S/O what do you do w DH every night?

[Anonymous]

Honestly. How many of you have meaningful interactions after dc has gone to bed?

[Anonymous]

We have quite a few shows that we DVR and watch together. Before we settle down to watch TV, I make kids lunches and finish up some work while my husband usually goes on the elliptical and checks email, browses internet, etc.

[Anonymous]

Sometimes we watch Tv together. Other thasn that sex. Everything else is separate.

[Anonymous]

My point exactly. If a new mom wants to go out w her friends, what's the big deal?

[Anonymous]

I surf the web, he listens to music. We say 5-6 words to each other.

[Anonymous]

My DH and I cook and eat dinner together every night after we put the kids in bed. It's the best quality time we have alone together. Sometimes we eat in front of the tv if there's a particular show we both want to watch (usually a weekly HBO or SHO series), but most nights, we eat in the dining room sans tv. When the kids get older, I imagine we'll have dinner with them, but for now, we really enjoy our alone time.

[Anonymous]

WE have a bowl of ice cream together, chat, read, go to bed early

[Anonymous]

Have a cocktail, watch tv, discuss purchases, entertain, get ready for upcoming entertaining or travel

[Anonymous]

We recently switched DD's eating schedule (she didn't seem hungry so early anymore) so now we all get to eat together which is great. By the time she's in bed, I either go to my yoga class twice a week, hang on the internet, read, or watch TV, and he either does homework, watches TV with me, or checks email. We each have a laptop so we can be surfing and talking at the same time. But I see no trouble with the OP of that other thread going out twice a week.

[Anonymous]

We lay in bed and intensely stare and work on our respective blackberries. We just zone out. No real meaningful conversations. My 5: is not a big talker. If I did not talk we might only exchange the necessary information.

[Anonymous]

TV, talk, and sex. The key for us is to have an hour together, by ourselves. What we do with the time doesn't matter. It's just being together that keeps the intimacy.

[Anonymous]

Mad, passionate, wild, crazy loving. We very rarely miss a night...it has always been this way.

[Anonymous]

Talk, maybe show each other funny things or interesting news stories we saw on the internet, sex, sleep.

Sometimes (rarely) we watch a movie.

[Anonymous]

After our daughter goes to bed, my husband and I exercise together. We normally watch something we have DVRed afterwards, tackle a house project, or just hang out. Honestly, I like to spend time with him and sometimes we have the most fun just shooting the shit while drinking a glass of wine.

[Anonymous]

Usually we eat dinner together and then sit in the den where he watches TV and I surf the internet. We're not always having deep conversations but it's nice to be together. About half the time we go to bed around the same time and we usually chat in bed for a while.