Between the high price of a babysitter and movie admission prices, it can be hard to imagine a cheap evening date. So, follow the example of rookie dad Edwin and his wife: Go see a new-release movie while your partner stays home with the baby; return home and then stay with the baby while your partner goes to a later showing of the same film. Then discuss it together at home, where the ice cream is free.
I’ve done this a few times with great success! In our situation, I’m too sleepy to see a late night show, so we split our date night into two nights. I went to the movie first and had to bite my tongue not to give any spoilers while I waited for Alec to go the next night.
Have you tried this before? What’d you think?
Ha! I never thought about this!! Hmmm gonna try picture me sitting in the movie theatre by myself. OMG that should be awesome!!
I am going to have fun with this idea!.. Could use some mee time too!!
This is so crazy! My husband and I have a movie date this afternoon and are leaving our little one with a friend, but I’ve been thinking to myself ALL MORNING about how awesome it would be to each go to the movies by ourselves and switch off with the baby. Sadly, he doesn’t like going to the movies by himself, so I’d never be able to talk him into it, but I still think it’s a really great idea!
Fiorina, I love going to the movies by myself (or with friends!) and so does my husband (he likes doing anything alone). An alternative is that you each go with friends so it’s a double-split date.
First of all, we recently did a version of this when I was out of town for work- it was the perfect time for me to enjoy a movie in the theater, and since our son was staying at his grandparents’ for part of the time I was gone, my lonesome husband also went to see the same movie back home, then we had a nice phone discussion of it!
Another version I recommend that saves on the babysitting cost but still lets you go together- swap with friends! We’ve done that where we go out and they have our son, then the next weekend we watch their son while they go out. It’s an exchange of time instead of money, and the kids play together too so a win/win!
I love this- we’ve done it a few times. It is more fun though, as someone else said, to go with a pal 🙂 However, I’m totally looking forward to those fun Parkway kiddie movies that we can ALL go to! They are playing ANNIE! Annie! I’ve never seen that in a theater. It’s already on my calendar for next month!
I love venues like the Alamo Drafthouse and their “Baby Days.” You can take in a first run movie, dinner, and your babies with you. It has helped keep me sane with 2 – 8 month old twin boys.