Comments on: Question For You

By: Virginia

Virginia — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:47:26 +0000

Kathi, I’m not real sure how to answer that. I think time for us is huge. We are so busy it is hard at times to blow our nose much less go out.

Money…oh yes that is a big one too. By the time we pay a baby sitter, our dating budget is about shot and since we are now approaching the next decades of our lives, the dollar menu at McDonald’s has lost all of it’s appeal.

By: Amie Boudreau

Amie Boudreau — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:39:04 +0000

We hadn’t dated in a long time, but this year we are trying to do more of that.

Our main reason for not dating has always been time and money. We have four kids and a nontraditional household. We also live with my mother, who over the last two years we’ve been helping get on her feet again after the loss of my father unexpectedly to death.

We all have been grieving, and only recently have we felt we’re getting our footing back in our lives, and for us,in our marriage.

This year already we’ve gone on two days.. about one per month and we’ve made it a priority this year to go out on a date at least once a month.

By: Sylvia Moe

Sylvia Moe — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:42:31 +0000

For us….retired and not having babysitting concerns…it seems we just fall into a rut ! It’s easy to stay home…watch a movie…and NOT go out.
It takes planning and effort. We’ve been trying to do this more often…make the effort. Sometimes it’s just a trip to our favorite bookstore….and a nice coffee. Sometimes a dinner “out” ! For me, I don’t care if it’s a fancy place…as long as it is not at home. Recently-on a very rainy day-(which I LOVE) we went to a movie and our favorite bookstore-then had a walk in the pouring rain (which was an accident-our car was far from the movie theatre- but it was fun !) ! Then we came home, dried off, and cooked dinner “together”…FUN !
I love a nice dinner out the most…our recent Cheesecake Factory dinner was great

By: Wendy G

Wendy G — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:45:15 +0000

$$ for babysitters. We could go out on a creative, cheap date, but paying for a babysitter ($10/hour is the low end around here) is a deterrent. In addition, we need to go out early because we are in the always-tired-with-two-young-ones phase, so that leaves a babysitter with a lot to handle (dinner and bed time for a baby and toddler, difficult for ME to do on my own, and I’m the mom!). Sometimes we get a friend to hang out at our house after the kids are in bed, and we head out for a quick coffee/dessert date. It’s great when we do it, just takes some arranging.

By: Robin

Robin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:30:20 +0000

Money is keeping us from doing the traditional dating. Babysitters get $5.00-$10.00 an hour here. But we do have a date to watch “Castle” on Hulu every week. And we try to attend a religous ceremony at the LDS temple every month. And now that our weekly planning sessions are taking place consistantly, they often turn into “couple time.”