Five exciting virtual date ideas to try this Valentine’s Day

Until last year, you and your partner had several options to celebrate Valentine’s Day, including going to a posh restaurant, attending a concert or watching a late-night movie show. You might as well have hugged or kissed, two activities that are forbidden in this socially-distanced world if you don’t come from the same household. Certainly, love during the times of pandemic is quite strange.

However, it’s time to start exploring new ways through which we can enjoy virtual dating. Pretty much everything else, we have to accept this new norm. Here are five creative ways to bring a new exciting spirit to your socially distanced virtual dating life.

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Create art together

Whether physical or online, one of the best ways of having a fun date is to do something artistic together. Plan an art project over video call and decide to draw or paint something that you both enjoy. Making portraits of each other is a good way to start. You can also play online drawing games together.

Have a laugh

Who doesn’t like a good hour of laughter? There are hundreds of comedy specials on OTT platforms as well as weekly stand-up shows on television to choose from. Your live commentary with your date during the show will be a whole new kind of entertainment.

Host a game night

Today all kinds of games, including video games and board games, are available online. There are plenty of options to choose from. Even if you are not on the video call, you can still play multiplayer games on your phone with your partner. 

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Take a virtual tour

Many prestigious museums around the world give you virtual tours on their website or YouTube channels or even Google’s Art and Culture site. Using Google Maps, you can revisit a favourite place you have been, your partner’s old vacation spots, or even give each other a tour of your childhood neighbourhoods.

Cook each other’s recipes

Having dinner together with your favourite dishes on a video call is nice but it’s even more fun when you cook each other’s favourite recipes and try it yourself on camera. You can share virtual drinks as well. Food is love even if you can’t enjoy the fruits of your labour at the same table right now.