Hellobee Boards Topic: Do you have a regular date night?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Do you have a regular date night? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 03:10:30 +0000 Rubies on "Do you have a regular date night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-regular-date-night#post-7225 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:45:55 +0000 Rubies 7225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No, but I wish we could. I recently told the hubs that we need one full day to reconnect - go out, spend time together, have a good meal, etc. But it hasn't happened yet. We're both still getting the hang of parenting and we're super tired but we do need to spend time alone just to feel a bit normal again. duetletterpress on "Do you have a regular date night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-regular-date-night#post-7222 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:19:32 +0000 duetletterpress 7222@https://boards.hellobee.com/ no. it would be awesome if we did. our "free" time is spent working too. plus we don't really have family around to do babysitting. my cousin lives nearby but she already helps out so much during the day that i hate asking her to watch em while we go on a date, too! twinmama on "Do you have a regular date night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-regular-date-night#post-7111 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:23:52 +0000 twinmama 7111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We have a weekly date night every Tuesday. It started back when we were dating long distance and would meet halfway one night during the week, and deemed Tuesday that night. 5 years later, we still keep it up. We try to have one other 'date' sometime on the weekend too. But we do our dates on the cheap so we can do them more often - usually a local restaurant with a coupon and a movie rental or games at home. Andrea on "Do you have a regular date night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-regular-date-night#post-7079 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:35:44 +0000 Andrea 7079@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No, I feel like it's a waste of money to pay a babysitter while the LO is sleeping. However, we do get to spend lots of time together at home so I guess we don't feel like we are missing out on alone time. We don't feel the need to be out of the house. looch on "Do you have a regular date night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-regular-date-night#post-7075 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:31:56 +0000 looch 7075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We need to establish something. I think the last time my husband and I went out alone, at night was in July. I am a SAHM, you would think I wouldn't have any guilt about leaving my son for a few hours, but the weekends are family time. We've got a sitter that we use on Friday afternoons so I can get some alone time, but we need to be better about putting something on the calendar monthly and sticking to it. hreichard on "Do you have a regular date night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-regular-date-night#post-7072 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:24:18 +0000 hreichard 7072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Considering i'm a single mother i like to try to get out to date occasionally. I have made time to try to get out 2 times a month to go on a dinner date with a fella. reggie on "Do you have a regular date night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-regular-date-night#post-6922 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:46:32 +0000 reggie 6922@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We try to eat dinner together every night... and every Friday (or every other Friday) or so we have a date night... something low key.. just eating out (if we are lucky we will get dessert somewhere too)... we have been having my sister babysit... she actually just hangs out while the baby sleeps.. since his bedtime has been around 7pm and he's been sleeping through the night. I think it's so important to have a date night... especially I am still on my maternity leave and I am pretty much bored out of my mind staying at home with the baby 24/7! mrsjyw on "Do you have a regular date night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-regular-date-night#post-6914 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:18:10 +0000 mrsjyw 6914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We've both made a decision that date night 1x a month, hopefully 2x a month will be a MUST once babies are in the picture. Nothing extravagant, but a night out to eat together and simply be "just us." We've both agreed that this is something that is mandatory for us and our relationship. Mrs. Sunglasses on "Do you have a regular date night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-regular-date-night#post-1795 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:15:33 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 1795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Heck no. But we should! I think it would be a plus in a better marriage. Plus the grandparents / aunts would love to take care of him. We don't get him babysat much. alongfarview on "Do you have a regular date night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-regular-date-night#post-1681 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:03:13 +0000 alongfarview 1681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We don't have regular date nights right now, but we do make it a point to eat dinner every night together. As @LatteLove and others have said, we're really trying to make it a priority now so that it's habit once kids are in the picture. But I'd really like to make actual date nights a habit too... tequiero21 on "Do you have a regular date night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-regular-date-night#post-1667 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:24:36 +0000 tequiero21 1667@https://boards.hellobee.com/ my husband and i eat out a lot. i mean, a lot. i think that'll stop when we have our kids. i really need to learn to cook. but we always try to watch shows together, although that may stop too once we have our kids. probably for a few years, it'll be tough, but once the kids are older, we'll make time again. we better! swan on "Do you have a regular date night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-regular-date-night#post-1663 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:17:36 +0000 swan 1663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We don't have regular date nights. Our quality time starts after dinner, we spend an hour with