I staying in the new going out & are you happy to do it

naughtysmurf · 25-01-2013 01:22PM

Growing up in the 70's, the folks always made it out, usually for a nights dancing every week without fail, they also got away during the summer for two weeks without the kids (3 of us left with cousins) but doubt if they were dropping the equivelent punts / euro for a night out that we would now

Got to the stage now that I couldn't be arsed going out, can't justify the overall cost either, happy to get the kids into bed and be my own barman

At a guess, get out about 6 times a year but would tend to go for a meal followed by a few beers

listermint · 25-01-2013 01:24PM

Rabidlamb wrote: »

The game has been up for me for years, I've 3 kids under 5.
The day has come where it's financial madness to go out:
Babysitter €20
Taxis €20
3 hours = 6 drinks each = 12 x €5?? = €60
So there's €100 spent for 6 pints where I can get 6 cans of Carlsberg & a bottle of wine for herself for less than €20.
The publicans really have nothing to combat this & the reality is that they loose good customers for a decade or more once kids come along.

After a while you actually begin to prefer your new arrangement.
Downloading, Netflix, Sky+, Youtube all mean that you can have the finest entertainment on hand, it's not like years ago if the Late Late was crap you were stuck with it.
The thoughts of having to get dressed up, organise a lift, push & shove at a bar for over priced drink while having to shout over load music starts to sound like madness.
Instead you can Skype a mate in Norway & have a bottle of red together while catching up.

It's not a rant against the pub trade it's just a realisation that not only am I gone temporarily, there's an increasing chance that outside big occasions I may never be back & that sits fine with me.

Sorry OP but publicans have nothing to do with your rant.

Your old now, you should not be out in pubs anyway, thats a young mans game.

April O Neill · 25-01-2013 01:25PM

Stheno wrote: »

Can't stand the noise in a lot of pubs at the weekends anymore.

A DEFINITE sign of age! :pac:

BraziliaNZ · 25-01-2013 01:25PM

April O Neill wrote: »

A DEFINITE sign of age! :pac:

Not really, tonnes of old men drink in pubs

naughtysmurf · 25-01-2013 01:27PM

ArtyC wrote: »

and naked Mondays with the oh!

The full day?

Rabidlamb · 25-01-2013 01:41PM

The loud music thing came from studies which showed us drinking more when we are in an environment where we can't converse.
Like putting extra salt on the cocktail sausages, we sup more.

This is why I see more couples going for a meal out instead of the pub these days.

gobnaitolunacy · 25-01-2013 01:42PM

Rabidlamb wrote: »

The game has been up for me for years, I've 3 kids under 5.

Game over oul lad, enjoy playing Hungry Hungry Hippos or whatever the 2000's equivalent is.

lukesmom · 25-01-2013 01:46PM

Happy to stay in. I don't miss the endless ques for taxis, entrance fees, over priced drink and same old faces.

Steodonn · 25-01-2013 01:50PM

I go out the odd time. Never pay more than €3:50 a pint you just got to a keep an eye out for places doing deals

listermint · 25-01-2013 01:52PM

Rabidlamb wrote: »

The loud music thing came from studies which showed us drinking more when we are in an environment where we can't converse.
Like putting extra salt on the cocktail sausages, we sup more.

This is why I see more couples going for a meal out instead of the pub these days.

In you're age group.

OP in 'Peoples tastes and attitudes change as the get older' shocker

SuperGrover · 25-01-2013 01:54PM

Kids, financials, shrinking social circle, all have me staying in more and more. At the weekend we'll leave dinner 'til after the kids are asleep, cook something nice, have a few drinks, watch a film or something.

Monday or Tuesday night is a few pints around the local with a couple of mates, sitting at the bar, talking shyte.

Works for me.

Don't really miss going out on the lash but that's probably an age thing. Used to love it. Can't be arsed any more.

Evenstevens · 25-01-2013 01:56PM

Rabidlamb wrote: »

The game has been up for me for years, I've 3 kids under 5.
The day has come where it's financial madness to go out:
Babysitter €20
Taxis €20
3 hours = 6 drinks each = 12 x €5?? = €60
So there's €100 spent for 6 pints where I can get 6 cans of Carlsberg & a bottle of wine for herself for less than €20.
The publicans really have nothing to combat this & the reality is that they loose good customers for a decade or more once kids come along.

After a while you actually begin to prefer your new arrangement.
Downloading, Netflix, Sky+, Youtube all mean that you can have the finest entertainment on hand, it's not like years ago if the Late Late was crap you were stuck with it.
The thoughts of having to get dressed up, organise a lift, push & shove at a bar for over priced drink while having to shout over load music starts to sound like madness.
Instead you can Skype a mate in Norway & have a bottle of red together while catching up.

It's not a rant against the pub trade it's just a realisation that not only am I gone temporarily, there's an increasing chance that outside big occasions I may never be back & that sits fine with me.

I don't think your obliged to have 6 drinks each. Might save some money there.

JohnnyChimpo · 25-01-2013 01:59PM

I don't think it really comes down to money/the cold/the noise/ the kids, whatever.

It's a pretty simple equation, if you need to get a ride, you'll find the cash to head out somewhere. If you have sex waiting for you at home then it's a whole different story.

hoodwinked · 25-01-2013 02:03PM

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

Game over oul lad, enjoy playing Hungry Hungry Hippos or whatever the 2000's equivalent is.

i have a three year old its still Hungry Hungry hippo's,

despite the game makers attempts at Monopoly junior and scrabble junior you get tired of them moving their piece where they want it or putting the word 'CAT' down for the 10th time and usually resort back to Hungry Hippos....:(

naughtysmurf · 25-01-2013 02:04PM

JohnnyChimpo wrote: »

I don't think it really comes down to money/the cold/the noise/ the kids, whatever.

