14 No-Money Date Ideas for All the Frugal Folks

1. "Play boardgames and talk, or just watching a movie with a glass of wine/beer. Nothing wrong with a night in, as long as you make it memorable." -Jazz_vE

2. "Didn't really do it because I was out of cash per se, but I went out with a girl I liked in 2020 during a phase of the pandemic where restaurants and cafes were closed. And since it was winter (and where I'm from winter is particularly cold) and our plans were to go on a walk in a park, I surprised her by bringing homemade muffins, a thermos full of warm tea and two cups, so we ended up sitting on a bench warming ourselves up drinking tea. I think it applies well for a low-budget date idea, especially if you find a place with a good view like we did!" -koorvus

3. "Going to a very specific store - like lighting or carpets - and just asking "do you like this one? Why?" Always nice and hilarious how I can be surprised up to now. Bring coffee in travel mugs." -rosemaryjar

4. "Well if your bucket is literally zero dollars, you can just simply go to take a walk to nice place like a park or a free exhibition." -HumanoNo25051998

5. "Sit in separate tiny apartments and have anxiety attacks over webcams. Because we work at different medical practices and actually meeting up would be a terrible idea." -ThadisJones

6. "Well in this game called grand theft auto you can solicit a prostitute and then beat them up for money. I assume you could replicate this." -GhostOfPiss

7. "We have three kids. Date night at our house is usually just a less kid-friendly dinner after the kids are in bed, and a movie on the couch." -ialbertson90

8. "Have a movie date, cook together, and hold on to each other." -Extension_Speech_527

9. "Just being in bed together, watching a movie/documentary, or talking about anything we would like but if he wants to eat some snacks, he should eat them on the floor since I won't allow him to eat in bed hahaha and then we can have sex if we’re in the mood or just sleep." -i_am_noodang

10. "A decent home-made meal, drinks and a few games to play. Make sure your place doesn’t smell like a** and clean your upholstery." -Miss_Thang2077

11. "Look up free events in my city on Facebook Events section and just go there. Types of events I found: LGBTQ get together, dance class, yoga, promotional concerts, drag show, cat petting event, free beer tasting, diy project events, dog toy stuffing, doomsday prepper session, etc. You can find weird free sh*t in your city." -Chocat_X_Stencchi

12. "Have an at-home spa night - take a bath together, wash each other’s hair, do a homemade face mask etc and give each other massages. Check out your local library. They have amazing resources that you might not expect. My local library system lets us check out aquarium passes, state park passes, telescopes, all sorts of cool stuff and all for free. Plan a dream vacation. Pick an international city and look up landmarks, restaurants, nature spots you’d want to visit. You could even cook a dish from that culture and watch a movie set there." -Alternative-East9418

13. "People watch. Get or bring some cheap eats to a park where there are a lot of people and make up stories about the people walking by." -rynnmango

14. "Make her favorite dinner, stargazing while getting high, and for the grand finale a massage. A real massage with lotion, heated towels, music, and some aroma therapy. I can literally make my S/O drool." -gimme3strokes