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Romantic dinner ideas

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By glassvisage


I love romantic dinners!

There are so many awesome parts about romantic dinners!

  • Girls love to dress up. They love feeling pretty and having the chance to impress their dinner date. It's also a great opportunity to buy and show off nice dresses and accessories.
  • It's nice to feel rich for a night! Or at least a little classy, with candlelight and expensive food and tablecloths and fancy dress.
  • The food is awesome (most of the time, but not necessarily).

There are also so many occasions to enjoy a good, fancy dinner, whether for dances, dates, family, anniversaries, or even just friends. You can try a variety of different restaurants for a change or you can stick with what you know and love. There will always be fancy restaurants to enjoy; it's something that won't go out of style (unless you have done it too much as a couple and you don't enjoy it anymore).

I have enjoyed a few fancy romantic dinners in my time, so here are my ideas on how to have a quality lovey-dovey repast :)

You can be like this :)



Make it fancy and expensive

It's a special occasion, so why not make it apparent? Once-in-a-while things can be savoured and thus seem all the more important. And maybe some girls dig the whole "I can buy you anything you want" sort of thing.

Plus it usually means buying things to wear that are fun and special and pretty.

Go somewhere exotic

It might be distracting, but the allure is catching in Mexico, on the beaches of Hawaii, or even at the Rainforest Cafe. It's fun and new and often pretty or enchanting and different. Different is romantic and daring.


Try someplace commonplace

You can go outside on the balcony, have a picnic in the park, or go to In-N-Out (that's where my friends and I went for prom). It might seem like no fun, but it really is; that way you can focus on your date and on conversation, and not worry about your pocketbook.


Basic ideas for a romantic dinner

  • The stupid fortune-cookie mush message :)
  • A concert! Hot dogs and Slurpees and all the other junk that ends up all over you at a show. I guess that includes movies too. Popcorn and crap
  • Bring roses and pretty things! A lot of girls like shiny things. Bring something dorky, like pencil sharpeners if she's that type of chick.
  • Dance at dinner! Even if you can't dance, at least you can make the effort.
  • Cook yourself! If it's bad then at least you've had fun making it with the person. Or you've shown you care.

Must-haves for romantic dinners

  • Candles or other pretty lights (coloured or not)

  • Roses or other flowers
  • Sweets (candy, desserts, etc.)
  • Appropriate dress

  • An accompanying activity (dinner and a show, movies, music, and so on)
  • Tums?
  • A good personality (haha)

Share your romantic dinner ideas! Or make fun of mine

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byee profile image

byee  says:
15 months ago

Cute hub =). My husband and I both enjoy it when I blow-dry my hair all nice and put on smokey eye shadow when we want to spend an evening together.

glassvisage profile image

glassvisage  says:
15 months ago

Haha! Men say they don't care about makeup, but sometimes it certainly doesn't hurt :)

surgin293  says:
8 months ago

Makeup is fine as long as the girl doesn't over do it - which a lot of girls do for some unknown reason.

I like any beach idea, or whipping up a meal yourself for your special lady. I'm one of the few guys I know who loves to cook - I could watch food network any time of day, haha. The science lover in me relates to Alton Brown more than anyone on that network... but I love Giada too... she's like the perfect girl, cute little Italian who can cook. That's all it takes for me!

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Lena M.  says:
8 months ago

I'm all for the cheesy slow music and the cheesy slow dance.

Peter  says:
3 months ago

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glassvisage  says:
3 months ago

Thanks everyone, and thanks for sharing that site, Peter!

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