each other distraction free (no electronics) to discuss our day and share some laughter. MaisyMay on "Do you have a regular date night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-regular-date-night#post-807 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:24:15 +0000 MaisyMay 807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We try to do regular dates, but not a designated date night. Our problem is that I'm a planner and my hubs is happy to go along with whatever I plan, so I get frustrated with him for not planning. We've talked about this a lot, and he's trying to get better about it. We walk to the farmer's market, redbox a movie, go out for dinner, things like that. Red on "Do you have a regular date night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-regular-date-night#post-493 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:39:51 +0000 Red 493@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We recently dedicated Thursday nights as the one night a week that we spend together after the baby goes to sleep @ 8pm. Nothing fancy, usually a movie and popcorn on the couch but it's nice to have free time together instead of trying to catch up on our separate to-do's. We also try to have dinner together (with baby also) every night. And now that baby is older (9 1/2 months), we might experiment with having the grandparents babysit overnight one night a month so that we can actually have a proper date night. Wish us luck! elouise on "Do you have a regular date night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-regular-date-night#post-480 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:55:53 +0000 elouise 480@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We try to eat dinner together and we also have certain tv shows that we sit down to watch together. Since my husband started grad school, we don't get as many nights together as we used to. We also try to go out on either Friday or Saturday evenings. Even if it's just to dinner (which it usually is). LazyLightning on "Do you have a regular date night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-regular-date-night#post-459 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 08:39:40 +0000 LazyLightning 459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @wifefromscratch we try to do that too--eat dinner together. If not in our dining room, then in the car or at a restaurant...as long as it's us, together! wifefromscratch on "Do you have a regular date night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-regular-date-night#post-453 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 08:06:02 +0000 wifefromscratch 453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We try to do something fun/date-ish every week together. Some weeks it happens, others it doesn't...it depends on our schedules and what we have slated for the weekend. We also try to have dinner (sitting at the dining room table together, TV off) during the week - it's something we both really enjoy and I hope we can continue! LazyLightning on "Do you have a regular date night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-regular-date-night#post-428 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:23:00 +0000 LazyLightning 428@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We don't, like LatteLove it's because of our lifestyle (and like her, work + school for both of us). We're just not able to find the time to have a regular night together, but we do try to spend at least a little bit of time together each day if possible (usually while watching netflix). LatteLove on "Do you have a regular date night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-regular-date-night#post-308 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:29:51 +0000 LatteLove 308@https://boards.hellobee.com/ we don't right now, because of our lifestyle (working + school for both of us), but I know that will be a priority when kids come. We have instituted some other family habits and traditions already because we know that we won't just automatically start doing those things when we have a family, if we are already used to it (for us this means having a sit down dinner, reading the bible together, etc) mrs. wagon on "Do you have a regular date night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-regular-date-night#post-299 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:03:37 +0000 mrs. wagon 299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Every few weeks I will feel really down and annoyed with Rob Sr. so I will declare, "I need a date night." We plan and get a babysitter for either later that week or the next week and go. It's not perfect, but it's just too difficult and expensive to plan a regular one. Mama Ek on "Do you have a regular date night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-regular-date-night#post-297 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:41:44 +0000 Mama Ek 297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No we don't - I am away from him 60 hours during the week so don't want to spend a night away from him on the weekend. We will do it for special occasions like weddings. He goes to bed at 8 so we will spend some time watching tv but one of us usually falls asleep :) Mrs. Marbles on "Do you have a regular date night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-regular-date-night#post-289 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:14:10 +0000 Mrs. Marbles 289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We tried to establish this when I was pregnant so we would keep it "sacred" but it didn't end up happening. The baby was all-consuming the first few months so date night was out of the question. Right now, we have individual-pursuit days, which we just worked in... so we should get cracking on date night! One of our best post-baby date nights was going out for super gourmet dinner and finally getting to drink a little! Mrs. Bee on "Do you have a regular date night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-a-regular-date-night#post-283 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:35:04 +0000 Mrs. Bee 283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Mr. Bee and I recently hung out with some friends (parents of an 18 month old) who have a weekly date night. We don't have a regular date night and don't really get out together much at all, but when we do it's usually for something big (we recently went to watch Book of Mormon). I wish we had more time to hang out with each other, but with work, cost of a babysitter, and just being tired, we haven't made it as much of a priority as we should. Mr. Bee works in all his "free" time and I work, cook, or clean. Do you and your partner have a regular date night? How do you spend quality time together?