Article 5 In a Series of Articles on How To Go On A Cheap Date

Cook an Aphrodisiacal Dinner

Cook a special dinner for your s.o. and make sure everything on the menu is an aphrodisiac.  The term “aphrodisiac” comes from the Greek God of sensuality, Aphrodite.  While science cannot confirm that these foods have any effect on your libido, eating foods that are supposed to get you in the mood will at least have the placebo effect of getting you in the mood.

Set the stage by bringing out your best china and crystal.  Cut and arrange some flowers.  Put on a clean table cloth. 

Then arrange the menu by courses.

Start with an appetizer of Oysters Rockerfeller.  Oysters get their love-enhancing reputation from their appearance and the mouth-feel of swallowing them whole. However, they are rich in zinc and iron which enhance potency.

Your next course could be a fig and arugula salad.  It is said that breaking up and eating a fig in front of your lover is a powerful erotic act.  The truffles contained in the vinaigrette in following recipe are said to make your skin more sensitive to the touch.

Fresh Figs, Prosciutto and Arugula Salad with Shaved Parmesan and Truffle Vinaigrette
(Serves 2)
2 fresh figs, cut into half
2 very thin prosciutto slices
1 cup arugula leaves
2 pieces shaved Parmesan cheese, approx. 2x3 inches

Truffle Vinaigrette
1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil
2 teaspoons Jerez (sherry) vinegar
2 drops white truffle oil
1 teaspoon minced black truffles
Salt and pepper, to taste

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Your main course could be a chicken breast in orange sauce and asparagus on the side.  In the 1800s in France, bridegrooms were served three courses of asparagus at their prenuptial dinner.

Desert should be strawberries with chocolate fondue and whipped cream.  Be sure to have lots of whipped cream, because you may want to put it to creative use just after dinner is over.

Take a Vacation in Your Town

Most of the cost of a vacation is in the lodging and transportation.  If you can eliminate these things, you can have an inexpensive vacation.

Look at your own city through new eyes.  What would you do if you were coming into town for the weekend and you didn’t live there?  Are there sites you would visit?  Restaurants you would definitely eat at?  Experiences you can only have there?

Too many times we take our own towns for granted and see the greener grass away from home.  When we do this, we overlook the gems that are offered right at home.

If you don’t have the budget to take your sweetheart out of town for the weekend, suggest a vacation in your own town.

To do this, you have to clear the books.  Even though you are staying in your own house, you can’t do any chores.  Tell your boss that you are going away for a romantic weekend and can’t be reached.  Tell your family and friends that you are “on vacation” and aren’t available for normal things.

Sit down ahead of time and plan out a schedule.  If there are things in your town that you love to do but don’t ordinarily make time for, do them.  But, also explore a little.  Do the things you’ve never done.

I know you are trying to save money, but part of the joy of vacations is not having to cook.  So when you go on a vacation to your own town, budget in meals out.  Make sure that at least one of the meals is truly special – just like you would on a more traditional vacation.

Visitors spend thousands of dollars coming to your town.  You’ve got it at your feet.  Make the most of it!
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Article 4 In a Series of Articles on How To Go On a Cheap Date

Do Chores Together

Okay, nobody likes to take out the trash or do laundry.  But, they have to be done.  One fun date idea that is absolutely free is to do your chores together.

In the morning, go over to his house and together do the things he hates to do.  That may mean mopping the floors, doing the laundry, or just picking up the living room if it hasn’t been done in months.  Do it together with a smile in a spirit of fun.

Then after a leisurely lunch somewhere cheap, go over to her house and do the things she doesn’t want to do.  That may mean fixing the leaky faucet or doing some yard work. 

When you are done, treat yourselves to a nice dinner.

If you do the chores together, you will get a sense of what the other person wants or needs in a partner.

You will also have more fun than if you did these tasks alone.

Don’t make this a “regular” date though or you might end up resenting having to do the other person’s work.  As a once a year event, it can be a lot of fun.

