Simple Ways For a SAHD to Get Away with the Wife

As a full-time parent, it is completely necessary to get away from the kids when the chance exposes itself. Even if the break equals just an hour or two of freedom, take advantage because that chance doesn’t show its face around these parts too often.

And what better way to get a refresher and avoid pending burnout than taking your spouse along for the ride?

Chances are, she also needs a break and she’s not getting one if she comes home and you immediately hand the kids off and head out for some wings at the local drinking establishment.

Doing something together serves a double purpose as it never hurts to have a little relationship refresher as well. You don’t even have to do anything too exciting. Keep it simple and find a way to get out even if is a semi-annual affair.

Go to Dinner

It’s unimaginative and obvious, but going out to eat without the kids is a sure way to get some time alone to talk.

Not to mention, wouldn’t it be nice to have one meal you can eat when the food comes and not worry that the kids’ table manners or if they have everything they need to be happy? Remember what it was like to go out to a restaurant and not feel stressed afterward?

It can be refreshing to sit there and know there is no food launcher sitting in a high chair at your table.

Chose a spot your kids wouldn’t like. It doesn’t even have to be fancy. If a place with no chicken fingers on the meal appeals to you, go for it.

Take a Walk

Similarly to going out to eat by yourselves, take a stroll minus the stroller.

Find a spot where you wouldn’t usually go or head back to that park where you had a date early in the relationship. Maybe hike some terrain that the younger ones wouldn’t be able to handle so well.

Hold each other’s hand. Talk without having to yell over the toddler, who usually is yelling about birds. Enjoy the outdoors.

It’s a simple way to get a little time away. You’ll get some exercise, too.

Take a Drive

It doesn’t necessarily have to be a long road trip, but hit the highway and visit some place where you two can connect again.

Maybe there is a museum, event or cheesy tourist attraction you’ve always been interested in but the kids wouldn’t like. Use that as an excuse to get away for a bit.

Enjoy the long ride up and back. Soak it all in. You don’t even need to talk. Just enjoy the quiet of the road.

Get Away for a Night or Two

Make plans for a weekend (or Friday night) get away.

If you can get out of town to that cabin in the woods do it. But if you don’t want to worry about much planning, or don’t have the option of being away for several days, go some place where you live.

It’s as easy as finding something nice in town – although depending on how desperate you are to have a night alone, a discount chain might work. Find a bed and breakfast or check out romance packages at a downtown hotel.

You could probably incorporate all of the previous ideas into this one outing, but no doubt you will find plenty more to do. Spend some time by the pool, have a drink and enjoy the precious adult time.

And surely you’ll enjoy getting to sleep all night without being interrupted and waking up when you choose, not when the two-year-old rooster wannabe decides it’s time. And make sure you get a later checkout time.

When you get home, you should be refreshed enough to keep you going for at least a few hours.