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First, we’ll start with the cheapest date idea out there: The Free Event
Every single location out there has free events several times a week that you can just show up to. In Los Angeles, they have free concerts on the Pier. They have art walks. They have free museum days. They have free carnivals. They have food truck meet ups. The options here are literally never ending.
Second: Go to a cafe and people watch $
Yes, this means actually going and spending money on coffee…which I cringe at a little bit because I HATE spending money on coffee…but lets be real, when you calculate the cost per hour in terms of experience, doing this is really inexpensive.
Third, a personal favorite date idea of mine is to skip the dinner, skip the drinks, and literally just go straight for dessert.
Here’s my thinking: on a first date, it’s JUST about getting to know the other person…and going all out for dinner and drinks is an expensive way to find out if it’s a good match. So instead, just go straight for dessert…first of all, it’s a fun unique idea. Second of all, everyone loves dessert. Third, it can be a memorable, fun experience. And fourth, it’s way cheaper than dinner.
Fourth, if you want to go for the typical dinner date – you can still do that, on a budget, by going to one of those really good hole-in-the-wall-spots.
Here’s the thing: those hole in the wall spaces are usually REALLY REALLY good, there’s usually a REALLY cool story behind how you found that spot in the first place…and, obviously, they’re typically inexpensive.
And finally, if you ARE going to go all out with a dinner and drinks…at least do me a favor and do it on a budget, and that would be on a happy hour.
Ongoing Date Ideas:
Go for a hike!
You have some great conversation, you get some exercise, and you enjoy each others company. The cost for that is $0
JUST COOK FOOD AT HOME!
Plus, it’s fun just to cook food with someone else…it becomes much more like a fun experience than it does just a routine of sitting down and eating dinner at some restaurant. And it’s also more personal and enjoyable because you cooked it yourself.
Build something from IKEA.
Ideally, this should cost you NOTHING extra because you’d just be buying normal stuff from IKEA anyway…and, if anything, now you SAVE money because you can enlist the help of your significant other to help you build it for free.
And fourth, if you want a fun frugal date idea that you can also spin off as being romantic – go for a picnic.
This is a perfect blend between going to a restaurant…but also cooking at home…for the price of cooking at home. Plus, picnics are fun and it doesn’t seem like people ever do them anymore.
And finally, if you’re going to go out to a restaurant and want that whole experience…you might want to look into splitting a meal.
JUST MAKE SURE, if you do this, that both of you can agree on what to get – and make sure you have a similar taste in foods.
And beyond that, anything else you could do for “dates” is pretty much just up your imagination…go check out some car shows for free, pick a really good show on Netflix to binge watch, go make fun of crazy threads on Reddit, go check out antique shops or farmers markets…you don’t need to absolutely shun spending money, but you can still have such amazing experiences without totally making yourself go broke!
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Forget the gf, wait til u have kids. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$,Lol
The occasional watch? frugal? haha
Hike at Area 51….It’s Out of this world! 😀 – Good video Graham.
Hole in the wall restaurant? I can’t even get chicken nuggets through the drive-thru covered.
Is the stove and microwave even plugged in?
every girls dream hearing “its too much of a hassle”
Graham: Go to a cafe and spend some money on coffee
20 cent iced coffee: Am I a joke to you?
I love this!
Hey gangster rename this video “My top cheap date ideas” and change the thumbnail. Im sure your views on this will skyrocket
Perfect
Your kitty is so cute!!! You should put him in more videos!!!!!
Freaks
Just visit each other’s houses, drink tea and talk. 😂
I love your videos. You seem very honest and a genuinely nice person. I have a question: do you ever think that you worry about money a lot? Are you able to relax or it is a constant fear of yours?
…so your Girlfriend calls you …” EL”-cheapo”…too”…he…he…he…
Smashing the like button for that adorable cat Ramsey
My wife’s and I first date… baseball game. Her tickets. Lol it was free. For her too. Free tickets. Win win for both of us. I don’t even care too much about sports so pretty much only went to go talk to her and meet her.
Cheap dates are great but not everyone enjoys to be taken on one. Someone should make a dating app for cheapskates (pronounced “frugal people”) like us to make it easier to meet like-minded people.
Who’s this guy on Ramsey’s channel?
waste of time, just marry the girl or don’t. no need to waste months or years figuring it out, it won’t help.
