We play a lot of board games or video games, play with the animals, or take a walk when the weather is nice. H really likes soaking in a hot bath so sometimes I'll sit on the edge of the tub with my feet in the water while we talk.
We have no kids so we typically make dinner together and eat on the couch (so bad!). He will sometimes play a video game while I putz on the internet, and before bed we'll watch some TV. We aren't always engaged but we're usually in the same room while doing our separate things. Some nights one of us is out and some evenings he works so we get our time apart too.
No kids here. We usually eat kind of late (8-8:30pm), and by the time we clean up and the dishes are done or put up, it's 9 and we usually sit on the couch and watch tv together. Sometimes while one or both of us is playing on their phone/iPad. lol.
When I worked - Both of us got home, made dinner, then did our own thing after dinner till bedtime.
When I didn't work and before maddie - H got home, chatted for a bit, then went back on his laptop. After an hour or so, I'd make dinner and he'd help/keep me company, eat and then go back to work and I went back to studying.
Now, when I don't work and have maddie!!! - H gets home, plays with maddie while I try to greet him over her excited squeals. Then they go for a walk which I join in if I'm feeling ok. Then she naps while H gets work done and I do my own thing. I make dinner with an excited dog on one side and a suddenly chatty H on the other side. Then he gets some more work done, we go to bed and they have their night time wrestling match and a romans vs barbarians game that H invented. Then we sleep with the dog in the middle. It's crazy but I love it, lol.
I'd definitely like more time to talk about important stuff with H but I've come to accept that all our conversations will have a dog face in the middle.
Post by mrsukyankee on Jan 29, 2015 4:15:26 GMT -5
We try to eat dinner together at least 3-4x a week. If we don't do that, then we'll watch a show together. I'm busy some nights with field hockey or friends and he goes out at least once a week with friends, but otherwise we try to do something together. And we try to have a date night (even if it's a date night in) once a week. We also try to workout together at least once a week (lifting).