A first date can be a tricky affair. If you’re deciding what to do and where to go, you know you want to make a great first impression and think of something interesting and innovative. So, how about an escape rooms experience? We tell you right here why it’s a great idea.
Move over tradition, a new date idea is here
Taking someone to see a film and then following that with dinner is great, but it’s predictable, usual and been done to death for a first date. Time to ring in the changes if you want to impress and guarantee a second date. Doing something together, like playing an escape game that requires you both to work together for an outcome is a bonding experience and bonding is what a date is all about – right?
Will an escape game date be successful?
Well, you’ll get locked up together, face all sorts of challenges, laugh a lot and emerge from you experience feeling closer and full of admiration for each other. It’s a pretty impressive outcome from a first date. It also puts you one step ahead of most people on the uniqueness scoreboard, because who else do you know that have been on an escape room date?
How do you prepare for an escape room date?
Well once you’ve scored top marks for being unique in your choice of a first date, it’s time to build anticipation for the event. Maybe try and guess ahead of time what your quest may be. Talk tactics and plan what you’ll do if your time starts to run out. It’s all-new and any amount of guessing and planning is unlikely to give you the edge, but you’ll have fun planning and plotting anyway.
Memories are made of this
With such a unique date idea, you’ll be sure to make memories that will last a long time. The thrill of stepping into the unknown and then working together to navigate and get out of the escape room will bring you closer together in a common goal. The memories made will be indelible and there will be so much to talk about after the date is over. These special memories will almost certainly predicate and second date because your date will want to repeat the fun and excitement of the first.
No Need for Small Talk
It’s often hard to keep the flow of conversation going on a first date. This is where an escape room first date comes into its own especially if you are a little shy or find it difficult making conversation with someone you hardly know. Having tasks to complete and fun things to do together deflects the forced intimacy that happens in many first date situations. You’ll probably know a great deal about each other when you emerge. Hopefully it will be all good.
Chances of a second date go higher
You been through something together, achieved something together, had fun together, so now you have a bond between you of a shared experience. You have well and truly broken the ice and now and you have lots to talk about. Finish off the date with a drink or maybe a meal so you can rehash the excitement of the games room experience and share all your near misses and triumphs. Then it’s time to go for the second date request, which we think will be a certainty if your date knows how to appreciate just how interesting and clever you are for arranging such a stellar first date.
Only for first dates?
Definitely not. An escape game experience can offer a stale dating pattern a bit of a lift; shake things up and bit and revitalise a situation where you are bored of the same old date ideas. So, come on, spice up your life and your relationship and book in for an escape game experience; it can only improve your relationship and it will definitely get you talking like you have never done before.
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By CJ