Things to Do on Date Night

fuck

 

Museums. Dance lessons.

 

We don't get out on dates as often as we would like. Sure, we go out almost every weekend but that is usually with a group of friends. We have been trying to get out, just the two of us, more frequently.

For us, it could be something as simple as going to see a film or having a nice dinner to something as big as getting a hotel room for the weekend and getting away from home for a night or two.

The one piece of advice my Mom gave me when I got married was, Don't forget to make time for yourselves. You can get so caught up in life that you can drift apart while being very close.

 

What's a date night????? We haven't done that in years. Might have to fix that.

 

A what, now?

 

I don't like to consider going to the movies a Date Night for us since we don't actually get to interact directly with each other. It does provide a nice distraction for my husband though. I really try to turn cooking dinner into a kind of "us" time. When we do it together and interact in the kitchen, it is far more enjoyable and I feel like it is the most natural kind of time we could spend together.

 

Some good suggestions on activities here.
I would say that you stand a better chance of having long-term date nights if you start now before you have kids. Because once they arrive it's going to get really challenging to do.
For example....My wife and I are going on birthday date night next week. We realized that out last restaurant dinner for just the two of us was a year ago on our last birthday date night!

 

Thanks everyone. Not.

I followed the advice in this thread - nice dinner, visit to a museum, fucking.

Now I'm not allowed back in the museum, AND they've kept my picnic set.

 

Awesome Daniel_ That's great!

 

That's my favorite.

 

We also do the movie-and-dinner in reverse. We will sometimes get babysitters (or handy grandparental volunteers) to go to concerts or theater (for example, just last night we went to see Carrie Newcomer, and Mrs. Levite's folks drove in to babysit while we did).

As for fucking, we don't wait for date night; but we have learned to have quickies that are well-timed for while the baby is napping....

 

We are trying to get into the habit of this - specifically booking regular time in our diaries to do something together - getting out of the house when child minding (they ain't babies anymore), or organising something that doesn't involve sitting in front of screen if not...

Keep the ideas coming!

 

Our boy is 1 year now.... So we hadnt done any such thing recently
But mostly we do movies/dinners...and love that together! Some times we try museums (like art, glassware, etc) or shopping+dinner. We always like doing what ever together.... Just need to get back to it.
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Just realized... What I would LIKE doing is, like going to a strip club together! So far only a fantasy.

 

I have to say, the only benefit (and it really doesn't outweigh the negatives) to being divorced is that once a week the infant visits the ex. This at least means we don't often need sitters.