Besides sports?

Probably sex.

I am not a good person to ask - my marriage is strictly a business transaction.

However....I have no clue where you live, but in Atlanta there are free events going on all the time. Maybe read your local newspaper to see what's going on besides the typical movies and dinner kinda of thing.

Good luck and have fun.....enjoy life together - that is how love and companionship is meant to be!

I dunno, usually just the things we both really enjoy.

I generally like my space and like to be with people who like theirs.

JustErin said:

I think your myspace is too wide.

jerseykrs said:

I think you're too wide.

Inexpensive:

Afternoon matinee movies.
Make, or purchase, a kite; fly said kite.
Put on music you both enjoy and fingerpaint or color together.
Sign up for a one time only class through your community adult education. Pick a subject entirely new to you both, or a subject which one of you has interest in and would like to introduce to the other.
Bake or cook together.
Drive to a new location for a daytrip; bring a picnic lunch.
Drive with no destination in mind and see what you see and where you end up.

Free:

Play board games or crosswords.
Go to malls or other public places and peoplewatch. Make up background stories about the interesting people you see.
Windowshop.
Attend free concerts.
Walk in the park.
An assignment I had to do for a college class turned out to be a fun way to spend time with another person: choose either a letter from the alphabet, a particular color or object; take your camera and go out in search of subjects beginning with that letter, or which are your chosen color/object. The search can be wonderful and lead to many new places and adventures! The resulting photographs are a nice reminder of a pleasant day spent together.
Visit local animal shelters and take the dogs for walks.
Volunteer together for an organization which you both support.

WillyWonka said:

I think I need to do all of those things with you, Mr. Wonka.

applekisses said:

I would most certainly enjoy that, Ms. Applekisses.

That's the magic of spending time with those for whom one cares, no matter what be the activity - the shared company transforms things ordinary, into the extraordinary.

when i'm not busy breaking up with them, i really do enjoy having SigOths for purposes of playing Scrabble or Dutch Blitz - if you find a game you really enjoy playing together, you can get really addicted to it. i like this ritual because it can be a time to talk about stuff that happened during the day, but since you're doing something fun it has a tendency to stay light and joyous...save the heavy stuff for when the game's over.

cooking together is fun - finding funky recipes that you REALLY wanna try and making it a project some weekend can be really enjoyable.

it's also cool to have at least ONE tv show you can both geek out over every week. again, it's another ritual for you guys to share. i think that's an important part of relationships - creating sacred little activities that are fun and allow for some lighthearted, playful interaction and that you come to look forward to as "safe time", when you both know nothing bad in the world can intrude until the show's over or the game's over or whateverthefuck, and you guys just have that time to very simply enjoy each other.

if that doesn't work, make a list of all her personality flaws and make a representational collage on posterboard. that always gets mucho points for me.

JustErin said:

Ouch! He tries a slow left jab and she responds with a firm right uppercut right on the chin. He hits the floor. Counting 1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...

WillyWonka said:

Awww!

CarrieMpls said:

I'm not a lesbian!

And we are crafty! I think when we have more living space we'll both do more of that kind of thing, actually. Maybe not knitting and quilting ( ), but artsy stuff.

retina said:

I'm really pretty game to try random shit. I think she is too.

I think a lot of it is that after work/school, meals, and sex. . . and taking care of our dogs. . .who has time to take up rollerblading or whatever?

But she has requested that we try, and I like some of the suggestions in this thread.

Imago said:

That's "the obvious."

Anx said:

Thanks.

It's embarassing to admit, but we have actually been watching the first season of The L Word together. Only 'cause I just can't see getting her into 24. It is actually fun. It's quality cuddle time. The last person I was with was a TV junkie so I got kind of annoyed about TV time, but this is different. She doesn't own anything with a screen, and I have screens but no cable, so. . . I think we will be safe from becoming zombies.

And since a bunch of you seem to be into this "cooking" thing, I ordered some new cookbooks. I haven't tried anything new in that arena for a long time. She likes to cook. We have to eat anyway. Why not.

HereToRockYourWorld said:

it's so fun! it's not at all overwhelming if you each just pick ONE dish - like, say, an entree and a side dish - then take a special trip to the grocery to get the ingredients, and then set aside a night (saturdays are great for this) to make the dishes, then have a nice, mellow dinner. i've always been a little vexed by all the prep that goes into cooking, but when you create a space and prepare for it, it's really kinda fun.

HereToRockYourWorld said:

Yes I know, but it was a quick and convenient quip. Don't you know we all prefer convenient labels?

I just enjoy spending time with her. It doesn't matter what we're doing. If I'm not at work or practicing music, then it's all about her. Willywonka's got the right ideas it doesn't matter, just entertaining yourselves.

The funny thing is that I feel like time ceases to exist when I'm with her because before I know it, she's got to leave and another weekend just happened.

Anx said:

I'll try. I've never really tried to cook with another person before. It's a little tricky because we both have (different) dietary restrictions, but we both love all things vegetable, so that gives us a lot to work with.

CarrieMpls said:

I prefer to be inconvenient whenever possible. You should know this about me.

HereToRockYourWorld said:

And yet you don't own an iron or a hair dryer.

CarrieMpls said:

Wouldn't it be convenient to have those?

First littlemissg's mysterious questions of the day and now this, I feel really today for some reason. Too many saffron buns maybe.

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CarrieMpls said:

Exactly! Which is inconvenient! For you!

retina said:

Now I'm all confused.

CarrieMpls said:

Okay, so she said that she likes to be inconvenient and then you said "and yet you don't have...". Well if she had those convenient things, wouldn't that go against her desire to be inconvenient.

HereToRockYourWorld said:

Travel!

And listen to music. And eat. That's about the extent of it.

Well, besides the shows we watch together, thank you DVR Gods....

We have a Xbox360 which we own 13 games for, around half of which we can play together. If we can't play them together, hell, we'll take turn with levels.

Every Monday afternoon, since we're both off of work on Mondays every week, we catch a matinee at the theater down the street. We alternate picks and pays. Whoever picks, pays. Gives us something to go do, and allows us to see a whole ton of movies.

We rent a lot.

We go to concerts...

Visit family when we can...

God we're boring.

We go out to eat as we can afford it nowadays, but we used to go out somewhere nice and sitdown about every weekend.

We cook together sometimes.

We talk about random shit like his fear of gamma ray bursts.

CortestheKiller said:

My wife an I play multi-player games together in the team way. That's great fun, although many times I get killed, it's because I'm protecting her. LOL...

I often do that until she comments on how she's doing better then I.