How often do you go out with other couples, without kids?

[Anonymous]

Almost never. We each go out (separately) once/ twice a month with our own friends without kids but most of our couple friends with kids are people we hang out with as families.

We go out, just the two of us, probably about every 6 weeks without kids.

[Anonymous]

Maybe 4x a year. My DH and I go out for a date night every week and once in awhile try to include other couples. It's so much fun! But, yeah, it's harder to convince people who aren't in the habit to get a babysitter to come out with another couple.

[Anonymous]

Rarely as its so hard to coordinate and babysitters have gotten so expensive. During the summer my parents live nearby and that really helps just so the two of us can go out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Never. When I am paying for a babysitter I prioritize time with just DH.

+1

We both have some close friends in the area but hardly any couples with whom we're both really fans of both.

[Anonymous]

Once every couple of months. Usually with our friend who don't have kids. We have grandparents so no paying for sitters and I feel bad asking friends with kids to get sitters. So we do couples nights with childfree friends and don't talk about the kids. Concerts, museums, dinner or drinks type things.

[Anonymous]

Never. Well, one time since my oldest was born 6.5 years ago. Otherwise, we take turns going out or get a sitter for date night.

A sitter and a dinner out IS expensive for us. We make $200k, so we aren’t poor anywhere but DCUM land, but we don’t prioritize double dates in our budget.

[Anonymous]

We have a 4 and 2 y/o and go out kid free with friends probably every 6 weeks or so. And once or twice a month we do solo kid free outings with friends (so DH might go to a happy hour on a Friday evening or I go to a girls’ brunch).

Then we also do plenty of family get togethers and play dates. We try to mix it up.

I’d love more kid free couples outings, but it’s too expensive to do all the time. Maybe once they’re out of daycare!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rarely just couples only outing. Maybe once a year.

DH and I go on date night once a month or so by ourselves. We also go to work related dinners a few times per year and obviously don’t take the kids.

However, I love adult only outings. I probably go out 2-3 times per night with my girlfriends. We will go out to dinner or brunch. DH also goes to work related or social outings 3-4x per week.

Point is we do go on adult only outings but not often just double triple date type outings. We get together with friends and their families about once a week. In the summer more.

I meant I go out 2-3x per month and DH goes out 3-4x per month. We take turns going out.

[Anonymous]

Never. If I get a night out at a nice restaurant, I want to be alone with my spouse. I am an introvert and I can socialize at a party or hosting a play date / having a family over for dinner, but talking to another couple 2 on 2 for a whole night sounds exhausting. There are a few couples I can imagine this being fun with and they aren’t local. We moved to the area in our 30s, newly pregnant and mostly meet people through our kids for now.

[Anonymous]

Rarely. We don't go out enough just the two of us. Sometimes we have events (second weddings, work retreats, etc.) but if not those, it's usually just us. And, that's mostly how I like it. Our kids are pre school aged and easy enough to let play while adults socialize. I like seeing my kids, friends' kids, and getting to see friends without dealing with organizing much more than that.

[Anonymous]

We sometimes go out with other couples, maybe 5-6 times a year? We often host people at our house though, and we make it 7:30 so that our kids are in bed (they are young) and they don’t bring their kids. If we want to get together with families we do earlier on a Saturday or Sunday. Our kids are super used to sitters and we are always happy to go out without them (especially now that the youngest is 5 months—I feed him then we go out).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Never. When I am paying for a babysitter I prioritize time with just DH.

+1 No family help so time away for kids is scarce and precious.

[Anonymous]

Very rarely! We only have one couple friend that will do this with us. Other friends don’t feel comfortable getting babysitters.

[Anonymous]

Never. We do not have a sitter. Sometimes I will go out with friends or my husband will.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Never. We do not have a sitter. Sometimes I will go out with friends or my husband will.

Get a sitter!