Date Night!

Mallory - posted on 02/03/2011

My husband and I are 21 and 22. We are not the typical 21yr olds. We are married and have a 2 yr old. Our date night typically is just going out to dinner which we try to do at least once a month. Every now and then we go "out" with some friends but that is rare. However, because of our work schedules my mother in law keeps our daughter every sunday night and all day on monday so we have our own version of a date night those nights. It typically is just us having dinner at home and maybe renting a movie. However and whenever a couple chooses to have their date night I believe it is great for keeping the marriage strong. I love the idea of date nights and also love the idea of family date nights, we try to do both as often as possible.

Kelly - posted on 02/02/2011

We don't really go on date night because it's hard to get away from the kids. But once the boy's go to bed, the rest of the night's all ours!

Becky - posted on 02/02/2011

We very rarely have a date night. When we do we usually go out to eat and maybe to a movie- but usually we have no idea what to do aside from that. We don't have a lot of money and we don't have a lot of interests outside work and home because we don't have time for all that- with 3 kids and a 4th on the way- we stay pretty busy most of the time.

Holley - posted on 02/02/2011

I'm still very attached to my daughter so whenever we go out without her I don't have a good time at all. So we have prob. been on a date night 3 times since she was born in Jan 2010. But were still doing fine. I love my hubby! :)

Tonya - posted on 02/01/2011

My children are older now...so dates are often. But when they were little we traded with a friend so we both could benefit from it. When we did not have much money, we would go grocery shopping or "window" shopping at Walmart for things we would buy in our future. It was just nice to be together!

Christina - posted on 02/01/2011

My husband and I just had this discussion last night... He said weekly, but that can get expensive so I think a monthly date night is a must. We as women get so wrapped up in being a mommy, working full time, being a wife etc... But to actually spend time with our husband and not talk about the lil one and just enjoy each other is very healthy for your marriage. I am often exhausted at night and just want to go to sleep after my long day of work, baby, mommy, wife... I just want sleep... but then I realized that my husband needs me too....more than just cooking dinner and watching a movie with him. He wants that fun and spontaneous woman that he married and this is what we are going to work towards...setting aside one night a month to "date" each other again.

Katherine - posted on 01/31/2011

it hardly ever happens. But my husband makes up for it by bringing home jewelry and flowers n stuff. I prefer going to family places with our kids instead of having 1 on 1 time. we do have movie night and stuff like that at home. we live in a small ghetto town. the food sucks at the cafes and there are too many drunks for my taste to be around.

Alyce - posted on 01/31/2011

We've gone out twice since our 7-month-old was born and will go out for Valentine's Day. I'd like to go out more often. We'd talked about going out once a month, but that got derailed in part due to the holidays.

Amy - posted on 01/30/2011

Once or twice a month. It's great having a loving church family around (since our family is out of state). We have lots of volunteers to watch our kids for free - and we have 5 kids! Babies always comes with though :) At least until they are on solids...

Dyya - posted on 01/28/2011

We will go out on weekends at least once or twice a month , for a movie date or simply just out taking a walk in the park while we leave our Baby being taken care of by my mum. But , we always go out as a family. Every week. It's always good to bring our baby along as hubby don't always get to spend time with our baby so when we outside , i let him carry and play with our baby :) So , there's bonding time between them.

Tanya - posted on 01/27/2011

I think we have gone out 3 or 4 times (without the baby) since our 17 month old was born. We go out with him pretty often. We are expecting #2 in 3 weeks, so we have a date night scheduled this weekend since it'll be our last chance in a while.

Leesa - posted on 01/27/2011

My husband and I don't do date night. In fact, until last year, we had never even gone to dinner without our kids. Last year was our 15 year anniversary, and we decided to have a special dinner just the two of us.

Azza Jamila - posted on 01/26/2011

Date night would be twice a month.. or whenever there is a movie that husband and I wants to watch.

Cassie - posted on 01/25/2011

We talk about needing a regular date night all the time! We tried going out to breakfast once a week. we found a great babysitter, friend of the family. she is in high school so the summer time is really the only time she is available so we need to find some free and trustworthy sitters so we can keep 'us' fresh!

Sandy - posted on 01/25/2011

Once a month and it's this upcoming weekend.

Dawn - posted on 01/23/2011

We try to go out at least once a month. We have a very busy family life and are often at either his parents' or mine. When we aren't, we try to go out to dinner, or a movie, or just for a drive. I think we're overdue though...can't remember the last time we went out...

Lynn - posted on 01/23/2011

Jennifer, i think its great if you can enjoy a date night AND bring your daughter. Dates are fun. And if you enjoy having her a long, hey, why not? Enjoy being a family!

Stifler's - posted on 01/23/2011

Hardly ever. If we go away to my parents place we go out and leave Logan with them so we can go out for dinner alone or whatever. We went out for dinner the other night and dropped him at our friends place. We used to go out for dinner every week and take him with us. It was kind of like a date except we met friends for dinner and Logan slept in the pram.

Jennifer - posted on 01/20/2011

My daughter is 18 mo and we usually take her with us. I know that defeats the purpose of date night but I feel like it makes us closer as a family which only strengthens the relationship with my husband. I'm sure when she gets older we will be enlisting aunts and uncles for nights out.

Lynn - posted on 01/20/2011

We get to go often. My neighbor loves my son, so she is willing to watch him whenever we ask her to. She even comes over and asks if our son can go places with her, even when we are home. LOL