Parents, how often do you go out?
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nataliefamily3
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After getting a comment insinuating that we go out too much I am wondering ...
In general how often do you go out without the kids (anything recreational counts)
Do you And youe s.o. Go together or seperate?
How many kids and ages?
After having opposite schedules for a year, hubs and I now go out together one night a week leaving our 2 yr old with grandma for about 3 hours. I dont feel its excessive. We dont drink a lot hit clubs etc.
In general how often do you go out without the kids (anything recreational counts)
Do you And youe s.o. Go together or seperate?
How many kids and ages?
After having opposite schedules for a year, hubs and I now go out together one night a week leaving our 2 yr old with grandma for about 3 hours. I dont feel its excessive. We dont drink a lot hit clubs etc.
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Almost never. I have several boys 2 of them are very young. If we had a baby sitter we would probably go out about once a month.0
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We try to go out together without kids at least once a month, but sometimes at least once every couple weeks. Honestly, we both LOVE spending time with the boys before they get tot the age they don't really want to spend that much time with us.
But we are also just getting to the point we feel comfrotable leaving the boys at home alone for a couple hours at a time. So last Thrusday we went out for a nice dinner together. That will get us out more often too.0 -
We have a 6 year old and a 4 year old.
I go to my choir practice every Monday night, hubby stays home with the kids. He will go to the occasional guys night thing - poker, sporting event etc. I stick around with the kids.
As for together, we book ourselves a date night every other month that we get a babysitter for. Usually we do dinner and a movie, sometimes live theatre/music etc.
No one has ever mentioned that we go out too much.0 -
Once twice a year to the cinema it makes it really special an were going to Scotland next week he's working I. Just going my niece is babysitting!! It's the first time ever I left them xxxxxx
Oh I have four girls 9. 8. 5. 2. Xx0 -
Almost never.
And I'm a single mom. I can't even get my kids to visit their dad anymore. (They're in the tweens and teens now.)0 -
My husband works nights so we have alone time on his days off mostly when when the kids go to bed we'll watch a movie or something and then we will do something as a family with our girls. We don't go out alone very often but we like being with our kids. We have a 1 year old and a 3 year old.
There's nothing wrong with going out alone and keeping the flame going.0 -
I am single..... I go out once a week. But that is also because my parents go get my kids from daycare on fridays and tells me I cant have them back until Sunday. Lol I was surprised. I figured I would never get that much freedom but instead I get complaints if I don't let my parents watch them weekly.
I may not do anything except soak in a bath and read a book or go to the gym or something like that but I enjoy it while I have it. When my kids get bigger I am sure Nana and Pop will be locking their doors and turning off their lights when I want time to myself. lol
my kids are 3yr old and 5 months old0 -
I go out once a week - moms night out - usually involves lot of coffee. Hubby and I almost never get out together without the kids though - because we don't have a baby sitter.0
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Before our son was old enough to be home along - once in a blue moon. Maybe once every three months, max. Now that he can stay home for several hours alone, we go shopping frequently, and perhaps dinner or a movie once a month or so.
We really do like having him along with us, so much more likely to go out as a family to do stuff.0 -
hubby and i go out on a date night once a wk or every other week. the kids are ages 7,3,2 & 10
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Maybe once a month we do a date night. Tomorrow night we're leaving our little guy with my parents for his first overnight.
I have two boys 3 and 15months.0 -
Does once a decade count? lol0
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Once or twice a year, when we're lucky.
My older boy is special needs and there is no one else to take care of him.0 -
I have a bowling night one day a week and he goes to my dad's house. That started when I was single and now that I am not, he doesn't NEED to go but they still want him for "their night". As far a bars go, maybe once every 6-8 weeks. My parents ask to keep my son or hang out with him at least 1-2 times a week so I usually spend that time at the gym or with my boyfriend.0
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I don't have kids and I don't think once a week is excessive...especially since you have a willing (she's willing, right?) and possibly eager built-in babysitter (grandparents can never get enough of the grandkids, right?). Even if you're both working full time, you still have every evening and all the rest of the weekend with the kids. It's important for you and your spouse to build on your relationship so that when the kids inevitably grow up and leave the home, you'll still want to be around each other. I have been the babysitter for many, many years and plan to start a family in the next couple of years. If it's possible, I will go out for 3 hours once a week with my husband!0
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Hmmm I wonder if age of parents plays a role too. We are 21 & 25. I feel like my other friends with kids are out way more. Once they are sleeping they just leave them with grandparents and go to the club.
Thanks to everyone who imputs, I dont judge I feel its a personal choice based on how often you see your children and spouse, as well as what you can afford. We are lucky to have grandmas sitting services.0 -
my girls are 6 and 7 and we go out in random spurts lol sometimes we wont go out for months, and then we'll go out a few times a month for a month or two. my father in law lives with us, so we just put the kids to bed and he keeps an ear/eye out for them.
we usually go out to bars with friends, sometimes drink too much and sometimes we just go to a movie.0 -
I'm 24 my husband is 25.0
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What's going out? JK
When we have $40-$60 to shell out for a sitter, we will go out more, until then we rely on grandparents to watch the baby, and try to make it back before too long...
All and all, I'd say once every few months, for 'special' occasions, like a birthday party (adult) or something along those lines.0 -
Not nearly enough, it's hard b/c we only have one kid and he's really well behaved so sometimes it seems silly to spend money on a babysitter to go out to eat or whatever because he behaves better than some 13 year olds in restaurants, but we are trying to get better at going out more often...in fact we have a date tomorrow!0
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