning a weekend away is too much too soon. Enrolling in classes - isn't that presuming you'll be together a long time? Try again and get real. The best ideas have to be one-off, one-time events, and not things taking place in someone's home. Planning a double-date with parents - get real! By the time you've met them, you're probably halfway down the aisle and already picked out baby names. This is NOT useful. Got it?

Report Abuse 6. Posted by Dex Thu, Jun 28, 2007, 3:12 pm PDT

I agree with the last commentor. While these are probably good for established relationships looking for something to do, there's no way I would plan a weekend getaway or a date with the folks at the early stages. I wish the author would think more for the broader audience of people trying to get INTO a relationship. It's a lot tougher for us. When you're in one, it's a lot easier to think of things to do sinc you're more familiar with each other's likes and dislikes. So I don't think couples need this type of advice as badly as the single side does. Jeff, you have something for me?

Report Abuse 7. Posted by A Yahoo! Contributor Thu, Jun 28, 2007, 8:09 pm PDT

I looked at this article to find out some new ideas for my husband and I to do together on date night. The last commentor thought that couples didn't need any advice on dating, but after 14 year together and two kids, it's nice to find some new ideas for date night. Good ideas for couples, but not for people just starting to date one another.

Report Abuse 8. Posted by A Yahoo! Contributor Thu, Jun 28, 2007, 9:29 pm PDT

You forget, that dating is still a part of relationships.

Report Abuse 9. Posted by A Yahoo! Contributor Thu, Jul 5, 2007, 3:36 pm PDT

i am in a relatinship. these are ok ideas i guess.

Report Abuse 10. Posted by A Yahoo! Contributor Mon, Jul 16, 2007, 3:06 am PDT

Why not just have an entire evening of boinking?? That is plain and inexpensive fun (as long as you use a condom and/or the pill or that evening will cost you $200,000 for the next 18 years). Order food from a restaurant for delivery to keep up your energy. Remember to shower before you begin... Enjoy!

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