Post by humpforfree on Jun 22, 2015 13:41:01 GMT -5
Not frequently. I don't know what I would do/where I would go? everything costs money and we have such a minimal "fun" budget that it gets used up by like two family meals out.. Also I am a homebody and just enjoy hanging out at home on the sofa with H.. Not to mention we live at least a half hour from anythjng/anyone and going someplace requires a lot of time and effort..
I do GNO maybe every few months. But, I do running group once a week, and they sometimes have happy hours as well. Then I get to the gym a night or two a week. I get time to myself, and my workouts are social for me.
My first choice would be DH watching my kids, but he works evenings 3 days a week. I will get a sitter or use gym daycare on those nights.
I get 2-3 nights out a week but dd is with me frequently. Without her, it's probably once a week. Our girls nights consist of dinner and drinking on patios so having a kid or two there isn't a big deal. Dh is an introverted homebody so he doesn't care if I'm out without him and enjoys the time alone at home.
I have a question to tack onto this poll. If you go out, does your spouse/SO watch the kids? Or do you leave with them a sitter or other family member?
Brought to you by the girls' night out I went to last week in which one woman does not leave her child alone with her husband.
Post by AlpineSlide on Jun 22, 2015 14:14:01 GMT -5
never. Which is fine with me.
Lots of factors are at play - dh works nights, I don't want to spend $ on a sitter, I'm happy at home on the couch, we moved right before ds was born and I haven't made friends, I could go on. It boils down to the fact that I'm used it and I like being with my kid all the time. *shrug*
My "book" club girlfriends and I aim for once a month but we're in a funk lately and it's been more like once every few months. My best friend and I get together maaaaybe once a month, once every few months. Randomly an old neighbor and I will go out for dinner/wine. Average is once a month.
I take a weekly tap class with old friends but it's out for the summer and I've been noticeably more bitchy without a weekly night out lol. I should try and get out more regularly. DH has weekly softball and I get jealous lol.
Post by awkwardpenguin on Jun 22, 2015 14:36:31 GMT -5
Pre-baby I only went out 2-3 times a month and I suspect that will stay pretty much the same. DW doesn't really socialize without me. We go out with couple friends about twice a month.
I go out sans baby a couple times per week (gym, Target runs, volunteering, etc.), and I probably go out socially with my mom or a friend or something without the baby twice a month. We go out as a couple without the baby once or twice a month also. This sounds like I leave the baby a lot, but he's usually in bed by 8:30, so I'm not missing much if I go see an 8 pm movie or hit the gym at 8:30 pm.
Post by SallySparrow on Jun 22, 2015 16:49:23 GMT -5
Uhh...very rarely. I have social anxiety. I don't hang out with people very often. And at some point if you keep declining invites, you stop getting invited. Oops.
I always have fun when I do go out. It's just making myself go. And it sucks because I feel like I don't have very many mom friends.
Not frequently. I don't know what I would do/where I would go? everything costs money and we have such a minimal "fun" budget that it gets used up by like two family meals out.. Also I am a homebody and just enjoy hanging out at home on the sofa with H.. Not to mention we live at least a half hour from anythjng/anyone and going someplace requires a lot of time and effort..
This is me. I love being at home alone. Then I feel bad for not being with people. But I work with people And I get sick of them. I also like the limited time with my family. But the worst thing is the less you see your friends, the more you grow apart so the less you want to see them.