“Leave the Kids at Home” Series

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How did I start the “Leave the Kids at Home” series?Actually it was more of a revelation rather than a planned thing.

It stemmed from a sad story…

Before my first son was born, International dad and I traveled lots, ate out at exotic restaurants, went dancing and even caught a movie or two. Then, 7 years ago, B boy was born. Without a doubt the greatest experience that ever happened to us! But it seemed to change us. For some reason we refused to ever go out without him. All our conversations revolved around what did B boy eat and how well did he poop. After his birth and before long, we basically stopped having adult conversations and life became mono-toned.

And it wasn’t because we didn’t have anyone to leave him with. We were super super lucky to have an angel as his babysitter since he was 4 months old, I felt more comfortable leaving him with her than with my in-laws. That wasn’t the problem.

The problem was we just stopped living our lives!

That obviously and eventually led to marital problems, until we had a collapse and my husband said he was done living like a zombie and he wanted out. This was a true wake up call, because when you’ve started to live your life in a zombie state you don’t realize it until it’s thrown into your face. I too was miserable in our existence, but I guess I just felt this was what marriage was all about.

Needless to say, that period of my life was horrible. We did end up working it out (a story for a totally different post). And now we are soooooooo much better than we ever were. Sometimes better than when we first fell in love. And that’s pretty hard, since you know how crazy people are when they first fall in love.

After the long healing process settled in, we promised to have Date Nights and Date Getaways. Thus “Leave the Kids at Home” series was born. Since then we make it a point to go out at least 1 or 2 times a month, just the 2 of us and have even had a couple of Date Getaways.

I am not claiming to be a marriage counselor, just someone who has been through hellish times and have found one way to fall in love again!

Remember, our kids will grow up and the two of you will be left together again. It’s better to have enjoyed yourself along the way rather than wait until the kids fly the coop and you’re left with nothing to talk about.

Read all about our adventures WITHOUT kids here!

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