How often do you go out socially?

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How often do you go out socially and how old are your children? Trying to figure out whether my social life is excessive. DD is 2.5 and I go out twice a week for either dinner drinks or movies. 95% of the time I go out with with DP (as I 'lost' most of my friends when I had DD. I live and work full time in central London. DP goes out 4 nights a week this includes playing football and a least 1 work engagement.

I have had two evenings out this year. Both of those with people (women!) I've met on the net

Oh, forgot to say, ds is 2 in a fortnight.

The year before I went out once. So, by that logic, I should have a decent social life once he hits about 35!

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Go out with dh about once every 6 weeks. Go out on my own a couple of times a year. Can't afford to go out more often.

prob twice a month on work socialising (ie schmoozing clients which I loathe) and maybe 1 every 6 weeks with a friend.

Last went out with DH alone in January and we had a huge fight about politics. So that was nice.

Gosh, married people, I am so relieved to read how little you go out on average. Being alone, I have a resolution to go out every fortnight. My married friends with children (ie most of my friends) are so rarely free. Even though I know they hardly ever go out, it still hurts my feelings and I wonder why I have friends who stay in so much. At least your comments reassure me they are very typical. I don't know what the answer is, as it is so dull to go out alone, I don't have anyone to stay in with, and cross reference thread on whether you can still be friends with childless people after having children!

Well last weekend I went out on a girly night for the first time in a year

Dh never goes out. He doesn't drink and hasn't really kept in touch with his friends so his socail life without me is zero!

If we do go out together it's always with BIL and SIL.

Ive been out with dp under 10 times in the last 9 years since having kids and out once without dp...oh the excitement!
Those 10 time include 2 day trips to alton towers/ thorpe park wihtout the kids...how sad are we?

At least once a week with dh
Twice a month with work (social, not client)
once or twice a month for other stuff ie girly friends etc.

Just a q for those of you who never go out, do you get bored or do you like staying in? I get terribly cabin feverish if I don't go out!

about once every 6-8 weeks. (i blame my friends, if they will work silly shifts, tut tut).

CD! Do you want a spare ticket to a highbrow but I think wonderful concert on Thursday? At the moment I am going alone because all my friends say child has ballet lesson, out of town on business, can't get babysitter, away on half term, surgically attached to desk, etc etc. CAT me if you want.

We don't get out much together, but would love to go more, it's just lack of babysitters stoping us, we both were very social people before the kids.
We are going to a dinner party next weekend though, it's DH's birthday and we were going out for a meal, but our friends have asked us round along with another couple,as we all haven't had the chance to catch up in ages(mostly due to us all having children), so we're realy looking forward to it.
It's something we should do more of!!
We tend to go round the local pub more during the summer though,the kids play in the garden and we see friends and naibours for a chat.

DickWhittingtonsCat I would love to but am off to Dorset on Weds until Sunday (or )

Sorry - bet another of the City mob will take it tho..

I go out about 3 nights a week... bad?

I am single and dd's dad looks after her at least 2 nights a week so I don't have to worry about getting a babysitter then. Also my parents are nearby and they love to have their only grandchild.

I usually go to the pub/cinema, etc... will only go out late when dd is staying over night at her dads otherwise I would be knackered!

It can be tiring though and I sometimes wish my friends (who are childless!) stayed in more... bloody party animals!

I probably go out without dh once every couple of months or so. We have no one at all to babysit for us so we haven't been out together without children since ds1 was born nearly 5 years ago.

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