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It really has been too long, way too long. I seriously think that the last time I had a girls night out was like more then 5 year ago. That was even before Doggie boy was born.
I remember back than my girlfriends and I made it a point to meet up every couple of months for dinner and drinks. It was great fun even though we spent most of the time chatting about our kids. At that time most of us only had one kid compared to the 2 to 3 kids that each of us have now. It’s really impossible to get a common date to meet up now with many of us ( including me) unable to get someone to handle the kids (especially my super sticky Tiger girl) while I’m having a two or three hour dinner.
I guess that everyone just got more and more busy as the kids piled on. With more commitments and lesser time and energy to spare the meet ups are now on a rare occasion where one is celebrating her kid’s birthday or some festive occasion.
It would be nice to have another Girls Night Out and be “kid free” for a few hours…however it’s not really that high on my priority list now as I focus my energies more on the family.
12 comments
mom2kiddos
June 16, 2011 at 9:45 am (UTC 8) Link to this comment
I know what you mean. It’s almost impossible to meet up with my girlfriends now, with everyone of them having little ones. But, I guess if you REALLY want a girl’s night out, got to make lots of effort to find a nanny for the kids.
Judie
June 16, 2011 at 2:16 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
We occasionally have Girls Game Night, and that’s always a lot of fun!
Donna
June 16, 2011 at 2:25 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
You need to plan those days again. It’s good for the soul
Sue
June 16, 2011 at 2:41 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
It’s definitely good to get out now and then, but it gets harder the more kids you have, for sure. However, it’s not impossible. Believe it or not, I went on a 5-day cruise with my girlfriends once, and we left almost 40 kids at home. (There were five six of us.)
Best time I ever had in my life!
=)
PS. Our husbands took time off work and babysat. Yep, it was one of those once-in-a-lifetime kind of things.
Jingle
June 16, 2011 at 5:18 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
it is important to have girls night out.
unwinding makes life full.
Cheers.
JDaniel4's Mom
June 16, 2011 at 6:25 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
I am always so exhausted by the time JDaniel goes to sleep that I am ready to go to sleep.
Emily
June 17, 2011 at 3:50 am (UTC 8) Link to this comment
Girls Night Out? Not since I’ve had my son. Girls Day In? Yes, I’ve had quite a few of those and find them to be, well almost as enjoyable!
Gabrielle
June 17, 2011 at 3:25 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
It’s so hard now that I have a 3 month old to get the chance to go out with friends. I totally get that. Hopefully, the older she gets, the easier to be able to just have some “me” time.
Good luck with getting together another Girl’s night!
Dominique
June 17, 2011 at 3:37 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
@Gabrielle,
I hope so too..however I do think that the chance is quite slim and I’ll have to wait till she’s at least 2-3 years old before I’ll be able to leave her with her grandparents as it too that long with the boys too.
Catherine - Our Village is a Little Different
June 17, 2011 at 8:57 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
I was out with a good friend a few weeks ago, and we realized it was the first time we had been out alone, without our children in 4 years! I don’t mind it too much, I was 34 when my boys were born, so our girl’s nights have become family days.
Jenny Matlock
June 20, 2011 at 10:48 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
Gosh. I can’t even remember the last time I had a girls night out! I’m awfully old, though, and awfully tired so I will have to live one vicariously through you!
What a cute and clever link this week!
A+
Pumpkin Pie Painter
June 23, 2011 at 12:14 pm (UTC 8) Link to this comment
Oh, I so relate. My friends all have kids, too, but they started before me, so theirs are all older and don’t play well with mine…that makes it harder. But I do something with my mom every week, so that is what I consider my “Girls’ Day out.”
I think I’d go insane without it! 