# What's your SO's idea of a perfect night? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 4, 2007, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sos-idea-of-a-perfect-night/421483 "2007-10-04T09:53:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sos-idea-of-a-perfect-night/421483/1 "2007-10-04T09:53:03Z")
Just before my SO passed-out on the couch tonight, he informed me that the love-making session, the big, fat steak dinner, the glass of merlot and cuddling up with his dog was HIS version of the most perfect night ever! I suppose it could have been made better with his footy team being on the telly, but the AFL season finished last week. 😃 What’s your significant other’s idea of THE perfect night? ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sos-idea-of-a-perfect-night/421483/2 "2007-10-04T11:09:57Z")
[QUOTE=kambuckta] What’s your significant other’s idea of THE perfect night? [/QUOTE] ‘im indoors would probably be perfectly happy with a bottle of wine (or two) and World of Soddin’ Warcraft…and me out of the house. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sos-idea-of-a-perfect-night/421483/3 "2007-10-04T12:00:32Z")
Two bottles of wine; one and a half for her, a half for me and when the wine is gone, either going dancing somewhere or jumping into the swimming pool clothed or naked or somewhere in between without regard to water temperature, staggering home and falling into bed in whatever state of dress she departed the pool and passing out for hours and hours. She has a drinking problem and will not admit it. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sos-idea-of-a-perfect-night/421483/4 "2007-10-04T12:45:58Z")
The other evening we met at the train station, shopped for food, walked home and the cooked together. We started to watch a DVD but the love scene inspired us to do our own. As we fell asleep, my wife said it was a perfect night. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sos-idea-of-a-perfect-night/421483/5 "2007-10-04T14:51:10Z")
[QUOTE=ScareyFaerie] ‘im indoors would probably be perfectly happy with a bottle of wine (or two) and World of Soddin’ Warcraft…and me out of the house. [/QUOTE] > [@LouisB](#): > > ``` > Two bottles of wine; one and a half for her, a half for me and when the wine is gone, either going dancing somewhere or jumping into the swimming pool clothed or naked or somewhere in between without regard to water temperature, staggering home and falling into bed in whatever state of dress she departed the pool and passing out for hours and hours. She has a drinking problem and will not admit it. > > ``` Awfully nice of you to try and make us singles feel better about it. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sos-idea-of-a-perfect-night/421483/6 "2007-10-04T14:54:41Z")
Beer, steak and sex… He’s easy to please! ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sos-idea-of-a-perfect-night/421483/7 "2007-10-04T14:57:27Z")
Hot home cooked dinner, movie, phone ringer turned off… nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sos-idea-of-a-perfect-night/421483/8 "2007-10-04T15:07:05Z")
[QUOTE=Priceguy] Awfully nice of you to try and make us singles feel better about it. [/QUOTE] It was the least I could do; I’m glad you liked it. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sos-idea-of-a-perfect-night/421483/9 "2007-10-04T15:10:58Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] Beer, steak and sex… He’s easy to please! [/QUOTE] Hey, give me back my husband! Except you forgot the long hot bath somewhere in between the steak and sex. This perfect evening would cap off his perfect day of 36 holes. 36 holes of golf, pervs. ---
**Author:** ![amelioration](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9c0ed/32.png) [@amelioration](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amelioration)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sos-idea-of-a-perfect-night/421483/10 "2007-10-04T16:06:53Z")
**Alistair McCello** ’s perfect night most likely involves cuddling on the couch and consuming a moderate amount of pizza and vodka, while watching [The Lion in Winter](http://imdb.com/title/tt0063227/). After this, he would probably turn to me and quote the movie by saying, with a mischievous grin: “Sooo, want to ‘shatter the commandments’? Hmm?” ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sos-idea-of-a-perfect-night/421483/11 "2007-10-04T16:14:30Z")
I haven’t asked but if I were to guess, it would involve some bud, a philly steak from Gyro Bob’s and lots and lots of sex. With me. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sos-idea-of-a-perfect-night/421483/12 "2007-10-04T18:06:31Z")
Well let’s see, if last night is any kind of gauge she seems to really enjoy screaming at our oldest daughter until she brings her to trembling tears, threatening to kill her cat (throwing it down the basement stairs no less), and vowing that Christmas is canceled this year. Yeah, envy me :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sos-idea-of-a-perfect-night/421483/13 "2007-10-04T18:20:48Z")
I don’t know. Probably MilliCal bundled off somewhere safe for the night, a good and unusual meal cooked by someone else, a couple of glasses of Pinot Grigio, watching “What Not to Wear” for an hour or two while I pumiced her callouses and massaged her feet, then rubbed her back, then long and relaxed sex in a room without clocks or cats, followed by a shower. And more “What Not to Wear”, or possibly “Antiques Roadshow” or “Doctor Who”. And chocolate. I can only take so much “What Not to Wear”. But I’ll rub her back for hours if she’ll undress for it. The view is worth the effort. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sos-idea-of-a-perfect-night/421483/14 "2007-10-04T18:38:34Z")
A night where I come home from work, put on a load of laundry, and actually listen to her as I make us dinner (probably crabcakes and some kind of veggie) She picks out and puts on a video as we finish dinner and continue talking. \*\*Babygirl \*\*then runs the water in our huge bathtub. I get in with her and don’t complain about the water being too hot. I soap her up and rinse her off. I give her a back rub until she falls asleep. Then I get up and drink a lot of beer as I surf the Dope. 😃 SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sos-idea-of-a-perfect-night/421483/15 "2007-10-04T18:44:21Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] Beer, steak and sex… He’s easy to please! [/QUOTE] Yabbut … didn’t you read the bit about him finishing the night by cuddling up with the dog? Talk about the ultimate rejection! ---
**Author:** ![Nachos\_Mary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9d8465/32.png) [@Nachos\_Mary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nachos_Mary)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sos-idea-of-a-perfect-night/421483/16 "2007-10-04T18:55:31Z")
Hubby likes New Year’s Eve best. Looks forward to it for a month, and ignores Christmas completely. Loves to dress up, to drink bubbly, to sing and dance and flirt and smooch with strangers and come home raring for holiday sex. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sos-idea-of-a-perfect-night/421483/17 "2007-10-04T19:00:21Z")
Hiding from me, apparently. ☚ ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sos-idea-of-a-perfect-night/421483/18 "2007-10-04T19:14:26Z")
We have numerous variations on a “perfect night”. Recently we had one that started early in the day, by checking into the [Foxburg Inn](http://www.visitfoxburg.com/stay.asp). It is only about an hour drive from our homes. We took our kayaks. After checking in, we kayaked the Allegheny River from Emlenton, down to Parker Pennsylvania, passing the Inn and waving to the couples on the cantilevered deck as we went by. Returning from the river, we freshened up, and headed over to the bar next door. The folks at the bar/restaurant know us, and reserved a serving of musssels, since they often run out. When our dinner reservations are ready, we eat, then it’s back to the bar. Eventually we stumble back to the room, shower (saving water by doing a single shower…gotta think of the environment), then head for bed, and it is time for y’all to leave. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sos-idea-of-a-perfect-night/421483/19 "2007-10-04T19:15:11Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] Beer, steak and sex… He’s easy to please! [/QUOTE] _checks location_ Is that you, honey? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sos-idea-of-a-perfect-night/421483/20 "2007-10-04T19:25:05Z")
Her perfect night? The kids aren’t crabbing at us or each other, the meal is already made, the house is clean, laundry is put away and I rub her feet till she falls asleep. It never happens (except for me rubbing her feet till she falls asleep). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-sos-idea-of-a-perfect-night/421483.md?page=2)