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5 'Perfect' Date Ideas That Actually Suck Unless You’re In Shape

It’s all fun and games until you’re too sweaty to take a cute picture.

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5 'Perfect' Date Ideas That Actually Suck Unless You’re In Shape
Dan Bullard

We’ve all been on those “perfect” dates. You know, the ones where you find them on Pinterest when you search “Cute And Cheap Date Ideas” with the perfect cover photos with a sunset in the background and it usually involves some type of physical activity. They’re the dates where you don’t really realize how out of shape you are until you begin them, which results in an unjoyable and unexpected experience. Here are a few I can 100 percent say represent those “perfect” dates created for only people who are in shape.

1. Kayaking

You go out with your significant other expecting to have a relaxing, beautiful ride around the lake, before you realize your arms have absolutely no muscle to paddle yourself around for an hour and a half. You then find yourself paddling like a fiend to make it back to the rental place because you can’t feel your arms anymore. (Disclaimer: It is perfect for cute, artsy pictures though even if you just paid $20 for a rental.)

2. Hiking

You find out that there’s an “eternal” flame in a park that’s only about a half hour from your house. So you drag your significant other along with you. You hike to this flame, but in the process find yourself winded and out of breath, while in the meantime getting lost in the woods for three hours. You finally find the flame, take pictures while you’re both sweaty and gross (making the pics non-Instagram worthy) and then get lost trekking back.

3. Sight-Seeing In A New City

You and your significant other decide to take an adventure and visit a city you’ve never been to before. You wake up early and plan to spend the entire day walking around the city, not realizing that most landmarks aren’t remotely close to each other and you end up walking five miles, visiting two of the sights and then deciding you just want to go back to the hotel and nap because you’re already exhausted.

4. Long Walks On The Beach

You decide that it’s a perfect night to go walk the beach that’s an hour from house so you pick up your significant other and travel over to the beach. You walk for 15 minutes down the beach that usually takes about an hour to walk the full length down and decide you are going to be too tired to walk for two hours total. You then retreat back to the car and drive the hour back home to watch a movie on Netflix where they just did what you tried to do, leaving you feeling upset that you didn’t actually do it.

5. Paintball Or Airsoft

You and your significant other go into this one knowing it might be a little bit of a struggle, since neither of you are really the “athletic” type. Little did you know that you would be running, jumping, rolling and shooting, all with 10 pounds of layers on to keep yourself from getting hurt when you get shot. After an hour of playing, you vow to never consider this one as a date again and take the next couple days recuperating from your poor decision.

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