Date night
Tonight is date night for Obi-Wan and I. We haven’t had one in a while b/c we’ve been engaged in house projects or we’ve been just plain tired and don’t want to leave the house. But tonight, we are actually going to the movies and dinner. The plan is to see the latest Indiana Jones flick and then grab some tasty Mexican food near our house. I say “the plan” b/c often we intend to go to the movies and end up bailing at the last minute b/c we’ve lost our mojo to go out. I think we’ll be able to stick to “the plan” tonight, however.
I think date nights are important to a marriage and we’ve tried to make an effort to have them at least once a month if not more often, for the 8 1/2 years we’ve been married. It’s a time to put aside house projects, cleaning, work and any other responsibilities and focus on each other for a few hours. Although we don’t have kids … just the paws … we do get bogged down in the day-to-day stuff with home and work and for Obi-Wan, homework too. And we forget about spending some quality time with each other. We tease each other and say “hey roomie” b/c we end up interacting like mere roommates and not spouses. So … date night is important. 
Anyone else out there have date nights with their spouses?
Once upon a time we did date night. It was awesomesauce.
Then we had kids.
We still try to do a date night every once in a while, but he’s so rarely around the last several years, and sitters are hard to come by and expensive.
To sum up: don’t succumb to the mojo suck. Just go. You’ll be so glad you did.
KL
June 6, 2008
Ditto KL. Enjoy the date nights. dh and I usually only go out separately b/c one of us is home w/ the kids. I think it’s a great idea, though. We just need to work on finding a sitter . btw, that work is um my job and it’s a pita, so not too motivated.
Jen
June 6, 2008