When did going out for an evening turn into "date night"?

[MoodySky]

Sorry but it's such a crap expression.

Oh yeah, because nothing says quality time like awkward selfies and trying to remember where you left your phone. Truly unforgettable.

Date night for me would mean going out with DH & no dc.

Oh yeah, because nothing says quality time like awkward selfies and trying to remember where you left your phone. Truly unforgettable.

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And since when did Human Resources become People & Culture?!

Date night feels like you have to gaze lovingly at each other over a candle lit table in a little bistro all night. Cute when you first get together but a bit pressurised to do that after 20+ years together.

Well for us it was when we could no longer just decide to go out because we had kids and have to arrange babysitters etc, going out just the two of us became rare and much harder to do and logistically more of a nightmare to arrange.m

It's been happening for about five or six years. Look it up.

When social media came along 🙄 date night tonight 😬😬😬😬😬

Date night and play date make me cringe but it seems standard now.

I think it’s more than just a development of language. It’s because every normal activity now has to be blown up to be some massive ‘event’, making it more extravagant (and more expensive) than it need be. People have become very self-important and it’s quite tedious.

It’s not just date nights and play dates, it’s across the board - weddings are a good example. If someone is jibbed off from being a bridesmaid and are relegated to being an ordinary guest they’re “no longer a part of the wedding”. Aren’t all guests a ‘part of the wedding’? And don’t get me started on ‘groomsmen’. What the frig do they do? How many does one man need?

Baby showers, gender reveals and first birthday parties are a good example. I mean, a bloody ‘cake smash’?? What the hell is that all about? It’s little Tilly’s first birthday next week so I’ve ordered an obscenely expensive cake and instead of eating it, I’ve hired a professional photographer to take pictures of her destroying it!”. It’s frigging insane.

And how come a TV series is now called a season! 🤔😅

And since when did Human Resources become People & Culture?!

Ours is People, Organisation and Culture.

Well they are doing a shite job on the culture side of things, the new "Chief People Officer" is a racist little bitch.

Absolutely.
And if you don't have family support... The occasional night out.. date night🤮

Never say

life admin
play date
making memories
date night

when i hear this i just want to say fuck off.

then English isn’t my first language. So these terms are not really in my vocabulary

Let's say that's true for a minute.

Is there something intrinsically wrong with a couple recognising that they are having a bit of difficulty and need to make more of an effort?

Seems pretty nasty to sneer at someone making the effort to improve their relationship just because you're in a tizz about their choice of language.

Playdate.
Family time.
Date night.
Family fun day.
Making memories.
Dxh he's an ex nothing dear about him.
Furious.
Im broken.
So many more.

Related to this I guess? The change in language that makes me laugh..my daughter told me her social battery was depleted...I think she was tired or maybe hungover or both! The use of words like characterful and flavourful really irritates me ...should be full of character and full of flavour or it tasted nice!

Yes I get that language evolves etc but stuff like date night turns a normal human experience into a marketing possibility.

'Totes' agree with you 😅

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Not sure if it's been mentioned but...

Family Meeting.

Always makes me think mother and father sitting the kids down and giving them a bollocking.

Think it stems from America like most things.
My day.. we just fancied a night out together. .. it was going down the pub.
Kids.." can Katie come over to play" no play dates.
So many more.
People make life too complicated these days.

I have, thank you.

Changing the words used doesn’t make it more complicated. My 9 year old saying ‘can Olivia come for a play date’ isn’t any more complicated for anyone than her saying ‘can Olivia come to play’. It’s just words.

It’s no different to how rare it is to use the phrase courting etc now. I do think people moaning about how language evolves makes them sound like dinosaurs.