Quote Originally Posted by iris lilies View Post
So that I'm clear, do you two also have "get out of the house" dates that are free?

I'm not clear here if you are sitting around in her house, going out on a date only 2X monthly. That would get old for me. For me, a "date" could very well mean "going out and doing something" that would cost very little, if anything. Going to free museums, parks, city events would qualify.
I am not a sit-around-the-house type of guy. We go on walks at the park, ride bikes, she has gone fishing a few times with me, we also make lunches and dinners at home too, sometimes we'll watch a documentary at her place or mine, I sometimes help with her garden. We do a variety of things, but those don't really count as dates for her. I can squeeze free museums and city events in there, and that could shave $40 off of each date night. But those only go so far... for one thing there is only a limited number of those things. The other issue is that if I am taking her to mostly free stuff she might consider me to be "cheap."

But as long as I keep cycling to the grocery, bank, pharmacy, etc. and I cut back my fishing by about a third I can funnel those savings over to pay for date nights. This is my plan.