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How many times a month/year

55 replies

Bunnygirl0 · 02/07/2022 21:53

If you have kids how many times a month/year do you go out in the evening with friends?

OP posts:
Hunderland · 02/07/2022 21:56

As often as I can 😂but not enough

Glitterspy · 02/07/2022 21:57

I’d say twice a month, weekly with DH

FishcakesWithTooMuchCoriander · 02/07/2022 21:57

Literally never. I haven’t been out since before covid was a thing.

Thinkbiglittleone · 02/07/2022 21:57

I'm happy with once every few months.
I could go out more but I'm happy with that.

Bunnygirl0 · 02/07/2022 21:58

This are making me think I need to change! Cant remember when I last did! Usually just once or twice a year!

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strawberrryicecream · 02/07/2022 21:59

With friends like never, with DH maybe once every 2-3 months or so

TheOpenRoad · 02/07/2022 21:59

I usually work late, have a work event or see a friend twice a week. I'd love to do some exercise too but struggling to find the time

KarrotKake · 02/07/2022 22:00

As a couple: not on the past 3 years. City before then, aprox once every 3-4 months, but we had a babysitter that we switched with.

With my friends: every couple of months.

Antsinmypantsneedtodance · 02/07/2022 22:01

Friends? What are friends? 😂

Bunnygirl0 · 02/07/2022 22:03

@Antsinmypantsneedtodance im actually not sure I know 😂

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blueskyeve · 02/07/2022 22:03

About once every other month for me. I think I'd like to do it more often, but in all honesty I'm too tired after a long day and actually enjoy staying in and relaxing.

FishcakesWithTooMuchCoriander · 02/07/2022 22:05

Antsinmypantsneedtodance · 02/07/2022 22:01

Friends? What are friends? 😂

This is how I feel. I just work, look after the kids, do housework and sleep. On repeat.

SW1amp · 02/07/2022 22:06

2 kids
Probably use a babysitter 4 times a month to see friends but mostly going to their houses rather than going out out

Narcheska · 02/07/2022 22:06

If I wanted to weekly but I’m a introvert who loves her own company! DH usually every week or biweekly (which suits my introverted need to be alone 🤣)

Rapunzel91 · 02/07/2022 22:06

Never out with friends in evenings😅🙈 once or twice a year for date night as we don’t have family near by sadly

CoastalWave · 02/07/2022 22:07

Never.

I actually can't remember the last time when. At a guess, 2016!

WhereTheLightMeetsTheSea · 02/07/2022 22:07

When the kids were younger, at least once a month but sometimes weekly depending on if we had booked a concert or had birthdays. I saw them in the daytime a couple of times a week as well.

Now our kids are teens, we go out for dinner every couple of weeks but we socialise at each other’s houses more as well as it’s easier.

mynameiscalypso · 02/07/2022 22:09

DH and I go out (separately) about once a week or so. We both work hybrid and tend to organise things on the days we're in the office and the other person stays home. Next week DH is out 3 nights which is unusual but I'm out 2 nights the week after so it all balances out.

TenoringBehind · 02/07/2022 22:23

When the chicken were little maybe one evening and one weekend afternoon.

Now they’re teens usually about 4 or 5 evenings.

TenoringBehind · 02/07/2022 22:24

Children not chickens 🤣

CuriositysCat · 02/07/2022 22:29

I have lots of friends in my choir and we often go out after rehearsal. Go out with other friends once a month or so. I would say once a week on average. DH and I go out together once a month. He is less sociable than me so is happy for me to go out without him.
Sometimes I don’t feel like going out and socialising but I have a tendency towards anxiety/depression at the moment and always feel better about life in general when I’ve spent time with friends.

Fairislefandango · 02/07/2022 22:31

Never. I don't really have local friends I'd go out with. I go out with dh a couple of times a month. It's not because of the dc - they are teens and can happily be left. We just don't go out much in the evening! I go to choir and yoga once a week and dh goes out fishing and plays in a band.

Luredbyapomegranate · 02/07/2022 22:32

Most weeks. Grumpy if I don’t.

Sort that out OP!

Ragwort · 02/07/2022 22:32

Do you mean 'go out' in the purely social sense? I've always gone out at least once/twice a week in the evenings since my DS was born - he's 21 now- but my 'going out' tends to be volunteering, WI, committees etc - activities I genuinely enjoy as I am with friends but it's hardly going out drinking/dancing Grin which is not my scene. I meet friends for dinner perhaps once a month. DH has his own separate social life!

Brainfogmcfogface · 02/07/2022 22:33

None, oldest is 7 1/2 I’ve never spent a night away from her ( apart from when gave birth to youngest) or left them with anyone so I can have an evening out. Last night out was the day before I found out I was pregnant.