Non-Cliché Second Date Ideas That Are Better Than Dinner and a Movie

Now that you've gotten the awkward first date small talk out of the way, there's room to get creative on the second one. Yes, you could play it safe and opt for a traditional dinner, but it pays to think outside the box. A new shared experience can help you get to know your date in ways you wouldn't be able to, say, chatting over a three-course meal. Unfortunately, coming up with creative date ideas is not as easy as it seems like it should be on paper. Sure, it's easy to say you don't want to just do dinner and a movie, but when it actually comes to planning something more out of the box, you're definitely not alone if you completely freeze up.

Luckily, you don't have to live in a real-life romantic comedy to plan something special in the date department. All it really takes is a little extra effort, some soul searching about what you truly love to do (and what you think your date will truly love to do, based on what you learned about them on the first date/on their Tinder profile/from the extensive Google stalking you know you did ahead of actually meeting them in person). And, if you're still stuck, there are always lists of ideas on the internet to turn to—which you clearly have. And that's 100% okay. Ahead, we've compile 50-plus second date ideas that won't feel weird or boring.

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