Dating a Married Man

It's been, oh, let's see, MONTHS since I had a date with my husband. And boy, do I need a night out! So I'm a little say, preturbed, when he calls to tell me his daughter wants to take him to dinner- tonight. I've been sending more than just strong hints to him about going out, meeting for drinks, anything. And he has been agreeing with me - yeah, we need a date night. So, what's it gonna take????? If I had called him to say I was going out with a girlfriend, he would have "had a cow, man".

The biggest challenge for me of having a kid has been the loss of freedom - to just go and do something. Especially the grown-up things. Going to dinner is no longer the same, since we usually end up at the place with the best kid menu. When the above mentioned daughter lived with us, we occasionally could either broker a deal or guilt her into babysitting for a few hours. That ended over a year ago when she moved out. I can count on one hand the times we have dropped our kid off at someone's house so we could take a few hours for a date.

Yes, I know there are things you give up when you have kids - and I'm the first one to present the list. That's why I'm a SAHM (stay-at-home mom). But who said I had to give up dating????