What do you do in the evenings?

rachbc

We all eat together then dd goes to bed at 7.30 and DS goes up to his roomt to do HW, playstation,etc.

We try and have an evening out togther - tues is cheap night at the cinema or just to local pub. This is much easier now oldest is able to 'sit' for little on once she is in bed. Other nights I might go or a run, he'll go out and visit local freinds he knows through hobbies, fiddle about in the cellar on his hobby stuff whilst I crochet, have some freinds over for a glass of wine and chat, go to book group, study/read. We have a couple of programmes we like to watch either on TV or netflx and usually watch a film once a week if we haven't been to cinema.

OH works away for a stint at a time and usually the week after he gets back is sacred time in that neither of us will arrange to do stuff that week so we have time to catch up

andygb

cannyscot wrote: »

I know any woman taking my son on will be driven mad as he needs at least 2 hours a day of physical activity .

Blimey, they could both be as fit as scrapyard dogs. Get them to buy a copy of "Fifty shades of grey" read it together, instal a few bits of home gym kit (and other items:o), and

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Wahaaaay!

lushlifesaver

we chill out a bit, he watches crap on TV whilst I make dinner then clear up.

He'll go on the ipad and i on my netbook for an hour or so

Then we watch tv together or play a boardgame, maybe watch a film or play together on the PS3.

We do go to bed at 10pm though so not much time to fill in reality haha

Loobysaver

andygb wrote: »

I think that this may be just the "Winter blues". Like myself, he doesn't want to be cooped up inside a house, sitting in front of a telly. He wants to be more active, but it isn't possible at the moment - and it is frustrating, because you feel like one of those big, caged animals at a zoo who just pace around their cages, longing for a real bit of freedom.
My OH and I have joined a gym (2 weeks ago) and we try to go in the evenings and weekends, but this week has been a complete loss with access to our road only clearing yesterday.
The OP's OH just needs to get out, get some fresh air and stretch his legs a bit - its called LIVING!

I think you've hit the nail on the head there. He does moan about it being dark and not being able to go out and cycle etc. I did mention about buying home exercise equipment but he wasn't keen. Roll on till Summer is all I can say:D

With reference to my kids and him not being used to it etc. We've been together 4 years and he has kids from a previous relationship too of much the same age who we see most weekends. We also have every other saturday night on our own and always do something together.

I am enjoying reading your posts and getting an insight into all your lives and am kinda relieved I'm not alone in liking doing nowt in the evenings lol:rotfl:

PolkaDotsAndLace

I would think it's up to him to entertain himself really.

Our weeknights are usually fairly lazy after work - cook together most of the time, tidy up, then just tv while he's on the laptop and I usuallly knit. We're too tired to do much else! So we do most of our socialising at the weekend.

Joons

We don't do anything during the week, as has been said, time you get home from working all day, tidy up a bit, make dinner, it's pretty much late evening. The weekends are for socialising. Winter time is always the same, we do a lot more in teh summer.

Maybe your partner could do some volunteering?

catkins

Me and OH don't have any children and if money allowed we would probably go out at least 3 times a week. We both love going to the cinema and theatre and eating out, but as I say, money does not allow us to do that.

We have a dog so we walk him in the evenings but not for that long in the winter. In the summer we can be out a couple of hours walking him and maybe having one drink in a pub garden.

Once we have eaten we tend to watch tv or a dvd and/or use our laptops. I sometimes do crosswords or suduku puzzles but they are not OH's thing.

We used to use the Wii a couple of evenings a week but as our dog is only 7 months old it's not really possible to use it at the moment as we don't want to have to put him in his crate but once he gets a bit older we will use it again.

I sometimes knit or sew but OH doesn't really have any hobbies. He does a manual job, often with long hours and now he is in his late 50's he is often pretty tired in the evenings so I can understand why he really only wants to watch tv or dvd's. He quite often fall asleep watching them though

unoriginal_uk

I think lots of couples are the same - one always likes to be more active than the other.

My boyfriend and I are the same - we get home from work and make dinner, then he's happy to sit and watch tv until it's time for bed, whereas I cannot sit still for more than 5 minutes - but this is to do with my OCD habits!

We've never really talked about it, oddly, but seem to have over time sub-consciously come to an arrangement - some nights he compromises and helps me to tidy/organise/sort things to keep me happy and some nights I learn to just relax and chill out and watch TV and cuddle

OP I do feel sorry for you as I know, being the fidgety one myself, how annoying it can be. My advice - make a list of all household things that need doing and everytime he moans that he's bored or there's nothing to do just say oh why don't you...(read something off the list) - then he's got no excuse to be bored

Irony

Airfix model making
Fish tank
Electric guitar + amp + HEADPHONES:money:

heartbreak_star

Get him into LARP or re-enactment - my entire off-season is taken up with kit repairs! *chuckles*

HBS x