How much time do you spend with your partner?

Elsie37

Over a week how much time do people actually spend together with their partner? Do you have separate hobbies or spend non-working time together as a couple?

tea_lover

Hardly any some weeks. We both work full time. He often works late evenings and I often work away. We have completely separate hobbies that account for maybe 2-3 evenings a week, and we often plan separate activities at weekends.

I like it that way and it works for us. I lived on my own for 10 years before we moved in together and really enjoy having time completely to myself, and time with my social groups. I also find it gives us more to talk about when we do see each other, and it makes the time we spend together feel a bit more special than if we were in eath other's faces all the time.

But it really is an each to their own thing. Some people will work and live together and spend all their time together and love it - personally I can't think of anything worse lol.

masonsmum

As much time as possible, we make a point of having a set routine with the kids at night so we can have some quality time together once they go to bed, its maybe just watching TV or having a chat, sometimes I read and he surfs the net and we lie and have a cuddle.

Our weekends are planned together as well, its only very occassionaly we do things seperatley

fannyanna

My Husband and I both work full time so we don't see each other during the weekday days. Weekday evenings we'll generally not see much of each other two nights of the week (sometimes more).

I look forward to the weekends and we generally spend a lot of time together - although every other weekend he has his child from a previous relationship so we spend the day seperately.

lostinrates

Usually my husband and i live apart monday to friday. Atm he has fridays at home ( work from home morning and afternoon off) which is amazing. We have not spent so much time together since he was still a student.

Despite living apart, which works well for us though we miss each other weekdays, we spend a lot of time together. From when I pick him up on friday evening till monday morning we rarely spend tipme apart. We have cultivated an interest in each others hobbies, most notably my husband now loves my horses at least as much as i do.

BugglyB

Probably 2 or 3 evenings in the week.

Most weekends we spend doing stuff together but with other people as well.

Sometimes we go away together and have a weekend in each others pockets. Once a month usually one of us is away without the other visiting friends or family.

We have some hobbies together - going to gigs, walking - and some seperately. We don't have children so this way of life suits us fine.

gingin_2

Very, very little. OH is out the door at 6.50am and home at 8pm. He takes a week off at christmas and occasionally 1 week in summer and that is his holiday for the year. He's away for 2 nights during the week as well. Saturday is our day together but is always a busy day and sunday he catches up on work, or writes.

We've just got back from a 1 week holiday and it took some adjusting to actually spend 24 hours a day together. I was quite shocked at how hard it was to fill the gaps and to let him take control of the children and decision making that I normally do.

It sounds awful but I adore him and am grateful we are now back to our old routine that seems to work for us and I must remember that next holiday I need to book something that will keep us very busy!

suki1001

We sit across the kitchen table for the majority of the day because we both work from home together.

We're usually both engrossed in our work.

It probably makes us argue a little more, but we get on very well considering - interestingly people comment on how incredibly well our children get on together - so I hope they're following by example.

zaksmum

O/H is retired now so we're together all the time.

Still going strong after over 40 years of marriage!

TeamLowe

very nearly every minute of every day when we're not working, we even commute together!
there's very little that we do seperately but i think that's more cos we're both homebodies with very little in the way of 'hobbies' that would take us out of the house.
he goes to see his friends on a thursday night and occasionally does something with them at the weekend. my friends are now our friends so we see them together but sometimes just me, and sometimes i see my family alone.
It suits us x x

Elsie37

At the moment we both work mon-fri and are probably both back in the house by 7pm sometimes sitting together in front on tv but more often partner upstairs on computer! We spend most of weekend together as we have moved away from most of our family and friends- not sure if we are in each others pockets too much!!