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20 Cheap Dates For College Couples Who Have, Like, $20 In Their Bank Accounts

Just because you're broke, doesn't mean you can't have a romantic date.

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20 Cheap Dates For College Couples Who Have, Like, $20 In Their Bank Accounts

Emily Lydell

As someone who has been in a relationship for a long time, and also a college student, you learn that you can't spend money all the time when going out on dates. It's important to do simple things together that don't cost too much.

When you start making more money, then you can go on extravagant dates. But until then, here are some fun date ideas to do when you can't be spending too much money.

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Lifestyles

Antiques Are For Millennials, Too

Search among the vintage wares for your own personal treasure.

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Tables lined up in rows are piled with things. People mill around to gaze at these items with curiosity, occasionally picking something up to examine it closer like a crow inspecting its glimmering prize. From antique metalwork and statues to vintage signs and plates, the options of finding a unique piece at a swap shop are nearly endless.

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Short Fiction on odyssey: Mother, Part V

One clock in particular seemed to catch her eye. He didn't have to look to know which one it was.

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Short Fiction on odyssey: Mother, Part V

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"Mother" is an ongoing fiction series about Avalyn Rosewood and her search for the truth about her history. You can read the first installments here: Part I, Part II, Part III, and Part IV.

A bell rang as someone opened the door, startling Will from his work. He sighed, not wanting to get up and deal with people. He brushed his hands on his jeans, forcing himself to greet his customer. At this rate, he was at risk of having to close Like Clockwork.

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Meet William Haines, the gay icon you've probably never heard of

His story should be the stuff of LGBTQ lore.

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Meet William Haines, the gay icon you've probably never heard of

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Today, William Haines is not the gay icon that he should be. But his story could be—and should be—the stuff of LGBTQ pop culture lore. As Lara Fowler (who is currently writing a biography on Marion Davies, Haines' one-time co-star and longtime friend) once told me on Twitter, he was "so unapologetically out and proud. He really should be better incorporated into the LGBTQ pantheon than he is--I feel like people just don't really know him that well anymore."

Haines' life is the perfect story for Pride Month: a man who, despite the challenges, lived proudly as an openly gay man in Hollywood before the social conventions of being gay even existed. Such a story is relevant today; even as these social conventions are very much established in today's society, they are not yet fully accepted (as the live-action "Beauty and the Beast" proved just last year.) Between choosing to hide or live authentically, Billy chose his true identity.

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Old things are Better than New

There's a lot to be learned from the past

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Hopie A.

I walked into the Dulles Convention Center two months ago as I always do each spring. They were having their annual antique show. I love walking up and down the aisles looking at things from the past. The show has everything a person could imagine. There is furniture, dishes, kitchenware, jewelry, tools, and decor. It is like taking a trip into the past.

Some of the things are not really very old, maybe from the 1950s or 60s but some of it is centuries old. It is fascinating to see things that are not even used anymore. There was a display of salt cells and mini spoons. Before salt shakers were a staple on dining tables, each person would have a tiny cell, or dish, with a mini spoon to serve themselves salt during a meal. They come in a variety of colors, shapes, and materials.

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Just because you're broke, doesn't mean you can't have a romantic date.

1. Cook dinner together

2. Go for a walk

3. Star-gazing on a clear night

4. Play a board game

5. Go out for ice cream

6. Go grocery shopping together

7. Work on a puzzle

8. Have a picnic in a park or the backyard

9. Drive around

10. Walk around a local garden or park

11. Play on a playground (if there aren't too many kids)

12. Go to a museum that has free admission or on discount days

13. Have a little dance party

14. Go for a hike

15. Have a movie marathon

16. Watch the sunset

17. Walk around an antique store

18. Go to church/mass together

19. Go to a thrift store and pick out an outfit for each other to try on

20. Have a spa day at home

Search among the vintage wares for your own personal treasure.

One clock in particular seemed to catch her eye. He didn't have to look to know which one it was.

His story should be the stuff of LGBTQ lore.

Finding Himself in Greenwich Village

Going Hollywood

The Hollywood romance of William Haines and Jimmie Shields

Haines' Crossroads Moment

William Haines, Post-Stardom

There's a lot to be learned from the past

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