Plan a Vacation

Okay, so you are broke and can’t afford to go to Paris.  But, there’s nothing stopping you from checking a few travel books out of the library and planning a trip.  When you get together and dream about the journeys you would like to make, it will bring you closer together.

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You can make any “rules” about the trip you want.  For instance, some people like to plan a vacation that might actually be possible.  They have fun making choices among alternatives to stay within a budget.

Other people take a “if I won the lottery” approach and stay at the best hotels and eat at the best restaurants.

Planning a vacation can be a fun way to spend the afternoon.  But, don’t be surprised if it spills over into other discussions for the next few weeks.  One of you will see a news feature about a museum in the city you’re planning to visit and want to “add” it to the “itinerary.”   The other may hear of a great restaurant that they just “have” to “eat” at. 

You can plan a weeklong vacation to a specific city or a longer vacation covering more space.  A month with a Eurail ticket or a driving trip covering the National Parks of the west are two ideas.

Go House Hunting

Do you like to see the inside of other people’s homes?  You can always go on the holiday home tours when they are offered in December, but because these are often fundraisers for charities, they tend to be expensive.  A cheap date (that you can do year round) is to go “house hunting.” 

Now, you’re not going to be seriously considering any of these houses.  To make it fun, visit houses that are outside your reach.  When you go in, you can marvel at the fact that someone actually put a bidet in the bathroom or wonder what it cost to have a stained glass window installed. 

Plan your furniture and figure out what works of art you would need to buy to make the space complete.  Figure out which imaginary child would get what room.  Plan the parties that you could have at the home.

This kind of “dreaming” can work for other events as well.  For instance, you can go dream car shopping.  If you dress well enough, you may even be able to convince the car salesman to let you test drive your dream car.

Article 1 In a Series of Articles on Mending My Broken Heart

This new article serie will be about  what troubles most of us with relation problems; the pain from a broken or hurted heart and how to mend it. We will start with a verse from a song with Bee Gees.

“And how can you mend a broken heart?
How can you stop the rain from falling down?
How can you stop the sun from shining?
What makes the world go round?
How can you mend a this broken man?
How can a loser ever win?
Please help me mend my broken heart and let me live again.”
--Bee Gees

How do You Mend a Broken Heart

Just as you didn’t fall in love overnight, you won’t fall out of love overnight.  And, we call the process of falling out of love “mending a broken heart.” 

There are several stages to mending a broken heart.

First, there is the hurting stage.  During this stage, the pain can feel so bad that you may want die rather than experience it.  People often try to drown their symptoms by drinking, taking drugs, or cutting themselves.

There are other, less severe symptoms as well.  For instance, crying often accompanies the painful period after a break up. 

Some people use this time to “stalk” their ex.  Whether it is making midnight phone calls, millions of texts, or going over to their home to monitor their behavior, stalking is a way of keeping tabs on an ex.

Others lean on friends during this period.  Good friends can give you the emotional support you need to move on.

During this initial period of hurting, it is important to develop strong coping skills.  For instance, it is good to rekindle friendships that you didn’t have time for when the relationship was going strong. 

Talking to other people about how they dealt with a break up is another excellent way to cope.  Not only will you get survival strategies, it will confirm your belief that other people have gone through the same thing – and lived to tell the tale.

It is important at this stage of the game to think happy thoughts.  Just remembering that there are pleasant things in the world will help you live through this tough stage in your life.

Finally, you should begin to focus on you.  Breaking up means taking the “I” out of the “We.”  So, now is a good time to begin looking at how you can meet your needs – especially the needs that were not met in the relationship itself.

The next stage of the break up is “getting even.”  During this time, you want to repay your ex with all of the misery he has doled out on you.  Getting even is not a healthy phase of getting over a relationship, and you should do everything you can to minimize the time you spend in this place.

During this time, you may try to make your ex’s life a living hell.  This can involve things like crank calling them dozens of times, sending them a computer virus, and threatening them.  All of these are bad ideas.  Not only can they get you in trouble within your own social group and potentially in trouble with the law, they also delay your own recovery.

Article 2 in this series of articles will continue tomorrow.

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