….don’t tell a girl to go on a hike with you on the first date cause let me show you how it sounds : ” lets go alone in a remote place while we are literally strangers that met on tinder,many people died that way but maybe you are lucky and I am actually the love of your love and not your future rapist or killer”
Lol, I am in love with your cat 🙂
My finance teacher in high school said she went on an embarrassing date once cuz the guy brought a coupon. Like how are you gonna be a finance teacher and make fun of someone for using a coupon
Just watched your video to see Ramsey! So cute 😍 …
“Find a place that sells a dozen cookies for $4”
Walmart here I come!
VStrizzy McDonald’s 😂😂
For $2.50
Us, gen y or x, raised z to not know how to ask a person out … We messed them up and they don’t realize to ask the person they interested in relationship things…..wow, really messed up some of the z generation…. they do invest though so at least they’ll have money … to “date” “Instagram Models” NICE…. probably why biased surveys indicate that gen is open to odd pervy behavior…. more so than our generation.
Jesus dude, SNACKS!!! Do I look like I’m made of money. Lol jk greats idea man
you are a beta male provider
5:49. I thought he was gonna say bed😂
My older brother would make money on dates with his girlfriend when I was growing up, he did it by babysitting with her because “it’s a good way for us to get to know each other better and learn how we are like with kids.” (He did this between the age 16-19)
Splurging on snacks LOL Love your videos Graham!
I think it was a good idea to include Ramsey….great cat! lol
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Wrong channel sorry
This. The first three dates with my gf were (in order) ice cream, mini golf and dinner, church and drinks after. Didn’t spend much and a year later I’m getting ready to propose.
I am seriously not sure how many woman will find it fun to help a man build his Ikea furniture on a first date! I mean…, picnic is nice, home cooked dinner is nice…., go attend a free concert is nice…, but ikea furniture??? I don’t think so….
See guys don’t like going on hikes or picnics they just likes games and movies and say we will go eventually
What happened to your GF? Did the gold start to show through?
hahaha I feel like Graham should have prefaced that you should not invite a girl on a hike on the first date…. Serial killer?…
check out the red pill subreddit
Is there a benefit to having separate channels? Is it so you don’t have videos that have less click appeal on your main channel? I’m assuming your snake charming the YouTube algorithm somehow?
Finding a frugal woman in this era that is CUTE is like finding a unicorn
You know the video is going to be fire when it’s in the kitchen
This man is making 20 cent iced coffee but pays 4-5$ for 2 plates of pasta
Smashed that Like button to benefit the YouTube algorithm (and Ramsey). -Chef
jokes on you i spend 0$ on my imaginary friend
dude i love the pictures…the beach, the lake.
Grahams next video: How I got a Girlfriend who paid for herself
Gorgeous kitty)
Really good ideas in this video, but I think taht you should be living in Greece, and try those tipts, heheh, not gonna happen, but that’s for another video
wouldn’t taking a walk around area 51 incur a lot of bail fees?
it should be said that his advice doesn’t work for me as I don’t attract anyone
Hey Graham tried to hike the area 51 place, people started yellin and pointing guns at me when I climbed the fence….is that suppose to be part of the free fun?
Barato guy “but he is rich tough
Oh God i cant even watch this video. LOVE him for who he is. I love a man for being generous and has expensive test. His personality is big and larger than life.Nothing is more attractive than a man who is rich and smart and is not scared to spend because he knows he makes more of it any time a lot more . . UUGGGGHH THE Guys who are stingy, how can you love them for who they are rolling my eyes.
I died at 12:43 HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAH
Dessert, ha! 😏
Got you!
I thought I liked this guy…but now it’s love #catguy.
There’s a really cool hole in the wall desert place in San Diego, it’s very popular. Idk why that business model hasn’t been copied elsewhere
I wanna see his GF react to this lol
What a great video! Thanks, Graham.
You just called gnocchi pasta… sad
I feel i learned something
Only real G’s have a date budget 🍕
Miss the cat after the first half of the video 😥
Free: hiking is free and fun. Just google “hiking trails” near me.
A guy I met (then dated) and I bonded over art and painting. So, for our first date I went to the local art supplies store, bought $10 worth of sketch pads and paint and we sat on a picnic bench in a local park painting while talking. It was a great way to get to know him and it created a casual environment as well
I ❤️you Graham but you are a bit cheap.
