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re: Couples in their 30s with kids who go out every weekend
Posted on 11/1/15 at 6:48 pm to ILikeLSUToo
Posted on 11/1/15 at 6:48 pm to ILikeLSUToo
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Rather, it provided a bulletproof excuse to be very selective about my outings.
Luckily I can always just lie and say I have to work that night if it's something I don't want to go to
But I could see using kids as well to get out of those outings where you really don't want to go but don't want to upset a friend/family member.
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Posted on 11/1/15 at 6:55 pm to lsunurse
I thought this meant the kids go out.
Posted on 11/1/15 at 6:57 pm to RedRifle
I'm friends with a married couple who go to Metro and Republic every weekend...and I mean EVERY WEEKEND. They are mid-30s with a 1 year old and a 3 year old. They have more of a social life than I do. The grandparents take turns watching the kids. Their excuse is that the grandparents like taking the kids and they don't want to just sit at home doing nothing. 
ETA: I should say "every Saturday". I think they are home Friday nights. Who knows.
ETA: I should say "every Saturday". I think they are home Friday nights. Who knows.
This post was edited on 11/1/15 at 7:02 pm
Posted on 11/1/15 at 7:02 pm to lsuwontonwrap
quote:Ouch
Metro and Republic every weekend
Posted on 11/1/15 at 7:06 pm to jacquespene8
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i can see maybe once every few months doing this, but as a weekly lifestyle? Pretty selfish, and not good parenting. That's literally two nights of every week that you are incapable of being a responsible adult for a child in a possible emergency. When you have kids you have to grow up.
Exactly.
Posted on 11/1/15 at 8:42 pm to RedRifle
My kids get up at 6:30 and act like they had a shot of adrenaline. I get hungover too easily, so I stopped. Never went out that much anyway.
This post was edited on 11/1/15 at 8:46 pm
Posted on 11/1/15 at 8:54 pm to RedRifle
Pics of her.
Otherwise- long hair, don't care.
Over a decade ago I ran up on the thirty-something wife of a blimp pilot.
Otherwise- long hair, don't care.
Over a decade ago I ran up on the thirty-something wife of a blimp pilot.
Posted on 11/1/15 at 9:08 pm to joeytiger
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We don't go out every weekend, but my daughter's maw maws and paw paw always like to keep her if we have something to do.
We do the LSU home games like this. Take the kids to a couple cupcake games and make sure my parents know the schedule for big home SEC games. We are still home by 11 or 12 and go over for breakfast and get kids by 8 am. Balance and respect for the babysitters are important.
This post was edited on 11/1/15 at 9:09 pm
Posted on 11/1/15 at 9:37 pm to RedRifle
My husband and I stopped going out when our first was born...I went to one show after her birth and couldn't wait to get home. Never missed it...I like my time at home far more than going out. But to each their own I guess.
Posted on 11/1/15 at 9:45 pm to Purple Spoon
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Screw the bar scene. Been there done that. If my kids are asleep, im asleep.
same here... pretty much never went back to any bar scene after college...
Posted on 11/1/15 at 9:49 pm to RedRifle
Guess I was lucky. My parents didn't go out with other couples or go on movie nights by themselves, or anything like that, after the children were born.
In fact, my mother put off her college education (she's a retired teacher) until all three of us were in elementary school.
We, as their children, were their life. We did things together. We went on day trips, summer trips, Six Flags, sporting events, the capitol in Austin. They talked to us, and taught us.
In fact, my mother put off her college education (she's a retired teacher) until all three of us were in elementary school.
We, as their children, were their life. We did things together. We went on day trips, summer trips, Six Flags, sporting events, the capitol in Austin. They talked to us, and taught us.
Posted on 11/1/15 at 9:57 pm to texashorn
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My parents didn't go out with other couples or go on movie nights by themselves, or anything like that, after the children were born.
Well that isn't healthy either. A marriage can't solely survive on just focusing on your children. What happens when all the kids leave the home as adults? Nothing wrong with a married couple with kids still making time for themselves. It's all about balance.
Posted on 11/1/15 at 9:59 pm to chRxis
You people that throw around the term "bar scene" are annoying. Of course married mid 30 year olds aren't going to Fred's or Reggie's. Would ringside at Sulllivan's be considered "bar scene"? There are places that one can hangout that isn't a "bar".
Posted on 11/1/15 at 10:10 pm to texashorn
I think your parents had the right idea...
Posted on 11/1/15 at 10:14 pm to RedRifle
Im guessing they had kids really young? I think its a bit weird/trashy, no offense. I think there is far better use of their energy. Why not spend time with their kids if they have all of that energy?
Posted on 11/1/15 at 10:26 pm to Paul Allen
Saturdays it's bulldog (or) madigan's -> balcony (or) bruno's -> f&m's (or) boot -> Mea's..... Profit
BAW
BAW
Posted on 11/1/15 at 10:43 pm to RedRifle
My SIL had a kid at 18. She's now 35 and the kid is 17. Her and husband number 2 are either always working or always out. Kid's father is not in the picture, kid was essentially raised by my FIL and MIL. Kid is living with FIL and MIL now, and spends more time at my house than she does with her mother, my SIL.
It's a bad situation.
It's a bad situation.
Posted on 11/2/15 at 4:16 am to RedRifle
That's about the time we stopped going out.
Posted on 11/2/15 at 5:19 am to texashorn
Yea that's not the best approach IMO to marriage and kids. Like others have said you need a balance. We try to go on a date night once a week, although it's difficult to do every single week. And by date night I mean grabbing dinner/going to a movie/stopping by a friends house for a couple hours. Not saying getting hammered and staying out until 1 am. Your marriage needs to come first, you will spend your entire life with your spouse (ideally) and your kids will only live with you for 18 years (again ideally).
Posted on 11/2/15 at 5:48 am to aVatiger
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being single as long as possible is the way to go if you have to run to the bar every weekend to get away from the kids.
Well no shite. If you feel you have to run to the bar every weekend to get away from your kids, you should just never have kids. I look forward to the weekends as I get to spend more time with my son. Yeas, I like to go to the camp sometimes, and it's nice to go to an event, but most Saturdays and Sundays are spent with him since I'm off to work before he wakes up and he's in bed for 7:15.
Now we are also not to crazy to let him sleep somewhere. My sister has an 18 month old that they have never left anywhere over night. I'll leave my 1 year old with the grandparents to go to a wedding out of town. But in over a year, that's been like 3 or 4 times. Athe least one of us is usually with him and I wouldn't give it up to be able to go out all the time, and I used to love the bar.
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