Date nights when you are married....with kids
By lilwonders
@lilwonders456 (8214)
United States
September 22, 2009 7:26pm CST
Well they dont happen very often do they? I know once we started having having kids our date nights are once a month if we are lucky.
But I am excited. We are going to have our first over night date with no kids in 6 years. We are going to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios. Kids are going to the grandparents overnight. We will drive down saturday morning. Got to the event saturday night and then drive back Sunday and pick up the kids.
I don't know what I am more excited about.....the event or the fact that I will get to sleep through the night. lol. Sad huh.My kids are 6 and 2 so I am usually up and down all night with one or other. I don't know what a whole nights sleep looks like.
I am little nervous about leaving them overnight. This is the first time....but excited to get a break and time with hubby. They will be with the grandparents so I know htey will be fine....spoiled rotten but fine.
Isn't it funny how once you have kids you look at things differently. You get excited over doing things that does not involved a disney character. You think of an overnight trip as a chance to get some sleep.
DO you have date nights often? Even after you had kids? How did things change for you and your spouse?
1 response
@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
23 Sep 09
Woo hoo!! And what a fun date night too with a Halloween theme - that's too awesome! Congrats that you finally get this time!! 
My hubby and I had a lot of time together before we got married. So by the time we had kids, we were "older parents" and were ready to dive into family life. We enjoy doing things with our little one . . . and now we have another little one on the way . . . and we like to include our kid(s) in everything we do!
That being said, my sister has given us the opportunity for a few dates nights - and that was nice. She is always willing to watch my little one - and my little one is only happy to play with her auntie! We've gone to eat out, see a couple concerts, and just be able to talk - as a couple! But funny we sure miss our little one when we're out - and what we often talk about is HER! We don't do many date nights - but it is nice to have them once and a while.
But like I said, we like being a family - and we're ok with not having date nights often. We know when our kids get older, they'll probably want to be more with their friends . . . so we're soaking in all we can now while they still want us around - hee hee! 
My hubby and I had a lot of time together before we got married. So by the time we had kids, we were "older parents" and were ready to dive into family life. We enjoy doing things with our little one . . . and now we have another little one on the way . . . and we like to include our kid(s) in everything we do!
That being said, my sister has given us the opportunity for a few dates nights - and that was nice. She is always willing to watch my little one - and my little one is only happy to play with her auntie! We've gone to eat out, see a couple concerts, and just be able to talk - as a couple! But funny we sure miss our little one when we're out - and what we often talk about is HER! We don't do many date nights - but it is nice to have them once and a while.
But like I said, we like being a family - and we're ok with not having date nights often. We know when our kids get older, they'll probably want to be more with their friends . . . so we're soaking in all we can now while they still want us around - hee hee! @lilwonders456 (8214)
• United States
23 Sep 09
We waited a long time to have kids too. I was in my late twenties with the first one. So we had a lot of time to enjoy couple time. We love being a family and doing family things. But once in a while it is nice to have us time. Go to a nice resturant, go the a movie that is NOT rated G and antimated.
