Ideas Of Saving Dating On Sunday Nights With Couples

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JAKARTA - After the COVID-19 pandemic began to be controlled, now dating or face-to-face activities are increasingly being carried out by the community. "Affordating" or Affordable Dating has increased since the COVID-19 pandemic made the younger generation financially literate due to the large number of unexpected expenses.

Many young people end up looking for dating ideas without needing to spend a lot of money.

The expensive cost of dating is the reason why singles have to be more creative in formulating their dating plans. On the one hand, this provides an opportunity to get to know each other better, especially when making practical decisions, said Intimacy Coach as well as Academy of Relationship founder Dr. Angela Tan quoted from ANTARA, Friday, September 9.

Many unique activities are being tried by the younger generation to date by implementing "Affordating" starting from going up the mountain, having a weekend to the park, even playing mahojong.

"Along the singles have started to meet face-to-face frequently after yesterday's pandemic peak, we found, they like to explore new, unusual ways of adapting," said Head of APAC Communications Tinder Papri Dev.

For those of you young people who are interested in "Affordating", here are some interesting ideas that can be followed to save your dating expenses:

In small research conducted on Tinder users, nearly a quarter choose small things in life that can make them happy without spending a lot of money. Simple pleas, such as just staring at the clouds or knitting is a 21 percent choice for users to be dating ideas.

Another cheap dating idea is to hunt for attractive products in the thrift shop. Tinder noted that the number of users who wrote "thrifting" in its bio increased by 26 percent.

In Indonesia, there are many public facilities that are free but suitable for romantic activities. Starting from museums to city parks to city parks can be fun recreational areas and can be an unforgettable alternative to first dates. For example, if you are in Jakarta, then you can try exploring the Glodok Clinical area or exercising together in the Gelora Bung Karno area.

Traveling by public transportation such as commuter line or TransJakarta can also be an interesting and friendly dating idea in the pocket. This can be an alternative to saving and the time used to accompany your date home can be additional time to get to know each other," said Dr. Angela related to alternative dating using public transportation.

One of Dr.Angela's favorite activities for dating is to do voluntary activities with partner chat. If you use Tinder, then you can try to find matches that are interested in social issues in the "Explore" feature and try to do volunteer activities in social organizations as well.

For those of you who are young or who have a young heart, you can follow the challenges or challenges that exist on social media. For example, such as trying interesting challenges that are currently popular, in addition to helping to fill content on social media, of course this activity can test your cohesiveness with your date.