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Some date ideas, please? (self.Blind)
submitted by afraidofdust
I'm sighted and been with blind my partner for two years. We live together now, which is great as we can spend lots of time together. however I know that one way to keep a relationship strong is to actually go on dates sometimes. We don't do it often because we never really know what kinds of dates to go on.
Most of the dates we've gone on involve going out to eat, then getting a drink and people watching (I'm usually narrating what people are doing to my partner). We also have a picnic planned when the weather improves. There is *one* museum we're planning on going to that has the artwork described for patrons to listen to on a facility provided headset.
What other things could we do? Neither of us likes the movies, partner is not into theatre, art galleries and most museums are not accessible, concerts are difficult for me due to my own disabilities, and activities like bowling or mini-golfing are also inaccessible (not that either of us likes them anyway).
For what it's worth, they can see light (and I think shadows) and colors if they hold stuff really close to their eyes.
Most of the dates we've gone on involve going out to eat, then getting a drink and people watching (I'm usually narrating what people are doing to my partner). We also have a picnic planned when the weather improves. There is *one* museum we're planning on going to that has the artwork described for patrons to listen to on a facility provided headset.
What other things could we do? Neither of us likes the movies, partner is not into theatre, art galleries and most museums are not accessible, concerts are difficult for me due to my own disabilities, and activities like bowling or mini-golfing are also inaccessible (not that either of us likes them anyway).
For what it's worth, they can see light (and I think shadows) and colors if they hold stuff really close to their eyes.
HDMILex 10 points 4y ago
Bowling is not inaccessible. I love bowling and do it often!
Also in regards to museums, if you "sweet-talk" management into letting you feel some of the non-fragile things on display, they'll sometimes open the glass display cases for you and allow you to feel things.
Also in regards to museums, if you "sweet-talk" management into letting you feel some of the non-fragile things on display, they'll sometimes open the glass display cases for you and allow you to feel things.
afraidofdust [OP] 3 points 4y ago
I did not know this actually. thank you!
ratadeacero 2 points 4y ago
This is more of an adventure than a standard date, but we love to go camping.
Go to an animal shelter and play with the animals.
Go to a concert.
Do anything you would on a standard date, except for a movie.
Go to an animal shelter and play with the animals.
Go to a concert.
Do anything you would on a standard date, except for a movie.
Constant_Strategy392 1 points 10m ago
So you like the movies?
ratadeacero 1 points 10m ago
I love movies. My wife not as much since she can hardly see them.
KillerLag 1 points 4y ago
For some objects, they make you wear gloves (although the rules are kind of arbitrary. At a museum in Toronto, our kids were allowed to feel a bronze cast of Adam by Rodin with gloves. However, that exact same bronze cast sits out in public at a museum in Italy, and not only can everyone touch it, but pigeons poop on it. Go figure).
They may also have a tactile tour program already in place as well. Sometimes they have items that can be gently handled without gloves, and you get to feel those.
They may also have a tactile tour program already in place as well. Sometimes they have items that can be gently handled without gloves, and you get to feel those.
TwistyTurret 2 points 4y ago
I’m sighted, my boyfriend is blind. We also live together. We have done the following: gone to a dinner theater, gone to get massages, went to a bath house, tried an oxygen bar, went to the beach, rode a trolley (I described what we were passing along the way), went to a playground (swings were a hit), went to a carnival, volunteered at a pancake breakfast fundraiser (I washed dishes, he rolled silverware), picked blueberries, went to a theme park, tried a new restaurant in a different town, ummm.....that’s all I can think of off the top of my head.
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theWriteAmy 1 points 4y ago
Hiking, amusement parks, tandem biking, kayaking, white water rafting, go on drives, sports events, talks/lectures, comedy shows, storytelling events, theatre shows that are audio described... That's about all I can remember my blind partner and I doing, off the top of my head.
I might be able to suggest more if I know where you guys are, general metropolitan area. We're in San Francisco, if it helps.
I might be able to suggest more if I know where you guys are, general metropolitan area. We're in San Francisco, if it helps.
tangozebra 1 points 4y ago
Amusement parks or carnivals. Many of the rides are fun because you get to experience G-forces. It might even be more fun because you can't see what is going to happen next. The games could also be fun. In my experience, a blind person would do just as well as a sighted person with "ring toss" type games. And of course there is the wonderful "food on a stick" that you can eat with one hand while using a cane with the other. Depending on where you live there may be nature or historical tours that you can take on horseback. The tour guides are often describing events of the past so you can imagine the scene in your mind just like sighted people have to. The horses know the route and where to stop so you can just enjoy the experience.
estj317 1 points 4y ago
You could basically go to any museum really and just describe well. I’ve never liked going to one so much, but I know this friend of mine just has this wonderful talent of describing everything down to the last speck. So as long as you describe museum and shopping may work. I’ve never enjoyed shopping so much either hahaha!
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