What do you do with your partner of a night/when you have 'couple' time?

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and no I don't mean sex! lol.

things are going swimmingly no probs but beau & I don't want to get into a rut already - ie watching DVD's in doors/bath together/his local when we can/walking in town.

we've had a scrabble night but think he got fed up.
we're going to pick a recipe out and cook it together, & he's suggesting walks in the park etc.

we don't have much quality time ( mostly it;s evenings when DS is in bed)

so what do u do?

I am lucky in that I get a lot of child free time as boys see their dad quite a bit.

We will often go for a coffee, go out for meals, go for walks, go for a drink, cinema etc. When we have a night in, I either cook or we get a takeaway & have a few drinks.

If orchestrated works, what's wrong with that?

It would fall on its arse in this house but I don't care if the next person has a board games rota or whatever, each to their own.

We variously watch TV, fart arount on MN or play PC games. Occasionally we'll watch a DVD together or play the X-box or something. Our tastes are pretty different so we don't often "do stuff" together. We do eat together most evenings, and conversation tends to be along the lines of hurling verbal abuse at one another and general piss-taking, but all in a nice way .

I don't think we're particularly stuck in a rut because that phrase implies negativity - we're quite happy to be in this rut, thanks very much.

It's only a rut if you perceive it to be. For those of us with a heavy schedule, time together does need to be more organised. I'm lucky in that I only have one DD and as she's 16, she pretty well organises her own life now - and has tons of homework - so DP and I have more time together than her father & I had when she was little.

LeQueen, totally agree one has to laugh together - otherwise what's the point. Even if some of the laughter is gentle pisstaking, like IADFD. Sometimes I could cheerfully smack DP - though he's been much better lately - but he still makes me laugh, and that's vital. Plus sometimes, when I'm bored, I just like -looking- at him!