10 Date Ideas For People On The Night Shift (Yes, You CAN Date!)
Emily Beck
Published Mar 17, 2026
It's 12:55 a.m. and even as I write this I know I don't need to tell you that the night shift sucks because if you're reading this it means that you're up too and you're probably in the same situation that I am in. I really don't mind sleeping in and having my mornings open to leisurely hang around the house, but while everyone is out to dinner and happy hour you are busy working away at the office.
It doesn't really matter what night shift job you have, but for me I am a journalist and guess what, the news never stops. Someone has to be there to make sure we are on top of everything and that’s me. Maybe you're a bartender, or a first year lawyer (I've heard their hours are brutal) or a doctor (if you're a doctor please call me, we can date).
There are tons of us out there. We should probably just start our own dating site because honestly trying to date people with normal work hours is pretty brutal. I decided to put together a quick list of date ideas. Regardless of whether you work from 3-11 pm or 11-7 am, dating is still hard when you're not on a 9-5 schedule. So some of these dates may work for you, some of them won't. I'm just trying to help generate ideas instead of giving up your sex life.
