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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think this "date night" thing is strictly American. [b]I'm from Europe and no parents do date nights. [/b]Family is about raising kids and kids come first until they're old enough to manage themselves. In other words the amount of help decreases as the kids get older. People rarely spend time as a couple, but spend time in groups of extended families. And then once kids are older I don't put my husband first, I put myself first. As a person, an individual. American society is overly focused on sex, it's almost like there's nothing else interesting in life except sex. [/quote]

It’s because they can’t afford it. In most Western European countries there isn’t a market for babysitters because parents don’t have the disposable income to use a sitter and go out as just a couple.

Notice how they use government sponsored childcare?  It’s unlikely that someone who sends their child to daycare 5 days a week is unwilling to go out to dinner with only their spouse. The truth is they can’t afford it.

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