What do you do in the evening?

[DaisyRaine90]

Other than drink wine and say things you shouldn’t when you go on Mumsnet, catch up on housework and watch the box what do you and OH do in the evenings?

Tonight we are playing a board game --Wish we could get out more and find a decent babysitter though

What else is there to do at home other than eat too much and read

Thanks for all the ideas everyone 😊 x

All you ladies with young children will one day have teenagers and young adults in the house. Once this happens, you are then free to go out more plus they seem to always be in their rooms. I leave mine quite often at the weekends and for holidays, while I galavant about with my DP. You'll all get your freedom back one day. It's a bit sad at times, not being needed as much but nice to do as I please. Just keep in there

All you ladies with young children will one day have teenagers and young adults in the house. Once this happens, you are then free to go out more plus they seem to always be in their rooms. I leave mine quite often at the weekends and for holidays, while I galavant about with my DP. You'll all get your freedom back one day. It's a bit sad at times, not being needed as much but nice to do as I please. Just keep in there

All you ladies with young children will one day have teenagers and young adults in the house. Once this happens, you are then free to go out more plus they seem to always be in their rooms. I leave mine quite often at the weekends and for holidays, while I galavant about with my DP. You'll all get your freedom back one day. It's a bit sad at times, not being needed as much but nice to do as I please. Just keep in there

All you ladies with young children will one day have teenagers and young adults in the house. Once this happens, you are then free to go out more plus they seem to always be in their rooms. I leave mine quite often at the weekends and for holidays, while I galavant about with my DP. You'll all get your freedom back one day. It's a bit sad at times, not being needed as much but nice to do as I please. Just keep in there

Sorry to post 4 times!! Having some technical issues. I need to wake my teenager up to help

We also have no child free time til gone 9 and dp gets up early, so when it's just the two of us evenings can be a bit short.
The telly seems to be on most of the time..this is bugging me as I like to watch telly alone and don't see it as a shared activity (unless it's First Dates which is the only thing we both like and are very invested in ).
All the telly and the snacking is making me fat and grumpy, so I'm going to lurk and hopefully get some better ideas from this thread..

I should say, we don't live together. If we did I think i would probably end up in my room with a book while he watches action films. Romance eh!

I have a shower while he puts the twins to bed, then he has a shower while I make dinner usually. We watch a bit of Netflix usually and then go to bed - just had a period of a couple of weeks where we had sex every night so we were going to bed by 8:30pm 😂 The twins tend to start waking up from 10pm onwards. May sound dull but I'm happy!

We built a flat pack the other evening. No DCs interfering and we didn't argue much. Felt v productive!

How the holy Hell did you build a flat pack without arguing?!

Even without arguing much!

Watch telly. Just like my parents and his parents did. Once a blue moon, go to the shops, pub or swimming. But basically it's the telly.

On weekends we may go out for dinner, but mostly just stay in. We catch up on tv we missed in the week, watch box sets (we're on the wire season 5 at the moment) or watch a film. In winter we do a jigsaw, we haven't opened the box for this winter's one yet.

Weekdays less relaxed. Maybe go to the gym/he plays golf. Cook and eat, catch up on housework, etc.

IfNot I'm not quite sure but not waking the DCs was part of it I think!

Hate watching TV so much.

DP loves it, but I rarely get into anything and find it so fucking dull 🙄

He’s watching Eastenders and I’m doing washing and going on here 🙄

Need to get a babysitter !!

Empty the dishwasher, washing machine when its been on, mop kitchen floor every other night as it shows dirt really bad. Sometimes I cook the next days dinner esp with meals where it works better left over night. Sometimes watch TV or you tube lectures from random degree courses on random subjects. Two very young kids makes going out together difficult so she goes to gym and theater, I go to music shows and gallery openings. We sit and chat for a good long while at least an hour. Make us umpteen coffees over evening.

Read the paper.
Chat on the phone.
Text / whatsapp people
Bake
Watch Netflix
Paint toenails
Long bath
Dye hair
Sex

If we have a babysitter sometimes we go for a swim / sauna and out for dinner

Or the pub

Most nights DH works (teacher) and I go upstairs by about 8pm as pregnant and too tired/uncomfortable by that time to do anything productive. It’s a bit crap tbh. I need to start a new crochet project or something.

Even just watching some tv together is a novelty