6 Rainy Day Date Ideas for 50+

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Rainy days get a bad rap. But people who love rain already know you shouldn’t let wet weather get in the way of a good time, including  a date.

Rain can even add to the ambiance of a date, says Karen Waldron, an event planner in Southern California.

So if you have a hot date with a potential new boo (about a third of adults ages 50+ are single, according to a 2022 Pew Research Center survey) or are looking to mix things up with a

long-term partner (the other two thirds), don’t let a little rain ruin your good time. There are plenty of creative and fun activities you can still do. Here are six rainy day date ideas

that can cultivate romance no matter the forecast:

A peanut butter porter. A coconut curry beer. These are not your father’s brews, and that’s why microbreweries give you both something to do and talk about, says Colleen Wilkinson, 56, a

writer in Minnetonka, Minnesota. She and her husband, Ben, whom she describes as a “microbrew connoisseur,” have been married 24 years. On date nights, they often order craft beer flights —

a few small pours of various drinks —  to compare and contrast unique flavors. It’s a fun activity in a low-key environment that “loosens you up even before the alcohol hits.”

Maybe take the opportunity to look into each other’s eyes and say “Cheers!” with each new sampling.

Many microbreweries have bookshelves stacked with board games, which Wilkinson says can be “a nice diversion,” especially if you’re dating someone new.

“A board game offers a little bit of respite from that pressure to constantly have a conversational topic,” she explains. “It gives you something else to focus on.” 

your local planetarium

You can pretend it’s not raining at all with a trip to the planetarium.

“The skies are always clear in the planetarium — unless we purposely decide we want to show clouds,” says Danielle Khoury LeBlanc, director of the Center for Space Sciences at the Museum

of Science in Boston, Massachusetts.

The lights go down (cue the snuggling), the stars come up and all of a sudden you’re transported to other parts of the universe — excellent material for thought-provoking conversation

starters afterward.