Post by Queen Mamadala on Apr 6, 2015 8:57:33 GMT -5
What ideas does he have as far as more quality time together? With the day so packed with other things it's understandable that you won't have much quality time on the weekdays. What about a day night?
DH and I are introverts, so a lot of our activities or things we enjoy doing involve movies/TV shows, going to the movies, occasionally out to eat, and conversation. Once LO is older we'll resume date nights, but at this point it's pretty simple, and simply is good.
Our time together is between 8-10pm, so we really try to get DS in bed on time since our time together starts after that. We usually just watch TV together, so I'm probably not much help. We do a lot on the weekends, though, and about once a month DS' school has a parent's night out - for $25 the teachers watch the kids for 4 hours, do crafts, eat pizza, and watch a movie. We always do that as long as we don't have some other commitment. Usually we go to dinner and do some shopping together, sometimes we meet friends for dinner.
We don't have kids, but here are some things H and I do together at home: try out new recipes, work out/do yoga (hilarious trying to teach him yoga), play the Wii, watch TV/movies, play with the dog or take her for a walk, play ping pong in the basement, work on a house reno/repair project together. Every few weeks we'll go out for dinner/date night.
Post by jennybee1018 on Apr 6, 2015 13:10:59 GMT -5
I honestly thought my husband was the only one who complained about this! We don't have kids either, but DH and I struggle with this because we have very different schedules!!
We're lucky enough to work in the same building, so we can do coffee breaks and lunch together every day, so that certainly helps (although DH is usually in his 'mind palace') :-P Then on evenings when I'm home, we'll have dinner together, watch tv and then go upstairs and read together. However, DH goes to bed super early (he is upstairs by 7:00), and sometimes I'm not ready to go to bed yet! I also teach Zumba in the evenings twice a week, so he is usually asleep by the time I get home on those nights.
We do try to reserve Thursday nights as our night at home together, to watch tv and just generally hang out in our pajamas.
DH plays games often too! Could you guys each do your thing (games/crafts for an hour) then spend an hour together? Or take turns where you hang out while he's playing a game (not fun I know!) and he can hang out with you instead of playing?
I think it can be tough, but I'm sure you guys can figure out something that will work for you :-)
We don't have kids. But we both work full time and my husband goes to school full time so we also have tough schedules. We like to take walks, watch our joint shows, go get ice cream, grocery shop, sometimes video games!
We do family dinner every night. Since DS is still too young to talk/interact this is a great time for H and I to catch up. We also watch TV together. It is a big deal for us to be able to watch a movie LOL.