Sober Date Night Ideas

Ivorytower2 · October 2016

So hubby and I love going out to eat, and our date nights usually consist of dinner and then grabbing a drink at a lounge or catching some live music. Dinner sounds great to my preggo self, but I'm trying to think of what else we can do. Going to a bar or lounge sober just doesn't appeal to me. We rarely get time away, so going to a movie also doesn't sound great since we would just sit there and not talk.

What has everyone else been doing for date nights while drinking is off the table?

Happyhiker · October 2016

We love walks and scenic drives. DH communicates best on those long drives where we are sitting side by side. We did a few community service things together, and that was a lot more fun than it sounds. For an evening date, dinners, concerts, movie night at home. Good luck!

marshmallowfarts · October 2016

We do dinner dates when we can. One of our favorites is fondue date night - we have a fondue place that is really fancy and we dress up to go to. It's a two hour/four course event. I can't drink anyways even when I'm not knocked up due to a crap pancreas. I'm great at coming up with great date ideas - although some of them we can't do anymore due to pregnancy (goodbye bowling league).

1) we still do campfires at night once DS is in bed - smores, hot dogs, fruit, peanuts, etc - just us and our fire pit and snacks

2) couples massage - we do this every other month at least

3) college games (hockey/football etc) - you can do professional too! we just love the atmosphere that surrounds college games

4) we play card games a lot - but DH is pretty bad at those so he only lasts a few rounds before wanting to quit - we also play world of warcraft at night pretty frequently

5) apple picking/harvest festivals or pumpkin festivals now that we're in october (haunted mansions count too!)

6) concerts can be fun! I went to a TSO concert while I was pregnant with DS. I don't think he particularly enjoyed it based off all the kicking during the loud music - but it was still nice to be together during that time.

7) we still try to do occasional day trips - the aquarium which is 1.5 hours away, a larger city with more to do/see, etc. Groupon is your friend!

There really are a lot of things to do when you can't drink - sometimes you just have to really push outside your area and explore nearby towns/places for new ideas!

jmacd22 · October 2016

I still do happy hour with hubby I just don't drink lol but we actually do a lot of different things. We go to plays, movies, museums, music lounges, concerts, sports games, etc. I'm usually the one who does all the planning. He's pretty horrible at setting up date nights.

serenity13 · October 2016

Pregnant or not, drinking is always off the table for me as a recovering alcoholic haha... We try to go out to dinner once a week usually on Saturdays & occasionally go out to bars with friends, but I stick to water & am still able to enjoy everything since it doesn't bother me anymore to be around alcohol. If you're able to still enjoy your usual date nights going out just minus the alcohol I'd say go for it! I second @Happyhiker also with the movie nights at home, or if you can get into a show together - we recently started/finished all the GOT episodes so for a while we'd have reoccurring GOT date nights haha... Just doing fun things together like carving pumpkins for Halloween, going to sporting events, playing mini golf, getting ice cream together, taking our dog to the dog park, double dates with other couples, or the very romantic option of doing house projects/yard work together (yay...) are things we've done.
@marshmallowfarts great ideas! I agree, groupon is great & this time of year all the haunted attractions are fun too!

kjd291 · October 2016

Date nights...?? What are date nights? ; ) hahah.

C25 · October 2016

We don't drink at our house either, pregnant or not. We aren't good at date nights..and love going to movies so I'm probably not much help. But it's fun for us to go grocery shopping together, shopping together, walk around the fun outdoor retail centers and go out for ice cream or just for dessert. None of things happen unless we do a date because DH works crazy hours and we've got two young boys!

EALasagna45 · October 2016

Congratulations on your sobriety @serenity13!

@Ivorytower2 I can emphasize with you. DH and I are definitely a dinner and drinks couple so it's been weird trying to "restructure" date nights. We've really enjoyed going to comedy clubs-Sober or not it's a ton of fun. I know it's similar to the movies in that you can't talk during it but I highly recommend checking out a show!

Also since I know we can all relate, I saw this picture on my FB.

jenny0228 · October 2016

I have never been a "cocktail" type of person- before pregnancy I would usually have a glass of wine out at dinner. But since we still manage to go out to eat pretty frequently now, I have been ordering some "mocktails" every so often and have been enjoying them! At least then if DH is having something to drink I still get something in a fancy glass to sip on.

Ivorytower2 · October 2016

Thanks for the good ideas everyone. Seems like shifting to day dates instead of night aometimes would be a good idea too. We did a haunted house, so that was a cool festive thing to do and was somethig different. We will probably drive around to see Christmas lights at night when it's time too, and I've been looking into those paint date night things.

sunshine507 · October 2016

Bowling, theater and concerts, TBH we're walking around baby stores on Saturday afternoons alot recently LOL.
I definitely get mocktails, either from places like PF Chang's that has a menu of them or I get club soda with na bitters and lime. Also when it was warmer virgin mojitos were my jam.

Foersty · October 2016

We like to pack up a picnic and up and go walk around outside somewhere pretty, usually to the mountains somewhere.

KellyT22 · October 2016

During my last pregnancy, my husband and I played board games quite a bit. Not like Monopoly and Clue, but some interesting, more obscure ones. Target actually has a good selection. It was really fun.

MamaRara84 · October 2016

We plan to go to Fright Night here in Fl
We have a 1yo together and 4yo from a previous marriage
Tough to get a sitter
So if we get out once every 8-10 weeks that's amazing

korpisar · October 2016

DH and I did a zombie bar crawl on Saturday night. We dressed up and did crazy zombie makeup. It was a ton of fun even though I couldn't drink. It was fun seeing everyone's costumes! I even danced lol

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