I am almost giddy with excitement here as I am finally going on a date with a beautiful woman that I have known for quite a long time. We see each other a lot but just don’t seem to get the chance to go out as we have really busy schedules. I have been wanting to take her out for a long time, if you look in the dictionary under “hottie” her picture will be right there. I feel like a schoolboy here…
We are first going to meet with some friends out in the country and enjoy what looks like the last bonfire of the year. I am thinking that we will ditch early and I will take her to some quiet out of the way spot where it can just be the two of us. Who knows, if all goes well I might even get some action later on.
I must ask, are Lola and I bad parents for doing this? Is ditching our kids so that we can go out to engage in a little debauchery indicative of poor parenting? I remember that debauchery is what caused the kids in the first place…
I predict that somewhere around one am we will both be experiencing withdrawl from our kids and will be on our way home.
Are there any other parents out there that feel the same way?
I’m rather envious…there’s nothing like the start of a new relationship. Constant boners, tingling all over, can’t keep the SO out of your mind. I hope it works out for you.
When my wife and I steal a night away from the kids, I don’t feel bad at all. As a matter of fact, I usually say something like…“Goodnight ya little bastards…” When we get home I usually have to say things like…“untie your sister, put out that fire”…and of course, “where are all the knives?”
As parents, we know that these nights come few and far between. Take 'em while you gots a chance!
Oh yes. When I started going out after my divorce, my daughter was pretty young (about 3) and it killed me to leave her. Leaving her with family members helped a little.
I have been remarried for almost 5 years, and I still feel bad leaving her when my husband and I go out for a ‘date’. She is 10 now but my separation anxiety is still really bad.
Anyway, I hope you have a great time. It’s so sweet that you’re so excited!
“I’m rather envious…there’s nothing like the start of a new relationship. Constant boners, tingling all over, can’t keep the SO out of your mind. I hope it works out for you.”
New relationship? We haven’t been together as long as you and Mrs Nipples but I wouldn’t call our realtionship “new”. I’m starting to think that we should start wearing matching outfits.
I still get all tingly at the thought of taking my sweetie out for an evening… isn’t it great when things continue to “work out” even after a long time?
It’s not Thanksgiving weekend, you silly Canuck, it’s Columbus day weekend. You know Columbus - the guy who didn’t dicover America but we take off work in his honor anyway.
Send me your screwy Canadian calendar and I’ll fix it up for you. In the mean time, have a great Columbus day weekend!
Hey Doc - It’s your calendar that’s screwed and either way, I’m having turkey on Sunday with a mountain of mashed potatoes and steaming gravy. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
Only one more hour until Mrs Feynn and I get to sneak away for the evening and what a glorious evening it is with the sun shining and all…
Time to pack the kids up so that we can “desert” them.
Actually, they can’t wait to be rid of us for the evening…
Hubby and I made it a priority to find a good babysitter and make time for ourselves away from the young 'un. A couple of times we were about to persuade his mom to keep the kid so we could leave town for a week. I don’t think we were bad parents at all. She was never neglected or wanting and she learned early on that the universe didn’t revolve around her.
That’s not to say I didn’t cry the first time I left her at day care or that we didn’t call frequently when out of town. We are now the proud parents of a mature, independent, trustworthy 15 y/o who has been allowed to stay home alone on many occasions when she didn’t care to hang with us. I know when she goes off into the cold, cruel world, she’ll do just fine. And hubby and I have managed to stay connected over the years - we still smooch when we walk thru the mall.
Mrs. Pluto and I are going to be away from home Saturday night (visiting our second son at college) and we cry at the thought of leaving our kids, too. Because we know as soon as our backs our turned they’ll find some way to overcome all the barriers to misbehavior we put in their way.
We didn’t know how good we had it when they were babies! If I had it to do all over again, the first thing I’d do when a child was born would be to start a scholarship fund for military school. They’d enter the “academy” on their thirteenth birthday and we wouldn’t see them again until they were ready to start college.
Just kidding. But leaving the kids is still traumatic.
