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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because way too many women these days are mommy martyrs and no longer have an identity outside of motherhood. It's sad.[/quote]

Why does going out to dinner with a friend have to be part of your identity? Because all the Sex and the City girls are always going out together so every woman has to do that?[/quote]

No -- I think the point the poster was (admittedly, inelegantly) trying to make is that many moms make themselves out to be more frazzled than they really are, like dinner/bedtime is some kind of circus. Unless your toddler/infant is destroying the house, shrieking, and lighting fires in the playroom, what can't be handled by one person for one night while you nourish an adult friendship?

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Why can't I "nourish an adult friendship" in a way that's convenient for me and is actually restorative and fun? Brunch, coffee, happy hour - those all sound fun to me. A dinner out because that's what my friend is insisting we do? No, that's not "nourishing" to me. That's a demanding friend who is sapping my energy.[/quote]

The original post wasn't about dinner - it just said "evening," which I assume includes happy hour.[/quote]

OP wants people to skip their kids dinner, bath, and bedtime to hang out with her. I can do happy hour at 5 and be home for bath and bedtime. I don't think that's what OP is talking about.[/quote]

But...why can't you skip dinner once in a blue moon? What is happening at toddler dinnertime that's pivotal? I know plenty of mothers of young kids who eat out with friends every so often.[/quote]

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