You can go on dates without the Cupid's Corner application. My sims haven't used it yet. Also, you can use this EP with existing couples too, not just new ones to find new partners. So you can get your already married couples go on dates, or you could use the objects and interaction from this EP to set up romantic vacations or maybe honeymoons. But you don't need to go on a date to show love and affections. There's quite a lot of new love related interactions. If you like to play with love in you game then this EP brings more of that, whether your sims have a quiet day at home or they go on a date. If you only use woohoo once in a blue moon to make babies or your sims are asexual, then there is the world, which is lovely, picnic blanket, and chocolates. Also CAS and build and buy catalogue.