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If you and bae have couple friends, you’ll obviously want to
make super fun and low-key plans for your new found frouple. And while not everyone can break the internet with a Waffle House double date like Chrissy, Kim K., and their men, these in-expensive double date ideas are pretty damn awesome, too.
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Hit Up a Sporting Event
Let's face it: The more people at a sporting event, the better. So grab all your boo'd up friends and head to a last-minute sporting outing. Let the dudes sit next to each other so they can talk all things football, while you and your girls drink some beer and enjoy the concept of grown men tackling each other for a a W.
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Challenge Your Friend and Her Boo to a Duel
A Monopoly duel, that is. A little friendly competition is great for putting you and your partner's brains together to compete against another pair. Put your phones to the side and relive your childhood days. Winning couple chooses dinner, losing couple cooks it.
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Sight See Your Own City
Even if you've lived in your city your whole life, grab another couple and act like tourists for the day. Hike up the mountains, eat at that restaurant that is overrated (but always has a line out the door), and snap some traditional city pics for the gram.
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Go on a Food Crawl
Pick a spot in your neighborhood or someplace nearby that has a ton of restaurants (little, less trendy ones are the best). Start at one end of the area and work your way to the other, splitting appetizers, entrees, and desserts along the way.
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Take Them Tubing
Hit up your local body of water for lazy river tubing. Most places will rent you a tube per person for a small fee, plus a cooler that you can pack with the necessities (beer + food). You and your couple friends can slowly float downstream while enjoying cold ones in a gorgeous setting. Google "lazy river tubing" and your town's name for companies.
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Hit Up an Amusement Park
Letting loose and breaking out of your normal routine are great ways to bond with another couple. Amusement parks are perfect for this because you have plenty to talk about (how can you not rehash a scary roller coaster ride?)—plus, you can act like kids again.
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Go Groupon
Keep an eye out for a cool, discounted class to take together, like contra dancing or sushi-making. Having an activity takes the pressure off making conversation the whole time, and you can whip out your new skills later for another double-date.
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DIY Tournament
On a strict budget? Hit up your local pool hall and challenge each other to a mini-tournament. You can do couple vs. couple, or girls vs. boys. The losing team buys the next round.
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Host a Wine Tasting
Going to a wine tasting can get pricey, so recreate it at your place for a fraction of the price. Ask each person to bring a bottle of their fave wine and take turns sampling each one. You can chat about which you love best while nibbling on cheese and crackers.
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Do a Different Kind of Dinner Party
Hosting a dinner party is cool, but it can be a little exhausting and sometimes feel too formal. To keep it causal, ask the other couple to bring ingredients for their favorite dish, and have them whip it up in your kitchen as you make yours. Sip drinks while you do your thang!
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Find Some Local Music
Lots of towns have free concerts when the weather is nice. Find the best one near you, pack a picnic basket with delish food and drinks, and camp out under the stars while listening to great music with your new BFFs.
SOURCES: Dating and relationship expert Andrea Syrtash, author of Cheat On Your Husband (With Your Husband); dating coach Matt Titus, president of The Love Consultants