fly lady date night - how to with teens in house....

[dangbody]

hi - on fly lady it suggests that one has a date night with dh - meal together etc ,massage- we wd rather be in house than out to cinema etc...any ideas on how to have a date night with teens around or any experieces ....thanks x

Bribe them to stay in room with pizza delivery and DVD rental or if older, send them out to cinema or sleepovers at mates?

Sleepover is your best bet if you really want to relax.
Lock the front door too, so if they do decide to come back early despite threats, you have the chance to grab a bit of covering.

Although she'll never do that again.

thanks for sleepover advice- thing is we can only do that about once a year as have a dd and ds and lot pals not local so driving involved can be a 2 hour round trip each parent in diff direction....last time we did it one parent cancelled and we were left with one child after all and we were really looking forward to it cd have cried - sorry to sound negative ...so that why i was trying to get advice re privacy when they around as that is usual state of play.We dont have tv or dvd in rooms either ...aaahh.

Get a lock for your own bedroom door, and retreat. Those who think their sex lives are crap when DC are little, have no idea how difficult -nay, impossible - it can be to be spontaneous with teenagers around.

thanks old lady - banish selves in room then it is - !! i was just wondering how others do - was feeling at a loss,,,,!!!!!!!!!!!!i didnt want to get tvs intheir rooms as its not way i want to do things personally so the logical thing is yr suggestionx

And make sure you tell them that their parents want some "alone" time, want to be left in peace, and chuck in a few suggestive faces/girlish giggles; they'll be so horrified they'll leave you alone. Have fun!