It's a pretty simple equation, if you need to get a ride, you'll find the cash to head out somewhere. If you have sex waiting for you at home then it's a whole different story.

A common misconception

Rabidlamb · 25-01-2013 02:56PM

Evenstevens wrote: »

I don't think your obliged to have 6 drinks each. Might save some money there.

Thanks Nora.

So now I'll have spent €80 & won't be even merry.

the_syco · 25-01-2013 02:57PM

naughtysmurf wrote: »

but doubt if they were dropping the equivelent punts / euro for a night out that we would now

Depends how you look at it. On the one hand, you could get 4 Guinness and a bag of tayto and still get change from a tenner in the nineties, but on the other hand, £180 a week was a good wage back then, when there was no minimum wage and high unemployment.

Stheno wrote: »

Can't stand the noise in a lot of pubs at the weekends anymore.

Find a pub with a covered heated smoking area. Stay there. Smokers tend to be usually calm (as they're smoking) and thus you don't get much trouble. Also, usually no noise, as the pub doesn't want noise complaints from nearby residents.

Rabidlamb · 25-01-2013 02:58PM

JohnnyChimpo wrote: »

I don't think it really comes down to money/the cold/the noise/ the kids, whatever.

It's a pretty simple equation, if you need to get a ride, you'll find the cash to head out somewhere. If you have sex waiting for you at home then it's a whole different story.

I thought all you young 'uns used POF nowadays for the ride.
Some rough stuff on there mind.

ITS_A_BADGER · 25-01-2013 03:05PM

Cant afford to go out coz im saving for september

But saying that, i have a bottle of black rum ready for a couple of hot ones and the Tv sky+ and if i get fed up of that, good auld boards, where everybody know your name

Gumbo · 25-01-2013 03:06PM

I find nowadays, the current generation (me included) who may have bought homes during the boom, the mortgage is the main payment and theres no such thing as "going out every Saturday to the local".

It is now a series of going from event to event, so say theres a christening in Febuary, you;ll save up for that and theres a 30th in March and you hop from these type of nights for the year.

I see my mates every week at football and in the gym twice a week too, so then we have a game of cards every now and again, and the going out bit just comes every month or two if theres something on. ie 30th/big Dublin game or something.

I remember growing up and my mam and dad would be in the local every Wednessday, Saturday and Sunday without fail!

xzanti · 25-01-2013 03:08PM

I gave up drinking last year.. and now I go out more than I did before..

I live in a rural area and when I drank, I found the cost of taxis would confine us to the local watering holes/discos..

These days I love hitting the Town (Dublin), have a nice meal somewhere and then have our pick of the nice clubs in town to go to

cherry on the cake then is driving home, no queuing for taxis or buses.. tis great

BraziliaNZ · 25-01-2013 03:13PM

JohnnyChimpo wrote: »

I don't think it really comes down to money/the cold/the noise/ the kids, whatever.

It's a pretty simple equation, if you need to get a ride, you'll find the cash to head out somewhere. If you have sex waiting for you at home then it's a whole different story.

My drinking has nothing to do with sex. That's a strange idea you have right there.

RebelRed90 · 25-01-2013 03:13PM

xzanti wrote: »

I gave up drinking last year.. and now I go out more than I did before..

I live in a rural area and when I drank, I found the cost of taxis would confine us to the local watering holes/discos..

These days I love hitting the Town (Dublin), have a nice meal somewhere and then have our pick of the nice clubs in town to go to cherry on the cake then is driving home, no queuing for taxis or buses.. tis great

Fair play. Ive only ever gone out once on the dry, couldnt hack it and went home after 2 hours.

gallag · 25-01-2013 03:17PM

I have not been out since I built my man cave. Even got sky sports in it so I dont have to go to the pub for the footy and beer, wife still moans though, anyone have the solution to that?

Gumbo · 25-01-2013 03:19PM

gallag wrote: »

I have not been out since I built my man cave. Even got sky sports in it so I dont have to go to the pub for the footy and beer, wife still moans though, anyone have the solution to that?

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRw4L7LcukxeYMni5fWj8SLUgy1bl7ZO2riadqyg6ruFF_6n2OIwA

vicwatson · 25-01-2013 03:19PM

Rabidlamb wrote: »

After a while you actually begin to prefer your new arrangement.
Downloading, Netflix, Sky+, Youtube all mean that you can have the finest entertainment on hand, it's not like years ago if the Late Late was crap you were stuck with it.

100% correct but you need to light the open fire with coal and logs and then you are sorted

BraziliaNZ · 25-01-2013 03:26PM

vicwatson wrote: »

100% correct but you need to light the open fire with coal and logs and then you are sorted

Or you can go out and actually talk to people?

KungPao · 25-01-2013 03:27PM

gallag wrote: »

I have not been out since I built my man cave. Even got sky sports in it so I dont have to go to the pub for the footy and beer, wife still moans though, anyone have the solution to that?

It's the only option I'm afraid

gallag · 25-01-2013 03:28PM

kceire wrote: »

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRw4L7LcukxeYMni5fWj8SLUgy1bl7ZO2riadqyg6ruFF_6n2OIwA

Will try, I shall report my findings at a later date.

gallag · 25-01-2013 03:29PM

KungPao wrote: »

It's the only option I'm afraid

A solid plan B, will try the duck tape first.

Anyone else have a man cave? It can be any space, I know a guy converted the downstairs toilet lol got a joiner friend to build a chair over the pot and shelvs etc. Every man needs a cave.

I staying in the new going out & are you happy to do it

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