Romantic date night ideas at home

Staying in tonight? These date night ideas at home need no planning and no money: just the two of you, a little time and these romantic dares for couples.

Take turns picking one. Go slow, check in with each other, and skip anything that isn't for you. That's the whole point.

52 ideas below. All of them are cards from Duo, the card game for couples, and you can play them free.

Touch and massage

1. Massage your partner's shoulders and neck. No rush.
2. Blindfold your partner and trace their body with just your fingertips.
3. Take off one piece of your partner's clothing - slowly, without using your hands.
4. Write a word on your partner's back with your finger. If they guess it, they win a kiss wherever they want.
5. Your partner stays completely still while you stroke their thighs. Whoever moves loses a piece of clothing.
6. Run an ice cube along your partner's neck and chest. Then warm it up with your mouth.
7. Take off one piece of your own clothing while looking your partner in the eyes.
8. Foot massage for your partner, with lotion or oil.
9. Take your partner's hand and guide it over your body. Show them your favourite spots.
10. Hug your partner from behind and explore with your hands - over the clothes.
11. Press your bare chest against your partner's back and kiss his neck while your hands explore.
12. Trace your partner's breasts with your fingertips - then with your lips.
13. Undo your partner's belt, slowly, and let your hand rest over his trousers.
14. Lie on top of your partner, skin to skin, and move slowly.
15. Trace your partner's lips with your fingertips, slowly.
16. Massage your partner's hands, one finger at a time.
17. Draw slow circles on your partner's back, under their clothes.
18. Run your fingers through your partner's hair while you kiss their forehead.
19. Run a single fingernail down your partner's spine, top to bottom.
20. Take off your partner's shoes and socks and massage their feet.
21. Undo one button on your partner's clothes and kiss what you uncover. Repeat until there are no buttons left.
22. Put your hand on your partner's chest and feel their heartbeat for 30 seconds, eyes locked.
23. Stroke the inside of your partner's wrists with your lips.
24. With your eyes closed, explore your partner's face using only your hands.
25. Run your hand over your partner's stomach, under their clothes, without going any lower.
26. Massage the back of your partner's neck until you get a sigh out of them.
27. Your partner lies face down. Back massage, with both hands and no rush.

Kisses

28. Kiss your partner's neck without stopping.
29. A slow kiss, no hands.
30. Kiss your partner in five different places of your choice. None on the mouth.
31. Kiss the back of your partner's knees and slowly work your way up the thighs.
32. Gently bite your partner's lip and pull away. Make them come back for more.
33. A trail of kisses from your partner's collarbone down to the navel.
34. Your partner picks three places to be kissed. You obey.
35. Your partner closes their eyes. Kiss an unexpected spot - they have to guess where the next one lands.
36. Kiss your partner's back from top to bottom, one vertebra at a time.
37. Kiss your partner's earlobe while saying something naughty.
38. Kiss your partner's chest and move down, slowly, to his waistband.
39. Kiss your partner's belly and move down, slowly, to the edge of her underwear.
40. Kiss your partner like it's the last time.
41. Kiss each finger of your partner's hand.
42. A kiss on the forehead, one on the tip of the nose, one on the chin - and only then on the mouth.
43. Kiss the inside of your partner's wrist and work your way up the arm to the shoulder.
44. Eskimo kiss, then a real kiss. Whoever laughs first gives the next kiss wherever the other wants.
45. Kiss your partner with no other contact - just your lips.
46. Kiss your partner's neck from one side to the other, slowly.
47. Kiss your partner's eyelids, one at a time.
48. Give your partner the slowest kiss you've ever given.
49. Push your partner against the wall and kiss until you're both out of breath.
50. Kiss the palm of your partner's hand, then hold it against your face.
51. Kiss the back of your partner's neck while you hold their hands.
52. Take turns: one kisses, the other only receives. Swap every 15 seconds.

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