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" The presence of three wineglasses here doesn&amp;#x27;t mean I&amp;#x27;m suggesting a rainy-day threesome. It&amp;#x27;s from a rainy afternoon spent in Paris with two of my friends. Have April showers been pouring down where you live? I got caught in a rainstorm in a light pink chiffon maxiskirt last night, which was a see-through disaster. That&amp;#x27;s one way to spice up a spring date...but I was actually out to dinner with my mom and sister, so just whoops. In addition to ruining your outfit, the frequent rain has a habit of ruining romantic, outdoor spring dates. Bought all the fixings for a sweet picnic? Forget it. That outdoor music festival? Mud central. When a sudden rainstorm interrupts your plans for a date, you have some choices: a) Just brave the weather and hope your hair doesn&amp;#x27;t turn into Monica&amp;#x27;s from that episode of Friends when they went to Barbados; b) choose a more indoor activity, or c) straight-up refuse to leave the house because you are NOT ruining your new wedges. Whichever you choose, here&amp;#x27;s a roundup of some classic rainy-day activities for when you&amp;#x27;re sick of going to the movie theater as your only indoor option... If you&amp;#x27;ll still go out, but you want to keep it as indoors as possible: Bowling. A frizzy ponytail goes well with those shoes anyway. Enjoy some art. This is the perfect opportunity to finally go to that museum&amp;#x27;s new photography exhibit everyone is talking about so you can quit pretending you&amp;#x27;re just as cultured as your hip friend who always manages to do that stuff before you even hear of it. Go on a rain-necessitated shopping mission. Go out and buy each other those cute galoshes/practical raincoat/sturdy umbrella that you mean to buy every time it rains, but you forget all about as soon as the sun comes back out in favor of buying yet another pair of strappy sandals you don&amp;#x27;t really need. Check out the local booze scene. Got a local brewery or distillery or winery in your area? See if they have any available tours or tastings that day. It&amp;#x27;s always a fun activity, but can seem stifling on a sunny day. Lazy afternoon in a caf&amp;amp;eacute;. Slowly sip a cappuccino or a glass of wine, and try to do it by a window. It&amp;#x27;s either gloomily romantic (see photo above), or cheerfully hilarious as you watch people outside get soaked. Act like kids. Think of the fun stuff your parents took you to do when you were driving them nuts inside the house. An arcade or even a roller skating rink (so retro!) is a much more fun indoor activity than sulking. Play grown-up games. Pool halls are, like, the arcades of old people. Being inside a dingy, dark bar on a glorious spring day would be a waste, but it&amp;#x27;s the perfect use of a cold and rainy one. If you want to pretend to need help so he&amp;#x27;ll lean in and put his arms around you, I won&amp;#x27;t judge. But it&amp;#x27;s also very sexy to know exactly what you&amp;#x27;re doing on your own. Get cultured. Find a random local performance that you probably didn&amp;#x27;t even know was happening&amp;amp;#8212;a concert or a play or a comedy show&amp;amp;#8212;and snag the cheapest seats. You might discover a new favorite band, but even if it ends up being awful, at least it will be dry. If you&amp;#x27;re willing to get wet: Walk in the park. Braving the rain (only if there&amp;#x27;s no lightning, keep it safe!) will give you private access to a normally crowded public area. Splash like children in puddles. Use those new rain boots you just went shopping for. Play photographer. Every fool can take a beautiful picture of a sunset on a clear evening (ugh, #nofilter braggers), but snap a waterproof case on your phone and take some moody selfies or nature shots to be the Instagram-envy of all your friends. If you&amp;#x27;re not leaving the house until all those disgusting earthworms have crawled back underground: Wii tournament. Go ahead, kick his butt. Take a trip down memory lane. Flip through your old photos of a vacation together, or even better, go through each other&amp;#x27;s high school yearbooks and crack up at your mutual bad haircut decisions. One-day book club. Pick a book to snuggle up and read together, then talk about it. OK, maybe a short story if you&amp;#x27;re not a fast reader. Catch up on the classics. Rent (or Netflix, obvs) an old movie neither of you have ever seen. Might I suggest Singing in the Rain? Or get into something new. Are you the only one of your friends who isn&amp;#x27;t obsessed with House of Cards yet? Me too. A rainy day is a good day to catch a few or all of the episodes of TV show you&amp;#x27;ve been meaning to watch but can&amp;#x27;t seem to fit in your rotation. Build a fire. But you know, only if you have a fireplace. Otherwise, it&amp;#x27;s just dangerous and not cozy. Board games with a twist. What, you haven&amp;#x27;t ever played Strip Monopoly? Now&amp;#x27;s the time. Bubble bath for two. Getting wet outside comes with all kinds of annoying problems like pants that are soaked to the knee and broken umbrellas. Getting wet inside, however, is much, much better. Cook a luxurious meal together. You have nothing else on your agenda tonight, so you might as well try that complicated recipe that usually interferes with your other plans. Even if you&amp;#x27;re not much of a chef, take the time to make something you&amp;#x27;d normally just buy. Cookies from scratch or homemade soup are surprisingly easy, and make your whole house smell like warm comfort. Oh, geez, just skip it all and have sex. Open the windows for some sexy sound effects and a little dampness, and get right to the best part of date night. Thanks for cutting right to the chase, rain. What&amp;#x27;s your go-to rainy-day date? How&amp;#x27;s the weather where you are? Spring flings: *Dating in the Spring Seems Perfectly Romantic, but I&amp;#x27;m Not Sold. Help Me Settle My Internal Argument! *3 Spring Date Ideas: Which Is Your Favorite? *5 Reasons Women Look Better in the Spring (to Guys!)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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