12 Adorable Real Dates That Could Be Hollywood Love Scenes

Real-life love can be just as magical as the movies. Some moments make you pause mid-laugh; they are the kind you don’t realize are perfect until later. And if Hollywood ever borrowed a script from reality, these would be the scenes surely worth stealing.

• For our first Valentine’s date, I brought a ton of glow sticks, a small stereo system, and my laptop to school to set up for our after-school date (we were in high school).
  The thing is, I can’t set up everything AND be on a date at the same time. I had my buds secretly set up everything I bought for the date as she and I were eating.
  I scouted a pavilion at a riverside park. I had them set up the glow sticks in a path leading to it, ending in a heart in the center of the pavilion, with my laptop playing a playlist of “our songs.”
  After our meal, we went for a walk in the park, and, oh, what do you know, “Hey, look, lights!” and away we went. We danced for like 10–15 minutes before we got cold. — © Unknown author / Reddit
• He knew I liked period costumes, so for our third date, he took me to an after-hours museum event, the theme of which was the Roaring 20s. For a few days before the event, we planned our costumes over text, and he showed lots of enthusiasm, even though I’m sure it was boring for him.
  I remember that he joked, “Well, you know what they say about the third date...costumes!” He took me to the roof, where we chatted and had drinks, and then he asked me to be exclusive. Afterward, we went inside and walked to a catwalk that was suspended over the main hall of the museum, and he asked me to dance.
  The following year, we had our engagement photos taken there, and the photographer asked him to dip me while on the catwalk, and he nearly passed out; for whatever reason, he had asked me to dance that night on the catwalk despite a profound terror of heights. — © MarianneDashwood / Reddit
• Our second year dating, we celebrated Valentine’s Day by staying in our PJs, buying a giant box of CT Crunch at Costco, and watching all the Star Wars movies. It was one of my favorite days. — © jusejackie / Reddit

• Met up for Greek food. In ten minutes, I had realized that I had never met anyone like her. Interesting, interested, smart as a whip, funny, and gorgeous. We ended up hanging out for the next six hours, just walking around, eventually going to her buddy’s shop, where I met her friends (who were all cool).
  The next date, we ended up hanging out for most of the night, and neither of us wanted to drive home, so we set up a hammock in a park and fell asleep. I still have a picture of her head poking out of the hammock the next morning with the sun rising behind her, making her smile glow even more. She even said that my chest was like a perfect pillow (which really meant a lot to me). — © BlueComms / Reddit
• I went on a date with a guy I’d met online—when we saw each other, right away we both knew it wasn’t going to work out. We were at dinner, and I said, “Hey, I’m not really feeling any sparks here, but I do really enjoy your company. You feel like going for a drive?” And he said he wasn’t either, but he enjoyed my company too.
  He grew up in the city, and I grew up in the country, so I knew some awesome spots, and he let me drive. We ended up driving 1.5 hours northwest to this gorgeous, clear pond—there’s no light pollution, and you’re surrounded by mountains and pine trees, so the sky over the pond kind of looks like a planetarium.
  It’s in rural Maine, so we have all kinds of wildlife. I keep camp chairs in my vehicle, so I grabbed a couple and a blanket from the truck and set us up nicely on the shore.
  We stayed there talking all night and watched the sunrise. It was really cool because there were like five different owls, two above our heads, just chatting so loudly for over two hours. There were loons too, and a deer drinking from the water only about 50 feet from us.
  We didn’t talk again after that day, but I’ll always cherish that as my favorite date experience. — © frasierandchill / Reddit

• My love and I were very poor one Christmas. She is a huge Walking Dead fan (this was back when Walking Dead was a very ’it’ show).
  So I bought a Walking Dead-themed gingerbread kit. We made an apocalyptic gingerbread house and zombie nativity. It was fun, and it was all we could afford that year. — © Onepopcornman / Reddit
• The day I got proposed to. We had saved up to celebrate 6 years together and went on a trip to Hawaii. We wanted to go on our 4-year anniversary, but we couldn’t afford it whatsoever. He took me to the beach, and we had a picnic while watching the sunset and drinking out of coconuts.
  As time went on, and I was full of one too many lukewarm sandwiches, he rolled over to my towel and asked if I wanted to marry him. I said yes, and then we went out to a very nice restaurant and proceeded to eat 2 platters of seafood and shrimp cocktail, which is going to be served at our wedding because I am a Dyson around shrimp.
  Also, another cute date we went on was for my birthday last year, and he took me to see alligators, which are one of my favorite animals. I mentioned it like once, but he remembered. We even got to see baby ones! — © latteamericanoxo / Reddit
• He took me out for pie. I had a piece of the best-ever strawberry cream cheese pie. Fast-forward a couple of weeks, and I’m sitting at home the day after a minor surgery, recuperating. The doorbell rings, and at the door is someone from the restaurant with a whole strawberry cream cheese pie for me that my then-boyfriend (now husband) had ordered for me. — © Manicknitter8 / Reddit

• Soon after meeting him, I fractured my pelvis while exercising. I was really sad because I was on crutches and couldn’t do much, but it was summer, and I still wanted to go to the beach.
  He was really in shape, so he told me to meet him outside. He told me to follow him. So I crutched alongside him, and when I got to the hill, he picked me up like a princess and carried me down the hill.
  Then I crutched along longer, and we got to the sand. I couldn’t walk with crutches in the sand, so he picked me up and carried me to the water. I was medically cleared to swim, just not walk. It was so much fun.
  We broke up, but he was a super sweet guy. — © KellynHeller / Reddit
• We walked around the zoo, it started to downpour, everyone left except us, and we kept on walking around, soaking wet. I told him how romantic it was that he shut down the whole zoo for our date. Loved him. It was super cute. — © viking*****r / Reddit
• It was hardly a date. We both just decided to meet in the city. We rode the tram and went to the Saturday Market. I don’t remember where we ate or how the date came to a close.
  I just remember her.
  She had that spark from the first moment; we both really laughed with each other and acted like we had known each other our whole lives, even though we were complete strangers hours beforehand. Never could plan something so perfect. — © IWearBones138 / Reddit

• We were supposed to go to this really fancy French restaurant and then to a concert at the symphony hall... and then I got super sick and couldn’t stop vomiting and was running a fever of 102, barely able to move, with muscle cramps all over my body. So I told him I couldn’t make it, and when I (super embarrassed) explained why, he asked me if there was anything I needed.
  About 15 minutes later, he showed up, then helped me get undressed, picked me up, and laid me in the bathtub, and he ran me a cold bath with bubbles and ice. Then, he set up a laptop on a stepstool so that I could watch Harry Potter with him (he had a pillow) while soaking. He held a bucket for me, and whenever I needed it, he would hold it so that I could throw up, and then he would empty it into the toilet and spray some essential oils, so there wouldn’t be a smell.
  We were there for about 4 hours, and I started to fall asleep, as my stomach had finally been emptied. He helped me up, dried me off, helped me get my pajamas on, and carried me to bed, where he tucked me in, left a bucket by the bed, and got me a big glass of ice water. When I apologized, he told me that he had had fun, that it wasn’t my fault I was sick, and to call him if I needed anything in the morning.
  Not still with him; the relationship never even really went anywhere, but that was just... the best date ever. — © Unknown author / Reddit

These sweet stories remind us that romance doesn’t need slow motion or perfect lighting. Sometimes, all it takes is a spark, a moment, and someone to share it with.