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You and your date have a wonderful day planned filled with outdoor activities. You anticipate the date all week, and finally it comes!
Unfortunately, the rain came with it. What do you do now? You can’t go to the beach during a thunderstorm, and hiking in the rain can be miserable. The solution: Choose Your Own [...]
9 Tips to Keep Your Valuables Safe
A great date can quickly be ruined if someone steals from you. This happened to my girl a few months back. We had a wonderful date but when she walked out to her truck she discovered that someone broke into it and stole her things.
To avoid this unfortunate problem, follow these tips:Lock your car doors. [...]
Custom Bumper Sticker
A fun gift for anyone, especially a boyfriend or girlfriend, is a custom bumper sticker. You can get a single sticker printed for just a few dollars at any of a dozen different sites, such as MakeStickers.com or Zazzle.
Try to be creative! For example, Becca has recently become completely obsessed with Isaiah so I got [...]
Flowers
A bouquet of flowers is a typical, stereotypical gift for a girl. However, with a little thought and preparation this average gift can be the highlight of your girl’s week. The key is to avoid the stereotypical flower giving occasions. A bouquet on a random Wednesday afternoon is often much better than a bouquet on [...]
10 Easy Ways to End Your Relationship
There are dozens of ways to prematurely end a good relationship and possibly even drive them to physical violence. Here are a few of my “favorite” ways, in no particular order.
Say “I love you” on the first date. You can’t know if you love someone on the first date. Even if somehow you think you [...]
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*HONK HONK* I’m here!
You finally got up the nerve to ask the girl of your dreams on a date. She agrees and you set a date and time to pick her up for your very first date. The big day arrives, and you drive to her house. You pull up in front of the house and honk your [...]
Scrabulous
Sometimes you and your significant other can’t get together. One of you might be sick, or the weather might be bad, or any of a thousand other reasons. This doesn’t mean that you can’t have a fun date!
Scrabulous is an online version of Scrabble. You can play at their website, via email, or directly in [...]9 Tips to Keep Your Valuables Safe
A great date can quickly be ruined if someone steals from you. This happened to my girl a few months back. We had a wonderful date but when she walked out to her truck she discovered that someone broke into it and stole her things.
To avoid this unfortunate problem, follow these tips:Lock your car doors. [...]
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About The Awkward Turtle
Taking the awkward out of dating
Nearly everyone can use a little help now and then to find something new and interesting to do on a date. That is where The Awkward Turtle steps in.
We provide ideas for dates, gifts, and acts of kindness. Every idea we post has been personally tested to ensure that we aren't giving you a dud. We also provide dating tips and, last but not least, we include dating mishaps to help you learn what not to do.
Date Ideas »
99¢ Movie Night
Watching a movie is a classic date idea and, thanks to new technologies, is getting more and more affordable. There are movie theaters, DVD, Blu-ray, Blockbuster, Netflix, and BitTorrent. However, my favorite movie nights consist of old VHS tapes.
Pick up your date and head to a local thrift store. Nearly all of them sell old [...]
Trial & Error »
Roller Skating in the Bad Part of Town
We had been planning this date for a week: roller skating in Hampton, VA. We had directions to get there, money to rent skates, and lots of time. What we didn’t have, however, was the knowledge that the roller skating rink was in a bad part of town.
As we drove to the rink, we noticed [...]
Gift Ideas »
A Comfy Pillow
Often times the best gifts are those that you make yourself. Keeping this in mind, a homemade pillow can be one of the most thoughtful and cherished gifts you can give someone.
If you aren’t very crafty, you may want to see if anyone you know already has experience making pillows or sewing in general. If [...]
Acts of Kindness »
A Simple, Meaningful Memento
The next time you go on a date and have a little extra time afterwards, tell your partner that you want to get a postcard for a friend. If you live in a town with a lot of tourism, look for a gift shop or souvenir shop. Even if you don’t live in a town [...]
Dating Decency »
*HONK HONK* I’m here!
You finally got up the nerve to ask the girl of your dreams on a date. She agrees and you set a date and time to pick her up for your very first date. The big day arrives, and you drive to her house. You pull up in front of the house and honk your [...]