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What Do You Do In The Evening's With Your Partner?

  • 12-10-2005 08:03PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,102 ✭✭✭✭


    First off, please don't crack off the usual sexual innunendo's. I'm sorry if this thread has been done recently- but it's a difficult one to check without the search option. If this is in the wrong forum, I don't think it is, please feel free to move it mods!!

    OK, so I've living with my girlfriend for the last while now, less than a year. We used to live in Rathmines, which had a great buzz, but moved out to Balbriggan, which is a tad more sedate.

    So my question is, with the coming colder, darker nights, what do you guys do to entertain yourselfs, keep yourselfs amused in the evenings. I'm mainly looking for idea's, as I can't seem to think beyond the obvious ones I've listed below.

    Lovemaking
    Watching a movie
    Having a romantic candlelit dinner
    Going to the pub
    Going to the cinema
    Taking a walk
    Having a hobby (difficult, she likes to do most things together)

    And that's it. That's how utterly unoriginal I am. Anyone have any good suggestions? I'd like to make her as happy as possible and keep her entertained!


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  • Hosted Moderators Posts: 7,486 ✭✭✭Red Alert


    get her in on gaming!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,102 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    That's not gonna happen. She thinks it's childish, and sigh, I hardly get to game these days!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,846 ✭✭✭Le Rack


    I was gonna suggest stupid fun childish games like twister or mousetrap but since she dislikes childishness...

    Roast Marshmellows on the fire!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,135 ✭✭✭✭John


    write the great American novel


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,102 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    No No Le Rack, go on, twister..... hmnnnn, that's not a bad idea. (I think she just doesn't like videogames).


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,846 ✭✭✭Le Rack


    yeah see twiste, mousetrap, scrabble, basically fun childish games always prove for much joy, and you can even spice some up, ending with "sexy results" as Homer J would say!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭Rb


    eo980 wrote:
    Lovemaking
    Watching a movie
    Having a romantic candlelit dinner
    Going to the pub
    Going to the cinema
    Taking a walk
    Having a hobby (difficult, she likes to do most things together)

    Try doing a few of these together for interesting results.

    Other than that, a frivilous(sp?) game of hide and seek will keep you occupied for hours.

    Or you could take up Yoga or meditiation or something like that and you could both do it in the evening.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,846 ✭✭✭Le Rack


    or if at all possible a "steamy session" in a not so public public place!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,227 ✭✭✭✭Sparky


    when i had a woman, we used to watch a bit of telly and have the usual chat about what happened in our day. We would also watch a movie at home and last year we used the open fire so i was nice to watch the movie with a nice fire we done some cooking together.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,828 ✭✭✭ven0m


    LOADS & LOADS of talking...


    ::: ven0mous :::


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 25,000 ✭✭✭✭Sleepy


    Take some kind of class together? Dance Classes can be good fun. Or if that doesn't float your boat, maybe something like a photography or wine-tasting course etc.?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,102 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    Hmnnn some good suggestions folks!! Keep 'em coming! I particuarly like the idea of taking up photography Sleepy! It can be quite scenic out here- so not at all a bad suggestion!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,744 ✭✭✭funk-you


    learn an instrument together or if you can play, teach her.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,850 ✭✭✭Cianos


    Sounds slightly nerdy, but me and m'lady sometimes do crosswords together, and Sodukos. I sometimes have the same dilemma as yourself though. Its a pity there isnt more to do. Hmmmm.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,942 ✭✭✭missingtime


    See if ye can drag a few friends down for a nites dinner/drink/movie?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,306 ✭✭✭NeMiSiS


    Dogging ?
    TK


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,671 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    A grand big jigsaw will keep her busy while you get gaming. ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,588 ✭✭✭Bluetonic


    Learn a little on the town you've moved into.

    http://www.balbrigganhistory.net/events.html
    Tuesday 1st November:

    "The Hamilton Fanily And the Making of Balbriggan" By Stephanie Bourke

    Back by public demand, Stephanie repeats her hugely popular presentation on the story of the Hamiltons of Hampton Hall, the dynasty that developed Balbriggan from a tiny hamlet to the major industrial and business centre of Fingal in the 19th century. This was also the basis for the Society’s latest publication which was launched last September. Hopefully, by now you have bought your copy and have read it to help bring tonight’s lecture alive.

