Nights out with/without partner

HeadAboveWater

Mrs_Ryan wrote: »

Oh and if I'm at a rugby club do I dont talk about it, end of......(not because there's any naughtiness going on, just because there's so many fit men about and he doesnt like it! He wouldnt stop me going, he's not actually bothered in that sense he just doesnt want to hear about it)

:rotfl:

BugglyB wrote: »

The rule is you have to smile and say 'have a lovely night'. We also have a little tradition of giving each other enough money for one drink ('have a drink on me love') if we're off to separate places.

Now this I like Gonna do that for the OH tonight actually. Thanks for the tip/idea/bribery note!

xXMessedUpXx wrote: »

Though if he's up for my birthday i might drag him on the birthday night out as all my friends want to meet him

Obviously!!! They gotta make sure he's good enough for you

Alias_Omega wrote: »

Mrs AO invited me to the cinema the other week, then last minute called a "switch-er-oo" and bailed on me even after i looked up what was on the cinema.

Mrs AO went to Bingo, Romantic Cinema for 1 for me. Looked like a right weirdo..

So, Yes.. I can go out without my Partner..

Aaaawwwwwwwwwwww shucks

Fair play to you though! Been to the cinema once on my own and only then I noticed there's actually quite a few people that do that amazingly!!!

Bufger wrote: »

meals with
Drinking without

We annoy each other when drunk but we enjoy each others company on all kinds of nights out that arent drinking orientated!

ha ha

Gavin83 wrote: »

I like both depending on my mood. I'd hate to be in a relationship where I couldn't do my own thing as equally as I'd hate to be in a relationship where we never did anything together. We do have similar interests and therefore do a lot together but I still have hobbies I do without her and see friends without her, as she does without me. Keeps things fresh.

I do admittedly have nights out with her when I wish she wasn't there and other nights where I wish she was there.

I do overall value both options though.

Thanks for the input. I like how you think

Judi wrote: »

I'd love it if my husband went out without me.

:rotfl::rotfl:

angelil wrote: »

We were in an international long-distance relationship for 3.5 years, which definitely takes away any sense of paranoia you might have You just can't be paranoid if you see the relationship working long-term. We just trust each other - end of!

Very valid point! And I'm assuming by the 'we were in an international long-distance relationship', you're now not long-distance? Hope so I love happy endings!!

Fuzzy_Duck

I've been with my OH so long all his friends are my friends now- the only friend I still have before dating him lives a long way away so I rarely have the opportunity to go on girly nights out with her.

That said OH and I tend to go out together with our friends, although there are times where one of us wants to stay in and gives it a miss (9 times out of 10 it's me- I tend to like my own company- which is just as well really- and he's a lot more sociable).

Having said that we do like doing the same things, and whilst it's easier having other people around to contribute to the conversation, we can still go out just us and have a good time.

InsideInsurance

HeadAboveWater wrote: »

Do you prefer to go out on a night out (pub/bar/club) with or without your partner/OH/hubby/wife/bf/gf?

Mainly go out together the only exception being "work" evenings which are probably once every few months.

The only exceptions are:

a) an ex work colleague who I see after work once every couple of months. The misses is invited to come along but its a 2 hour commute to get to where I work from home and half the time the "night" is just two glasses of wine and so 4 hours travel, getting dressed up for the City etc is a lot for that amount of travel

b) her meeting her student friends. There is a large group and an inner group. She has no issues with the larger group but the inner group she isnt so keen on me attending for a couple of reasons but then its always early that they end their evenings so I could only go if straight from the train and being with a load of 20 something girls all doing art etc and being the only 30 something guy and dressed in a suit and always having lots of questions about working in the City isnt that much fun anyway

angelil

HeadAboveWater wrote: »

Very valid point! And I'm assuming by the 'we were in an international long-distance relationship', you're now not long-distance? Hope so I love happy endings!!

You assume correctly After 3.5 years of LDR we moved in together, got engaged nearly a year later, then married 2 years later...now been married nearly 18 months

pinkclouds

HeadAboveWater wrote: »

Do you prefer to go out on a night out (pub/bar/club) with or without your partner/OH/hubby/wife/bf/gf?

Going out with friends = going out on your own. In fact, going out with friends also means = friends going out on their own. We do not have mutual friends and do not like the same types of people. Well... except for each other, I guess! Not that I have the chance to go out (in the evenings) these days - young kids and no local babysitters. I would be quite taken aback if a mate brought his spouse along on a night out.

HeadAboveWater

That is so cool angelil Really pleased for you for the way things have turned out. And long may it continue

Thanks BugglyB for your tip! I did that tonight and it felt really good! Think I kinda worried OH for a minute as he probably wondered what I was up to when I was dropping him off :rotfl:

rev_henry

I'm long distance with fiancee atm, and have usually gone out without her for that reason. We lived together in my first year of uni and she had no problem with (and was rather amused by) me stumbling in drunk at 3am a couple of times a week. And likewise with her but less often, as she had to be up early for college.

I'm very into trance music etc so like going to proper nightclubs until 5 or 6am, she likes crappy girly pop music so wouldn't enjoy such things.

We do go out together sometimes though, especially if its with one of my groups of friends who she likes.

'Going out' to me means going out clubbing (I'm a student!). We still like going out for dinner etc together.

Ellie83

I much prefer going out with my husband. He is my best friend, I feel safe with him, and I rarely see him during the week so I like spending some time with him outside the home too!

It's not always possible, and I certainly enjoy myself when out with only my girlfriends (and I'm sure he does as well when out without me). But I just don't feel safe if it's at night. I just can't explain why. I know it probably sound ridiculous.

But I don't really like nights out to begin with and try to avoid them as much as possible (unless it is at a friend's home ) :rotfl:

Bitsy_Beans

I love going out with my husband but he doesn't enjoy a good boogie so I tend to have those sorts of nights with my girlfriends
As a couple we tend to go for meals, cinema etc. bit more quiet I guess.

catkins

Me and OH go out together quite a lot - meals, cinema, theatre, concerts. Our tastes are pretty similar but we take it in turns to choose what play or film to see and it's surprising how many times each of us have enjoyed a film/play that we would not have chosen ourselves.

OH sometimes goes on his own to a car club he belongs to - I have been but am not interested in cars so it gets a bit boring. I rarely go out in the evening without him. On the few occasions I do I find myself wishing he were there. Probably sounds a bit sad but we really are best friends and even after over 30 years we certainly have not run out of things to talk about.