Fun, Free, At-Home Activities for Adults? (Besides Sex)

[sister13]

So, I am feeling like DH and I need a bit of a pick-us-up and I want to suggest something fun tonight, BUT...

• I am being a stickler about sticking to our budget this month and so we are mostly out of extra entertainment/eating out funds.
  
  
• We are sick of all the movies and TV.
• Sex only takes up so much time.
• It's fucking cold and supposed to snow, so we don't feel like going outside.
• We both have to go to bed early to wake up super early.

What fun things can we do at home tonight?  

Strip poker is about all I can come up with?  Maybe spa bath/massages or something?  Any other ideas that are fun, free, and involve staying inside and warm?  

[Lollipop]

DH and I like board games. And Magic, but if you don't already have decks that won't work.

[cateyes]

Game night or puzzles. That is a favorite in our house. Sometimes we will make up stupid rules to make some of the games more fun or entertaining. Like when we play stratego, if certain players get captured you drink or non-drinking related-a player can't be captured by a guy only one number lower (except 2's). Just adds some fun and changes it up. We make up rules all the time.

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

Games and food are at the top of my list. You could play the online CAH game!

[youdontsay]

We have a few board games that we've bought through the years. If we get tired of going out, we'll play Monopoly or Sorry

[pismoduo]

Feb 25, 2015 14:26:20 GMT -5 danib said:

Make dinner an activity? Choose something that you can prepare together and take time to relax and enjoy. Maybe include desert.

Along these same lines - try out a new recipe or cooking technique you haven't done before?

H and I are video game addicts, so a lot of our activities together when the weather is bad involve gaming.

[shemarie82]

We play board games or cards, but change the rules around so it isn't always the same. They often become drinking games...

[kasaundrar]

We LOVE board games. We don't drink so whoever wins gets massage or something like that. We will bake dessert together or play video games.

[youdontsay]

My CW just came up with the idea of doing a chopped-style cooking challenge with what you have in the house!

[mustloveerica]

Sometimes DH and I build a blanket fort, light some candles, play games and eat pizza. We do this when we feel we need a break from technology. And it's always so fun!!

[lilsneezy]

MH and I have paint/art night. It's not free because you have to buy supplies but you can get a couple of canvases and an acrylic paint starter kit for pretty cheap. You can usually find coupons for 20-40% off an item at Michael's or AC Moore. MH and I will usually pay separately so we can use the coupon twice.

You could always clean out a closet or rearrange your furniture or something. Not sure if that's your idea of fun but it will keep you busy for a little while.

[setsuna17]

I was gonna say dinner and a video game too. Or maybe pick a really bad movie and make dinner with a theme around it? We love to laugh at bad movies! We do puzzles too.

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

Feb 25, 2015 15:21:38 GMT -5 setsuna17 said:

I was gonna say dinner and a video game too. Or maybe pick a really bad movie and make dinner with a theme around it? We love to laugh at bad movies! We do puzzles too.

Great idea! It's so fun to bust one out here and there.

[Deleted]

Strip hide and seek! That's all I got. Everyone else had pretty good ideas!

[housecarder]

Feb 25, 2015 14:59:14 GMT -5 youdontsay said:

My CW just came up with the idea of doing a chopped-style cooking challenge with what you have in the house!

I've done chopped style diner and it was so fun to see what we came up with. Still my favorite "date" ever.

[joy]

This is when my husband and I play MarioKart or full contact Wii Tennis.

[samanthasays]

Feb 25, 2015 15:34:09 GMT -5 @erin2021 said:

Strip hide and seek! That's all I got. Everyone else had pretty good ideas!

I tried to do a scavenger hunt for H and I was hiding at the last spot, but my needy little shit of a dog literally led him too me. He barked at my husband then ran over to where I was hiding and barked. At least I don't have to worry about intruders?

[diamondsndaisies]

DH and I play Super Mario brothers....naked. Take something simple and do it naked and it makes it more fun and it usually ends up in really awesome sex

[diamondsndaisies]

Feb 25, 2015 15:13:38 GMT -5 mustloveerica said:

Sometimes DH and I build a blanket fort, light some candles, play games and eat pizza. We do this when we feel we need a break from technology. And it's always so fun!!

This sounds like fun! Oh to be a kid again.....

[NatalieDavid]

DH and I really enjoy making sushi together! I feel like it's a step more difficult than the normal making dinner together and it's so delicious.

[ghostmonkey]

Feb 25, 2015 15:45:39 GMT -5 joy said:

This is when my husband and I play MarioKart or full contact Wii Tennis.

We have to be on the same team for tennis or it gets ugly.

[sister13]

Great ideas guys, thank you! After all that, it looks like H is going to have to work! But maybe we can do it Friday night. I think I need to get us some board games!

[moutonrouge]

We did a puzzle recently, and I think I might order another. It was fun to work on together, but we both get burned out after like 30 minutes.

For 2 player games, we like Zip-It and Bananagrams (both are like Scrabble), Zertz (this is like more difficult Chinese checkers), Five Crowns (kind of like Gin Rummy), Set (matching game), Farkle (a dice game kind of like Bunko), and Rivals for Catan.

[peaseblossom55]

We go through phases H&I sometimes we get on a video game kick, others we enjoy board games, things like scrabble, or deck building games. If you want suggestions on games let me know!

[heatherj9603]

Dh and I like to play cards, but only so many games are two player. We love the game cribbage. It's a pretty old game but you may find a cribbage board at target.  But they also have plenty on Amazon. 

www.amazon.com/Pressman-Toy-Corporation-Cribbage-Cards/dp/B0014JFCYU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1424923130&sr=8-2&keywords=Cribbage

[sister13]

Feb 25, 2015 22:49:45 GMT -5 peaseblossom55 said:

We go through phases H&I sometimes we get on a video game kick, others we enjoy board games, things like scrabble, or deck building games. If you want suggestions on games let me know!

What are "deck building" games?