What sort of date nights do you do with your dh ? And how often

[Lardlizard]

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Babysitting is tricky for us, so we get the wine in and have a game of something, monopoly or trivial pursuit usually. Takeaway and cheesy songs on the tv.

We go out for lunch.
And that's about it.
Probably once every 4 months or so. Sometime even with friends. And sometimes we might even have a drink.
Once in a blue moon we get invited to a party.
Totally wild we are .

Once every two to three months - usually cinema and a meal and we also book 2-4 days off a year when dc are at school to have a day out together.

Twice a month or so we get a babysitter to go out for drinks/dinner. Sometimes this is with friends, sometimes just us. And we live round the corner from a comedy club so we do that sometimes too. We usually have lunch together once a week as well. And we do enjoy a night in with wine, takeaway and scrabble, probably even more so than going out because we’re exciting like that!

We don't do 'date nights', because we're not dating. Sometimes we go out to the cinema or for something to eat.

We go to gigs, comedy clubs, to the theatre. Sometimes to the cinema. Out to dinner. When it's warm and fine weather we go for evening/moonlight walks in the woods nearby. Very occasionally just to the pub though that never feels like a date to me. Just a more expensive, less comfortable place to have a glass of wine than our sofa.

When DC were small we never just went to the pub or for dinner as we would just end up talking about them, so we got into the habit of going to a gig, show or comedy night so we'd have something to talk about except DC! Now they are older, we go out to dinner more often as we are making plans for when they have left home.

We manage date nights about once a month. More often we used to use babysitters because we were having dinner with friends or going to a party or quiz night.

We don't ' date ' We usually go to the pub for food and drink or to a gig ( with drink during and food after )
Usually go to pub for food and drink each evening when he's at home. ( he works away )

We just go out sometimes. If theres something we want to do. We go out in the day too.

Im just confused as to what these date things are. Apart from not being times when you go shopping, how is a date night differentiated from doing stuff together?

Or is it exactly that. Designed to make couples find time to go out together?

We very rarely have time to ourselves, especially on an evening. Sometimes we have a school day off together and go shopping or for a midday meal. Occasionally we'll go for a walk.

We had the whole weekend to ourselves last weekend though and we went shopping, had an evening meal out as well as a leisurely tea and cake in a cafe, went into some shops that sell expensive, breakable things and went to a museum together. Being able to walk around and actually look at things rather having to race past them was amazing!

@Kez200 - I think the term 'date night' (don't use it myself but get the idea) is meant to suggest that you put some effort into having fun together, rather than just slobbing at home or eating at the local pub. A date night implies that you think in advance about stuff you'd like to do or to surprise your partner with. I get tickets for gigs I know DH will love then spring them on him. He finds exhibitions of artists I like or quirky things that I'd be rubbish at finding out about, and then surprises me with them.

Ahh thanks!