My favorite part of this video is Ramsey 😆
Graham’s next career move: Relationship coach
He should charge a fee for saving marriages and selling them a new house along the way
A super fun one is go to a car dealership together pretending to buy a car, and test drive brand new cars. From someone who has never really experienced brand new cars it was pretty fun
Would you make a video on Ramsey and how much you’d spend on vet care in the case of an emergency. Do you have a limit?
Every thumbnail has a shocked face expression 😲
Just putting this out there for the ladies, save the dinner at home situation for a ways in rather than at the beginning of dating. You need to know this person isn’t someone who will harm you, become obsessive or stalkery, etc. before you go to his home or bring him into yours. This guy here is great and would never think of that, but you should because they aren’t all like this guy. LOL Be safe out there.
“Lowkey” 🤩🤩😭😭
I once had a girlfriend where I only took her to dates that had a groupon deals.
She is now my wife and we are happily married for 4 years and counting! 🙂
I like the pairing of “beer budget” and “champagne taste” haha. Very nice.
I remember hearing a story where a guy met a girl when he was renting a Lamborghini, and the story ended with him buying the Lamborghini because he was desperate lol
Thanks George, I haven’t had a Big Mac in a long time George.
Anyone get the reference? 😂
Liked for Ramesses.
Its very hard or for me has been finding a girls who lives frugally and saves for investing and future like me even my family its different then me, but if there’s a single girl in LA area who’s down to hang out hmu hehe 🤪 frugally lol 😆
Go spend coffee one time then put your own coffee in the cup (if you have a date with another girl same store) and show up on the date with your coffee already
calls her on 25c icecoffie
My girlfriend doesn’t understand English. But when the cat shows up, she started watching this video with me. When cat’s left, she’s left too 😀
(Yes I’m watching the video about cheap dates just in front of my girlfriend)
Me and my girlfriend love going on a hike every Saturday morning at 7:00 AM. Not only is it healthy but it also gives us a lot of time to talk about our weeks! Favorite time of the week.
My girl hates coffee and drinking. I hit the jackpot.
I used to think that spending money on dates will make it good. Actually it’s not. It doesn’t matter where you go because it’s really all about the company.
Going on a hike for a date is the best way to save money. After about 500 feet of hiking, I’m wheezing, they’re disgusted, and we both go home. Can’t spend money without a girlfriend. Checkmate, ladies.
First date with a prospect, Let’s watch a movie, the price in my country for a ticket $5 ($17 for a couple package with soda and popcorn)…
Rarely go to restaurant, I cook better, since men rarely go to the kitchen in my country, so women are curious…
Free event, EvenBrite is my best friend guys
I died when he said “Everyone loves a good churro” 😂 trueeeee!
Since my partner is American and I’m Canadian, he could take me to a Walmart far away from where he lives and I would be amazed since every walmart is pretty different. Add in its in a different country and I’m impressed for $0.
How I know this works: First time I went to an American Walmart, I was so amazed. 😂 Might tell him to take me to a Walmart when the border opens up since I been stuck staring at the same walmarts in my country for a while. I’ll be shocked again at all the cool stuff there.
I now need to look at the local walmart when I go to a new place because I will be impressed by how different it is.
Also Ramsey be like: Loooook at me!
Superficial american girls all want a $100 date
Ramsey 😍😍😍
Graham if you end up going out to dinner on a date, would you pick up the tab for the both of you? Or split the bill 50/50? Let me know. Genuinely curious…
PD: Doesn’t apply to Venezuela 🙁
liked for the cat
ohhh man i love this!!! i gotta show this to my boss who blew through $300,000 in the last few months on his brand new gf and is breaking the bank to keep his business going xD
I wonder what Dave Ramsey would feel if you tell him you named your cat after him 😅
splitting a meal is a huge turn off……its incredibly cheap. if a guy let me split a meal i would just pay it all and never talk to him ever again…..doesn’t matter how long we talked or how much of a connection we had. Its a deal breaker. don’t get me wrong i like graham and i love the ideal of frugality. but for a guy to split a meal with a girl is intolerable for me…… In my opinion if a guy really likes a girl, he wouldn’t let her split…..Its the male instinct to provide protection for the female, materially and physically. This is something that lies within our nature and it applies to all cultures and history at all time. None of the guys I know split bill with their girls.
best cheap date idea from experience: 5$ sticker puzzle book from amazon. Lasts you 3-4 dates so <2$😎
Also, Groupon