Why double dating is hotter than ever

We are all house cats. Bar tigers are dying out. But then we would like to cuddle a bit in good company.

Double dating – so you and your love together at the table with another couple – is trendier than ever. We don't want to know anything more about those bars, but we do like to be a bit close to wine and cheese. You can just as well hustle that at home. You invite your best mates over and sit down for good conversations, hysterical 30 Seconds marathons, and a bit of singing along to songs from the past. You know, from that time when you still hung in the chandelier in some other complicated club.

Why do we completely avoid those bars and clubs nowadays and prefer to drink wine at home with friends? It's the fault of this generation, the millennial. We have to perform more and more and therefore work really hard. Even on the weekend. Especially on the weekend, because then you can work for yourself, and that must also happen. That also means we have no time and energy for that ordinary swaying through the city. A little showing off, on Saturday afternoon, in the sun, at some gathering? Fine. A glass of wine is okay. But we are not going to be shouting until four in the morning at Leidseplein until we are hoarse? Then we are hungover the next day and we definitely don't have time for that, because that own business still needs to get off the ground, we also need to arrange that traineeship at ABN, get promoted as a manager, find that love of our life, and still run that marathon. Marathon? Come on, haven't you run a marathon by the time you're thirty? What are you thinking? 

But yes, with los dos on the couch it is a bit ordinary, maybe. Then that game of 30 Seconds is just a bit less exciting. Here is the ultimate solution: double date with another couple. Here are 5 reasons why you should plan a double date this weekend:

1. You don't have to swap your leggings with a huge sweater for a tight mini skirt and a strappy top with sequins.
2. You can stay out late and still be reasonably fit the next day. Because: you are at home. Sitting on the couch. Don't have to dance. Or well, just a little on the couch then. Winning.
3. You can also keep it early if you're tired. Just hop, bye, we are going, it was nice. You're in bed in no time.
4. You don't have to squeeze between 183 strangers in a line in the rain. Or pay money to get inside somewhere. Or pay 15 euros per glass. Home is your happy place. Especially if there is red wine on the table. For 15 euros per bottle.
5. You really catch up with your friends on such evenings. And friends are oh so important for your happiness.