partner + kiddos = death of date night?
i miss date night. i miss dating my husband.
we’ve been married over 6 years and together for over 12. our relationship is strong and i am very much still IN LOVE with my husband (which for the record is very different than loving my husband, which i do too for the record).
point being, i miss dating my husband.
i miss going out with my husband… to a movie… a restaurant… anywhere that is just him and me.
we had 3 years of marriage with each other before our son (surprisingly!) came along. we had 3 years of interacting with other couples… of going out on weekends… of spending money on good food and wine…
HOW do you find time for you and your partner once you’ve had kidlets?
how expensive are your babysitters?
how do you make it a “date night” when you’re still at home?
how do you make certain that you haven’t lost that lovin feelin?
comments below are appreciated… also…
i’m going to host a LIVE CHAT on this very topic on THURSDAY, FEB. 24 at 11 am EST. please join me at the international delight’s coffee talk community to share your thoughts, or throw your hands in the air and just say “I DON’T KNOW AND I NEED MORE COFFEE. I WANT DATE NIGHT TOO!!!”
8 Responses to partner + kiddos = death of date night?
Have a Sip
Dude… I think I just fell in love with you all over, for invoking the Top Gun. *swooooooon*
Although now I’m going to have that damn song in my head all day.
Hey, that reminds me… I was wondering… do Navy Pilots really have call signs like in the movie?
PrincessJenn´s last [type] ..Therapy We Needs It
::eye roll::
yes, the call signs still exist.
the song definitely upped the cheese factor on this one… in fact i should have just titled this post “4 layers of cheese.”
Here’s what I miss most: long walks first thing every morning with the dog. Really, really miss that.
It costs us $20-25 an hour for a babysitter, so obviously we don’t get out much together. I’m looking forward to a night away at a hotel next month to celebrate our 11th anniversary. A 20-hour date. The thought makes me want to weep as I write.
Dana´s last [type] ..For a moment- I imagined
I was just thinking the same thing last night.
We have family that babysits for us (often) for the things we NEED to do (aka work). So we push the things that we WANT to do (aka anything else) aside so we don’t bother family.
We should just suck it up & hire a sitter. I know of quite a few people that could/would watch my kids (they are still fooled by the sweet smiles & cute laughter!)… just doesn’t seem important enough to spend the extra $50 bucks. But, if that isn’t, what is?
until next month being able to go on dates haven’t been an issue because we have so much family near us that volunteers and begs to watch phoenix for FREE. but when we move next month i fear that trying to find a babysitter in a strange land & then having to pay babysitter and for the date by hamper us going out
Alexandria´s last [type] ..Provocative Thought- Trans-gender children
Nic
when Jacqui was babysitting in P.. C.. she was getting paid between $5 – $12 an hour. I know she’d LOVE to babysit the Maggoo (we have the photo of him with the kangaroo on our screen saver – with all our other fav US photo’s – on the TV), but is a bit too far of a commute now. We’re all missing A&&@%)^s & the US a LOT at the moment.
Steve & I used to put up a tent in the lounge room when the kids were small – the theory was it would be for us, but in the end they got in there & we “retired to the bedroom”. Now we don’t get much time together (we thought we’d have more time together when they got older, but they just got to bed later), so it is VERY precious – we try and get out together when we can, but it is usually just run errands (sometimes for dinner), but it isn’t as often as we would like.
p.s. a local radio station ran a competition over here a few years ago – you had to nominate the “music to make love to”, & the winning entry was The Wiggles
date night?
what is that?
l have been a single parent even though when l was married… that is unknown language to me ;(
vanilla north´s last [type] ..a chihuahua with a bomber jacket
I think date nights are so very important. We are trying to make it a point to do that more often and that means just the two of us and not with a group of friends. It’s amazing how you can live with someone yet barely have the time to talk to each other. Kids are funny little buzz kills sometimes.kidding
Kimberly´s last [type] ..When You Dream