What does everyone even do in the evenings?

Kids in bed at 7. All tidying/dinner etc has been done before they go to bed. Then we literally do nothing but chill on the sofa watching TV. Bliss.

Tonight we plan to drink some gin, watch some sci-fi and then snuggles.

Drink wine 🙊

In an ideal world, smoke weed, drink Jameson's and champagne, order deliveroo from 2 different restaurants, watch a movie, cuddle the cat, maybe some ice-cream for afters.

In reality smoke weed, drink really cheap pinot grigio, fall asleep, wake in the middle of the night night to feverishly devour chocolate. Cat's been sick on the carpet again.

I'm a teacher so marking, planning, reports, emails etc. I was up until gone midnight working last night 😞. I want to leave teaching mainly so I can have my evenings back.

The youngest is 12 and he goes up at 9 and gets tucked in at 9:30 during the week (this does just consist of one of us going up and saying goodnight and giving a kiss, it’s not an arduous task!) We do say sometimes how much we miss the days when our dc were small and were in bed by 7:30 and our switching off was early!
We just sort of please ourselves, might watch a documentary or something together, I might go out for a swim before or after dinner, one of us may just be out, he might watch football, if it’s a nice evening (yeah right 😂) we might sit in the garden together and chat.
No housework though, that’s usually done after I finish work when dh is cooking dinner.

Once the kids are in bed (830-9pm) we’ll chat, Netflix or a movie, or have sex a few times a week.

Most of my evening seems to be spent trying to get the dc to sleep.

pre child I used to run most evenings or garden but now it’s mainly exercise bike or walking 😩

eat, then do bath/bedtime routine for Dd and once she’s asleep, I workout while watching tv at same time(exercise bike/walk board) or sometimes video chat with family, or clean/tidy up /organise if anything needs specific attention. Early night every so often but i normally stay up quite late as DD isn’t an early bedder. When DH is home and does bath/bedtime, i will walk with a pal outside or listen to audio book if on own.

I work full time so most fun stuff is at weekend.

After both kids are asleep we get somewhere between 30 mins and 2 hours (very variable) before DS reappears 🙄 and at that point I usually go to bed.

We talk, watch tv/film, listen to music, do housework, have sex.

it’s very limited adult time and always feels rushed.

DH and I have recently started doing Ceroc, other evenings he goes to martial arts, I go to band rehearsal, otherwise we watch TV.

Gym, swim, run, walk dog, cook, bake, clean, podcasts, audiobooks, golf, read, documentaries, surf internet, phone chat catch up with family and friends….there’s loads I like to do but not enough time to do it!

I can't wait to see what face DH pulls when I announce the next date is fort building or painting ;)
We like to lay in bed and watch Netflix once the kids are asleep that is. Can't exactly watch Bridgerton with kids running a mock.

Bathe my children.
Make dinners.
Brush teeth.
Get my 5 year old to sleep after multiple story books.
Battle the baby to sleep.

collapse in bed 😂

Eat
Watch an episode of something
Collapse into bed and read for a bit.

This last couple of months with light evenings, our dcs have been going to sleep around 9/9.30pm🫣 Once they are fast asleep, I have a shower. Dh makes a cup of tea, then we have a cuddle and a chat on sofa, might attempt to watch half of a film or something. Before bed, I get dcs clothes out ready for nursery when she’s in, in the morning. On occasion, might need to wash up and put pots away.

We go to bed about 10.30 most nights, as dh needs to be up early for work (6am). We are usually knackered by then and fall asleep pretty quickly! Sometimes I read my kindle for half an hour as it’s the only time I get to read in my hectic house (DCs are 1 and 4!)😆Very rock & roll!

Eat.
Deal with the kids.
Shower/baths.
Kids go to bed.
Watch an episode of something.
We go to bed.

Rinse and repeat.

Build a fort on date night? I think I’m missing something!

Our evenings are much the same as yours. On a Friday every couple of months we’ll go out on a date night. Less often that I plan to I’ll go for a walk or get on my exercise bike but after getting the kids to bed I’m normally out of energy for anything but TV, reading or mumsnetting.

Oh, that reminds me. I'm religious about the guardian quick crossword followed by wordle every night.

Once the kids are in bed…I go to bed! Sleep is my no1 priority 😂

Single, retired. Housework, an hour of telly, online jigsaws, life admin, 90 minutes of personal care (face, hair, feet) every evening. Read a book in bed.

Lego
jigsaws
crosswords, quizzes or logical puzzles
I like knitting and crochet
DP fixes things
Summer light nights even gardening - I was potting plants and weeding at 9.30pm yesterday
surfing the internet
watching tv or YouTube
reading