Looking for a cheap and antisocial way to let your significant other know you matter? Do you need it to be Halloween themed because oppressive social conventions dictate your life? Well, you've stumbled across the perfect article for your mildly specific needs! Here, I have privileged you all with the perfect stay in halloween themed date night ideas. Have fun, and to all of you procrastinators out there, good luck, I'm rooting for you.
1. Sweatpants and Bad Horror Movies
I have done this with my boyfriend and let me tell you, it is a delight. If you have not found the level of comfort to be seen in the most unflattering yet overwhelmingly comfortable pair of sweatpants in front of your significant other, get over it and go for it. You will not regret cuddling while watching some low grade horror movie in the most comfortable clothing you possess. Add in some frozen pizza and copious amounts of chips, soda and other processed food, and you have an evening that will solidify your feelings for each other.
2. Candy Eating Contest
What better way to really rev up the romance than by getting a large bowl of chocolate in front of you and seeing who can eat more, or at least who can finish it the fastest. If you puke, who cares. Honestly, if someone watches you vomit and they still want you, you should marry that person.
3. Turn Your Apartment/Home/Parent's Basement into a "Haunted House"
It doesn't matter if you've got your own place or your still living under your parents' roof (maybe that fact alone makes it a house of horrors), what is not more fun than turning your living space into a fun little haunted house for you and your significant other. Make it scary, or just make it atmospheric or fun, it's your call, just make it memorable and remember, this one takes time.
4. Horror Video Games
It is really fun to watch others on YouTube get freaked out playing horror video games, why not bring the show to your own living room. I mean, there are tons of free games to download even, and it's such an interactive way to get spooked. Free games, like Slender are easy downloads and pretty mild. If you feel like dishing out some cash (not much) there's Outlast (not for the faint of heart), Five Nights at Freddy's, Dead Space, and so many other games to play. I mean, what better excuse to have your significant other lean on you in a time of pure terror. Or if you're heartless like me, laugh at them and video it to enjoy later.
5. Two Words, Youtube Horror
Why pay for a movie when YouTube has some eerie delights for free. Salad Fingers, Marble Hornets, 31, Welcome to Nightvale, and even Adult Swim's line of comedy/horror are all good. You can even just hit up creepypasta and read some frightening stuff. Whatever it is, it's fun, it's simple, and it's enough to make you lose some sleep.
6. Carving Pumpkins
Now, for those who don't want to be scared and just want to be cute, just sit at home and carve some pumpkins. It's fun, it's supposedly easy, and if something goes wrong while carving, you and your sweetie can have a couple's first hospital visit (how cute). But really, pumpkins are cheap, this sort of thing brings you back to your childhood, and it's easily doable no matter how crazy tired you are after a long day of being an adult.
7. Pull a Practical Joke
Now, for those of you with a sick sense of humor, why not pull a practical joke, maybe even do a fright cam, on your easily scared soulmate. It's easy, it's fun, and the reaction you get after the fact will really tell you where this relationship is going.
8. Go Through Your Old Yearbook Photos
What is not more downright bone chilling than being reminded of your awkward past? This Halloween date night activity will let you get vulnerable with your human while also being mortified at what you were, or for those of us who piqued in high school, what you have become. Get ready for fear, contemplation, and merciless teasing, the highlights of any good Halloween date.
9. Bake
Bake all of the seasonal things you can then eat it all night. I mean baking is work but then you get to eat it, so....
10. Procrastinator's Bonus: Buy Candy on Sale November 1st and Make Up for Your Failure to Get it Together
I'm looking at all of you type Bs out there, consistently lowering the bar of your significant others with your personality's innate inability to be organized or on time. However, the large amounts of candy you buy will make up for the incredible amount of backlash your significant other has forced you to suffer through. It might even make up for it.
