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Stuck in a rut!

I've been going out with my boyfriend for a year and eight months now and we both are completley in love with each other. However we both feel a little bored, and stuck in a rut. Not so much with each other, just with life in general! lol! We want to do more coupley stuff but are skint as and cant travel far cos petrol costs soooooooo much money. Any ideas of things to do and make things a little more exciting?

Reply 1

Well, get (better) jobs, then spend all your money on each other. :p: As for travelling, try public transport. You get to spend more time falling asleep on each other then. Cook him a nice meal one day - doesn't have to be expensive, should just look well presented. That sort of thing.

Reply 2

Or buy yourself some new underwear...

Reply 3

Anonymous
We want to do more coupley stuff


do you mean just you 2, or do you mean you 2 and other couples??

if you just want to do things alone as alone as a couple, there are loads of free things to do, go for romantic walks, cook meals, have picnics, etc.

if you want to meet other couples... mmm... have a baby and get to know the parents from other kids :p: .... on a serious note, im not sure how u can meet other couples... never been in that situation before! sory

Reply 4

get a car that doesn't drink petrol?

hmm. i know what you mean. find something you both enjoy and so stark raving crazy to do it!

of course, that is only a good thing until you get bored.. but then you just find another thing. that is what me and my partner do..

Reply 5

move in together? thats what would be the next obvious step

Reply 6

gossip_girl
move in together? thats what would be the next obvious step


what with no money? lol

Reply 7

Carl1982
what with no money? lol

you can, get a studio for a couple hundred depending on where you live. and get benifits, thats what they are there for

Reply 8

gossip_girl
move in together? thats what would be the next obvious step
I think making a relationship more serious to overcome boredom is a bit risky. Culminates in proposing marriage to break a lull in conversation, and then having a kid as it might help bring you closer together...

Reply 9

Dunt think moving in together would work cos am moving 50 mins away to go to uni and hes stopping at home. Spose that means new stuff for us both to do. Like the ideas of doing stuff together, any ideas, we've done quad biking cos thats were i took him on valentines day, loved that but again costs incredible amounts of money! Like the idea of cooking a meal for him but both of us have v big families so our houses are usually both busy, rate sucks, do you reckon it'd be more fun if we did it together though.

Reply 10

Anonymous
I've been going out with my boyfriend for a year and eight months now and we both are completley in love with each other. However we both feel a little bored, and stuck in a rut. Not so much with each other, just with life in general! lol! We want to do more coupley stuff but are skint as and cant travel far cos petrol costs soooooooo much money. Any ideas of things to do and make things a little more exciting?


go for picknicks, watch movies, play pool, bowling, take a bus to a place and stay in a youth hostel somewhere?

Reply 11

Been in that kind of rut for over a year now. Nothing we can do about it, and we're splitting up when I go to Uni. Sadly, most things cost money :frown:

Reply 12

PsychologyJen
Been in that kind of rut for over a year now. Nothing we can do about it, and we're splitting up when I go to Uni. Sadly, most things cost money :frown:


Why are you waiting until you go to uni to split up, its only proloning the agony, or surely there is someway to work it out.

Reply 13

you can be creative and think of ways which u dont have to spend money. do u guys do sports? jogging together, etc.

do u guys live in the middle of nowhere? if there are nearby towns and cities u guys can go there for the weekend or sth using pub. transport.