How often do you go on them & how important do you think they are? I ask because I notice on here & on FB a few girls that regularly go on them. The last time DH and I had one was back in March!!!! We never seem to worry about them becasue 1. we are always doing something with family/friends every weekend, and 2. We still go on nice dinner/lunches out but Coop just comes with us!
Cooper Flynn is 3 years old and growing! May 10,2009
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Re: Date night question
We go about twice a month. Sometimes it is daytime date on the weekend, sometimes we just run out for a quick bite to eat. But, we make it happen regularly.
From the time Lucy was very little, we let others put her to bed, put her down for naps etc. So, now she does pretty well with both Grandmas and her auntie watching her.
we never go on them either. We did have 1 night out in August but it was a work function for DH. We did stay overnight away from the kids, but if it wasnt a work thing, we wouldn't have scheduled it. No idea why, we just don't.
Now, a friend of a friend just booked a vacation for her and her DH. The 1st one together in 2 years. (she has gone on girls weekends etc... but not as a couple) You will never guess where she booked their romantic vacation for some alone time...
DISNEYLAND.
Yeah, Disneyland. That is SO not the place to go for some alone time with your DH. My DH and I were talking about this and thought we would feel so guility and just think oh man, the kids would love this etc... She has 3.5 year old twins too. WTH?
If our moms lived in our same time zone, I so would have done this... but I just couldn't do a "stranger" sitter for a little baby. I'm too paranoid/nervous/whatever... argh. And now we're in one year old separation anxiety hell, so I'm screwed.
We did find a sitter that I trusted for both kids, but she was expensive and decided she wanted a four hour minimum at some point, so adding $60 for a sitter for date night seemed cost prohibitive. Plus, finding something to do for four hours. yikes. I just wanted to go out, grab some dinner, come home - 2 hours max. So that squashed our good efforts early on.
My girlfriends and I always had a saying in college that date night was for people who didn't have sex. Being married and seeing how busy life is now and how much crazier it is going to get once LO is born, I totally disagree with this. We have plenty of sex and could still use a date night.
Yeah, if it wasn't for family, my answer would probably be never! And 4 hours is a long time to be gone...our dates are usually 2 max, unless we've got tickets to a show or something.
We dont go on them regularly either, but the 2 nights off I have a week could very well be considered "date nights" even though we stay home and dont do anything except drink (sometimes) and play a board game
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See this would be awesome! If my kids went to bed early, I would totally do that. But they don't go to bed until 8:30 or 9.