Going out with dh

[northernmom2boys]

Hi
How many times a month do you and dh go out together alone,no kids?
Do you enjoy yourself or do you worry about the kids the entire time?

[Darlene]

Kids are all grown and left this year. Son comes home from college for breaks tho.
Dh especially is a homebody and our "dates" usually consist of home depot, walmart or going to the dump. We keep talking about making more day trips here & there but seems like something always needs doing at home.

[Mojjo]

well, we go once a week...we do the grocery shopping together Friday night. Does that count?

If you mean a date date...we do that once a month. And we don't worry about the boys anymore than we normally do. They are in good hands or I wouldn't have left them to begin with.

[YankeeMom]

We used to shoot for once a month. Lately though it's been more like once every 2-3 months.

I don't usually worry about the kids. My mom is always the one to babysit for us. Occassionally we (dh & I) will run to the store real quick, just the two of us, and my 13 yr old will hold down the fort. But that's never more than an hour and always less than 10 mins from home. And not exactly a date

[Deborah_Kate]

We have been trying for once a month with a great group of our friends. We have run into a situation though where we now have to take a couple of months off. Brian has finally seen what terrible shape we're in money-wise.

Deb

[baronmom]

my dh and I just went out to dinner and a movie last night. We don't normally go out by ourselves on a "date" but my kids tend to go to my mom's or my grandma's house quite often so we do get alone time more than some people.

[AmyBoz]

That would be a big, fat, zero. I don't remember the last time we were out together, alone. (Unless you count when we went out with dh's father, brothers and their spouses, sister and her spouse for my fil's birthday dinner.) And, yes, I'm sure when we did go, we wound up talking about the kids.

[IndianPrincess]

My kids are older~So we have "dates" all the time...LOL LOL

[baxjul]

Now that my FIL lives with us, we usually try for once a week! It's like having a built in babysitter! We usually go for a motorcycle ride, or out to dinner. And no, I don't usually worry.

[marym]

Kid are grown and gone DH and I go out about once a week.
Nothing too fancy. We do fancyabout 1x every 2 months or so.

[crdurham]

NO, NO, NO...

me and dh have been away from ds twice at the same time....

we once went out to eat when he was almost 2 when after getting ready to go as a family, ds had fallen asleep so we called mil and she came down and sat while we went, ate and came right back

the other time was when dh as surgery and I was in the waiting area , does not qualify as a date though.......

[homesteadmamma]

Alone, what's that. With 3 special needs kids we seldom get out alone. It has gotten a bit better the past 6 months or so, however if we go out alone it's to the local co-op for 15 mins. Hopefully it will come!!!

[Michelle]

Not often, especially not in the winter months when my fil is in FL. When they're gone we usually go out alone once every 3 mos or so.

We get babysitting offers a lot from April-September when my fil & his fiancee are around, but we don't always take them up on it. When we go out, we talk about the kids a lot but not really worry about them so much.

[krisathome]

Originally posted by Darlene

Dh especially is a homebody and our "dates" usually consist of home depot, walmart or going to the dump.

I so know what you are talking about. We had our first date in probably 8 months and we went to Goodwill(cause I love that place), Walmart, and HyVee. I can't completely blame my dh though, there is nothing to do in this one horse town.

No, I usually don't worry too much about my kids. The big ones look out for the smaller one.