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[quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Thanks for the responses. I do wonder how other people handle similar circumstances.  For me personally, I think our current date night rate isn't ideal, once a month would probably help our marriage and our overall moods.  I'd love it if we were one of those couples who could just enjoy couple time while the kids sleep, logistically and personality wise, I don't see that working for us.  And yes, we do enjoy child unfriendly events/restaurants a  great deal.  I don't think it's sad if others have infrequent date nights so long as they are happy with it, but we aren't happy with it.

Our main problem is finding someone we trust (harder to find and retain good babysitters if you have infrequent date nights).  I remember using a one gal once or twice and then the next time we called her,  we found she was leaving for a long-term international mission trip.  Ha!  And the second issue is cost.  We want first rate babysitters so we pay first rate prices and that isn't trivial.  There comes a point when you think, wow, that night cost $X dollars, was it worth it?  Am I that much more relaxed?  Is our marriage that much healthier?  Shouldn't we be saving that?  But then the cost of being a stressed, grouchy parent/spouse should be taken into account too?

Nice to know that there are people who are in the same boat.  Is anyone thinking of scheduling more date nights/making it a regular thing?[/quote]

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