Romantictionary and Date-aboo! Games for Couples
How many times have you wanted to send a romantic text message to your
sweetie or leave a love note for him or her, but no words could find their way out
of your heart and your mind would go blank, refusing to produce a tiny bit of
decent inspiration to enable your good intentions? Or how many times have you
asked your partner, “what are we doing this evening?” hoping that your partner
has an idea more creative than the “restaurant/movies” picture in your head?
Unfortunately creativity is not always there when we need it to spice up our daily
routine and relationships. Creativity, however, is a skill we all possess that can be
sharpened with special techniques and a little bit of practice. Oops...! Did I day
“techniques”? Sorry... I didn’t want to scare you. Don’t let yourself be intimidated
by this difficult word. What I actually wanted to say is “games.” ”Games” sound
like so much more fun, doesn’t it? Suddenly, instead of being afraid, you are
eager to find out what such games would be like.
Romantictionary and Date-aboo are two games that help couples do exactly what
we are talking about: generate romantic ideas quickly and easily, and have fun at
the same time. Because thinking of romantic ideas should be fun, not a chore. The
first game intends to help you be more creative when writing romantic notes or
text messages. The second game intends to help you come up with creative
romantic date ideas, by having you and your partner brainstorm together.
Here is the concept behind the games, in a nutshell:
Creativity is a hot issue that I have studied for years, and I have sought to
implement it in every field of my life and work. I have integrated the “tools for
creativity” suggested by researchers into two games for couples that help generate
romantic ideas the easy and fun way.
Romantictionary and Date-aboo are two games that are based on a widely known
creativity technique: stimulating your brain using random input. In this technique,
you are given a random word or image and you try to imagine how this word or
image applies to your problem as a solution, or as a channel of inspiration that
