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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone with young children get babysitters to go out to date night and such, or do you feel it’s an unnecessary expense?[/quote]

Unnecessary expense. We just stay home, have a glass of wine and watch a movie on Netflix after the kids go to bed![/quote]

I don’t consider it an unnecessary expense however it is avoidable. Swap with another family or plan play dates and go then.  Hi [/quote]

Kinda crazy, but my frugal husband NEEDS a babysitter every weekend. I was really surprised at his willingness to pay for one every week. We typically go out for 3-3.5 hours and we go out dancing so it's $40 ($12 an hour) every Friday or Saturday night. We aren't willing to pay just to go to a movie or to eat dinner though. He also travels a lot and I get one to attend book club or my monthly happy hour with friends. It's a pretty huge quality of life increase getting to leave the house and not just sitting at home feeling sorry for myself that my DH travels so much and I have no friends. Oh and my toddler and infant haven't ever met our babysitter! They go to sleep before I leave. So it's not like my kids are missing out on parent time. [/quote]

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