    All lectures, presentations and slide shows, will be held again this year at the Bracken Court Hotel, George's Square, Balbriggan at 8.30pm


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,102 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    A grand big jigsaw will keep her busy while you get gaming. ;)

    I like your way of thinking!!!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,424 ✭✭✭joejoem


    eo980 wrote:
    First off, please don't crack off the usual sexual innunendo's.

    In YOUR endo!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 128 ✭✭smurfbaby


    Why don't you both join a gym nearby?

    That way you can go together without necessarily having to do everything together... eg she can take a class, you can have a swim, or you can pound the treadmills while she relaxes in the sauna.

    Most good gyms have lots of different classes on, its a good way to meet other people, and you will both be fit and toned in not time! Result!


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,119 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    eo980 wrote:
    That's not gonna happen. She thinks it's childish, and sigh, I hardly get to game these days!
    Other people feel my pain...

    If she likes soaps and you hate them,as is usually my situation,watch all of em with her and get her to try games or whatever with you.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,652 ✭✭✭impr0v


    joejoem wrote:
    In YOUR endo!

    well i laughed.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,754 ✭✭✭ianmc38


    Myself and my giirlfriend have started going skiing/snowboarding once a week in Kilternan Ski Club. I'd never done it before until this year. A lesson is €32 for beginners. If you know what you're doing then its €24 for 3 hours on the slopes. That includes equipment and everything.

    We're also starting to play tennis once a week with friends. Have a game of mixed doubles on the indoor courts.

    Other than that we watch alot of movies, chat, go out to dinner. We also spend alot of times in other friends apartments. Play her PS2 sometimes. Its important to constantly try new things and get out and be active together. Staying in and repeating the same routine gets boring and depressing after a while. Go out and get involved in group activities, rock climbing, surfing, whatever floats your boat really.

    Makes spending time together much more fun.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,922 ✭✭✭Dave


    When I was living with my (now ex) girlfriend, if we got bored we'd sometimes get stoned and play mario party or some other retarded game on the game cube.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,129 ✭✭✭Nightwish


    he works nights and theres also the matter of living in different counties. But at weekends we stay in-dvd, take away etc


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,659 ✭✭✭Shabadu


    Have dinner
    Put chiddler to bed
    Quick tidy around after baby destruction
    Watch the 9 o'clock news
    look at papers
    pooter about on the laptops
    have a cuddle
    talk about our days & the chiddler's day in creche
    sort out clothes for next day
    talk about the wedding & house hunt on myhome.ie
    Occasionally: beat each other up in a halo death match/ watch a movie/ have a glass of wine.

    Really, after 3 years, thats about all we have time for. A lot of that has to do with having a child though. We try to keep one night a fortnight to have some time just to ourselves, and go out for a meal & a walk. We go out with mates independently & together, and have people over quite a bit. He's also got band practise/gigs.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,102 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    ianmc38 wrote:
    Myself and my giirlfriend have started going skiing/snowboarding once a week in Kilternan Ski Club. I'd never done it before until this year. A lesson is €32 for beginners. If you know what you're doing then its €24 for 3 hours on the slopes. That includes equipment and everything.


    Hmnn not a bad idea, but I don't think there are any ski slopes around the Balbriggan area!!! Plus it's coming into winter and it's cold and dark by the time I get home.
    ianmc38 wrote:
    We're also starting to play tennis once a week with friends. Have a game of mixed doubles on the indoor courts.

    Not a bad idea. Does anyone know of any tennis courts in the balbriggan area, drogheda or somewhere else perhaps?

    ianmc38 wrote:
    Its important to constantly try new things and get out and be active together. Staying in and repeating the same routine gets boring and depressing after a while. Go out and get involved in group activities, rock climbing, surfing, whatever floats your boat really.

    Makes spending time together much more fun.

    True. It's most definetly good to keep things fresh and interesting and to try out new things.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,102 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    Other people feel my pain...

    If she likes soaps and you hate them,as is usually my situation,watch all of em with her and get her to try games or whatever with you.

    Funnily enough she's not too big into TV, a bit of a pain in the ass. I have slowly been turning her into a film buff though, and she got her UGC card last sunday! Woo Hoo! But that has to be more of a weekend thing though.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 42,361 ✭✭✭✭Beruthiel


    buy her some books
    everyone should read!


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