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Falling out of love with the Rain? 7 Ideas for Rainy Day Dates!

This time of year in the Seattle area, it's easy to get in a date night rut on rainy weekends. Try these ideas to have fun together, despite the weather.

Want to know a secret?

You’re going to think I’m crazy, but…

I actually LIKE the rain.

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Good thing, because I live in one of the rainiest areas of the country, the Pacific Northwest.

I was raised in sunny, gorgeous California and spent summers in Greece, my Dad’s homeland.

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Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE sunshine and take advantage of every moment I can get outside when the sun actually decides to visit the Seattle area.

But the reality is, it’s November and the days are getting shorter. Looking out my office window-leaves are falling by the hundreds and our back deck is covered in a wet, sloshy mess.

Since I can’t do anything about it, why not celebrate it?

Hubby was raised in Eatonville, a little town on the base of Mt. Rainier. I have never once heard him complain about the rain. (Well, except when he wants to mow the lawn on a Saturday morning and the weather doesn't cooperate.)

The thing is-we can’t change the weather. This is where we live. It may be wet 150 days of the year here, but the way I see it, we’re pretty darn lucky. We don’t have hurricanes or droughts or live on a fault line.

So...we've embraced the rain. And, we've become creative about how to have a fun time on a rainy day date.

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