Week 11 - Trust: Select seeds or transplants for an indoor or outdoor garden and plant them together.

We don’t have sprinklers. This means that my version of gardening is more akin to gambling.

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Week 10: Compromise: Declutter and donate items from at least one area in your home.

Why was there no room in our fridge? Oh behold, 17 chili sauces, 14 mustard, horseradish, & wasabi jars, and 20 types of pickles. Yet, each brought something different to the table. Alas, they each brought Fitz joy.

Week 9: Positivity: Attend a sporting event together with a goal of spending little or no money.

That means we went to $349.24 of events for $58. According to my math, our subscription fee already paid for itself many times over and so going to Spring Training was free for us except for $5 parking.

Week 8 - Presence: Observe animals in their natural habitat.

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Week 7 - Intimacy: Interview each other.

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Week 6: Mutual respect - Choose your budget. Roam around a library or used book store together. Find something you'll read, watch, or listen to together.

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Week 5: Compromise - Visit a museum or historic site. Find one that you both think will be enjoyable.

But it’s just an empty case.

One of the most played instruments across the world.

Week 4 - Love: Appreciate the universe with some stargazing or sky watching

We would not be getting commemorative T-shirts.

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Week 3 - Friendship: BYO-Food and Drink to a free event like an art show, concert, air show, or race. Skip the vendors and have a picnic.

Adventure is out there. -Up

Week 2: Understanding: Listen to your favorite full-albums together.

As the albums played, the music transported us back in time. We shared memories that the songs brought back to life, from our lives before we had met and from shared experiences while we have been together.

Week 1: Presence: Commit to intentionally spending time together. Dream-storm and share what you hope to accomplish.

…if we’re dream-storming, I’ll take a full life, a strengthened relationship, no debt, a decluttered home, a balanced partnership, and the daily opportunity to feel gratitude and abundance. In the end though, I would be stoked if we just spent more intentional time together.

Why commit to sharing our experiences on 52 Cheap Dates?

Why would 2019 be any different? Because you are here with me.