Just curious...
How many nights a week (during the week, not weekends) are you or DH out of the house doing various activities? I.e.: church, sports groups, hanging out with friends.
I am particularly interested in what you did pre-baby and how it changed post-baby.
pomegranate / 3872 posts
We used to be out maybe twice a week at night, maybe gym and out to dinner. Now we probably eat out once or twice a month snd definitely no gym at night, post baby.
honeydew / 7586 posts
DH has always had a Thursday night poker game and that didn't change post baby. He plays softball one night a week as well (during the season).
I rarely go out during the week but I occasionally go to dinner with a friend. Most of the time if I go out I bring LO.
papaya / 10343 posts
On average? 0. We don't like going out on weeknights. Not even just for food. And honestly not even really on Fridays. (and we don't even have a baby yet lol).
I guess technically we sort of do because my husband has school 2 nights/week and sometimes he plays basketball a third night for exercise. I have yoga one night a week. But those aren't social things.
nectarine / 2262 posts
Just curious. We are going to start TTC soon but DH is often gone 2-3 weeknights with various commitments... I think it's a lot but want to see what others think. I am more of a homebody, though. Plus after spending 2 hours a day in my car commuting, the last thing I want to do after I get home from work is go anywhere! DH's work is 5 minutes away so it's not such a big deal for him.
cantaloupe / 6397 posts
We used to run errands maybe twice a week, walk the dog every evening and go out once or twice socially on the weekend.
Post baby we never leave the house after supper lol.
squash / 13764 posts
We used to be out separately maybe once or twice a week each, and go out together to dinner maybe 1-2x a week. We went out a lot!
Now, with LO, DH goes out once a week or once every other week. I go out maybe once a month. We try to have date nights 2-3x a month.
grapefruit / 4311 posts
On weekdays, we usually go to dinner 2x during the week, and to visit friends probably 1-2x. During the day time, we leave the house for the gym or lunch most days of the week before work or at lunch. We both work from home, so we like to get out most days. Baby on way, so can't say how that will change, but exercise & esp running is really important part of our lifestyle so I know we will def switch off solo parenting to get gym time in.
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
Before baby, we went out practically every Friday and Saturday night. Together, together with friends, or separately with friends. I would go to the gym 4 or 5 nights a week after work. Maybe dinner with a girlfriend during the week. DH travels during the week.
Now maybe once a month I meet a friend for dinner if DH is home. Maybe once every couple months we get a sitter and go out.
grapefruit / 4085 posts
A few. I'm out on Thursdays once a week for orchestra and I have meetings 1-2 a month for the Jr. League. Sometimes I'll meet friends for dinner. My husband is out at nights if he has band practice, works late or meets a friend. Tonight he went to his sister's volleyball game. We also try to go out on a weekend night together 2-3 times per month.
watermelon / 14206 posts
None. DH gets up too early for work so we always stay at home during the week.
clementine / 818 posts
Its hard for me to imagine being able to go out on a weeknight right now.... I get off at 6, get home feed the baby do bedtime routine then put her to bed, then have about 1 hour where I try to make and eat dinner then I pump then bed, I wake up at 4:45 and get to work by 7... I'm not sure where there would be any time. We go to church Sundays and we normally do at least one thing with friends or family over the weekend. So that's 2 for sure. DH plays tennis Mondays and does a poker night maybe once a month, he also gets off earlier than me so he goes to the gym after work before picking up the baby from daycare, man as I'm typing this I'm realizing how lucky DH is 
coconut / 8279 posts
@MrsADS: we're pretty active people, we're out 6/7 nights a week. we go to dinner, shopping, ice skating, indoor playground, hockey games, etc.
DS goes to bed around 9, but isn't disturbed if he's out later, he's still his same happy self. He wakes up at 7:30/8. DH works most days 1:30-6, and lots of nights (late, he's a booking agent) and weekends. I work full time out of the house.
The only difference between now and pre-baby is that DH and I don't go out too often just the two of us, and if DH is working night/weekend, I need a sitter to go out with friends.
pear / 1823 posts
We used to be out all weekend, though not much during the week. Now, we're pretty much always home by 6 so as not to mess up bedtime for LO. We probably go out once a month, separately, to meet up with friends. I'm hoping to find a babysitter so that once in a while we can go out together!
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
We don't really go out during the week. We work, come home, eat, then it's baby bath and bed. During the summer, we have softball every week. Sept-April, nothing consistent. I work out, go to happy hour sometimes, and DH has grad school one night a week. We were the same pre baby.
pomelo / 5678 posts
Prebaby? What's that? 
I think we do pretty much the same things but have more fun because of lo. We get out quite a bit now that she is 7 months. I have been rated g since college (we enjoy the zoo, the botanical gardens, going for walks, campfires, picnics)... the weather is more limiting than lo (but when she was littler it was tougher).
If anything we do more... just not movies anymore.
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