Love is... not having to spend money
Money can’t buy you love and you don’t need to spend much on romance once you’ve found the love of your life, says.
your fridge; the winner gets to eat the leftovers tomorrow. Cook a progressive meal (consider roping the neighbours in!) where you each prepare a course, or invent your own dessert and forego mains completely.
Movies are a classic go-to date idea, but at roughly $20 a pop (not including popcorn) they can be hard on your wallet. Hark back to your childhood and build a blanket fort, then while you’re curled up snug as a bug under a rug embark on a movie marathon.
If you’re more of a competitive soul, organise a games night and actually finish a whole game of Monopoly, or invent your own like Nonsense Scrabble where you make up words and have to create definitions for them. Construct a water slide in your backyard and race down it, or make kites and see who can get theirs higher.
Free dating isn’t limited to the indoors. Dress in your Sunday best and visit expensive open homes in neighbourhoods you’d love to live in (there’s nothing wrong with dreaming, right?). Many communities offer a range of free events like concerts, movies and markets too; keep an eye out on Neighbourly for any free things happening near your place.
The best thing about Free Dating? It’s not limited to romantic relationships. In fact, anyone with friends is welcome to take the Free Dating concept and turn it into Free Friendship, because even if you’re trying to be financially-savvy this year, you don’t have to miss out on having fun.