What do you do in the evenings

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DH and I both work full time and have 2 children.
Evenings, we just eat dinner and sit on the sofa. I do go to a hobby once a week and weekends we spend as a family. The other days of the week it is so boring.

What does everyone else do? Any ideas of things to plan in or do? Just bored of the boredom!

Here for the tips as same! We are just both so shattered all the time! I'm going to have a g&t this eve though

Crochet, listen to audiobooks, read, play with the cat, mess about on my phone. I’m out at classes 2 nights a week & often have something on at least one other evening.

I’m up by 6 most mornings so I’m usually fairly knackered & just want to relax.

@watermelonsugarr I have had a large glass of wine this evening and have put Netflix on. I'm not actually a big drinker but find I may have a drink if I'm bored- which isn't a good habit for me either.

I'm a big fan of radio documentaries (rather than podcasts, but there's an overlap). We sometimes play board games. We used to be part of a babysitting circle when ds was younger, so we went out a fair bit but also babysat for others.

How old are the kids? Mine are 7 and 9. There's not time for much tbh. We do play games sometimes, Uno, monopoly etc, they watch a bit of telly. When they're in bed I might watch something ir steak on the phone to someone. I'm single though.

We have movie night Fridays. Maybe play computer games.

Same as you, dinner, TV, reading, bed. Occasionally have a bath/paint my nails and generally have a pamper. Never go out, not since DD was born two years ago. But tbh, I don't mind. I like a quiet life and I'm always knackered as she's never been a great sleeper! If you're looking for something else, could you try board games? Cook something new? Yoga? Journalling? If you're able to go out, then obviously there's way more options, classes, cinema, theatre, etc...

It's difficult as I want to do things with DH as the children are too young to be left on their own.
I find we just end up in the same rut of eating the same stuff and then just sit on the sofa and watch tv- most of the time stuff I'm not even bothered about.
Tried to do a date night which basically ends up being the same except I end up cooking something which is more hassle and we end up watching a movie which often turns out to be rubbish!

Maybe I'm just in a slump or a mood. It's just a bit rubbish. On one hand I don't have the energy to do much but on the other hand I think I would have more energy if I had something more exciting to do!

Get everything sorted for the next day, have a bath, watch TV, drink either wine or tea, then go up to bed. I just want to relax at the end of the day and I go to bed early as I get up early.