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Jul 28 2006

Exception Excitement or A Night Out for Fuller’s Parents

Published by mrscrumley at 1:52 pm under momma monologues

Tonight Fuller will be dropped off at a babysitter and his parents will be enjoying tapas, maybe some wine, and good (we hope) adult conversation with friends. It?s the Todd & Liz Last Night Out in Chatty Adventure and Terra Nostra should be a great location for all that fun (I’ve never been there, but the food looks good!).

This morning I was starting to get excited about going out, sans Fuller, and this thought came through my head, ?Finally! A night out without Fuller where we can act like normal adults!? And then I stopped.

I know I have heard other people say a variation of that sentence, the key phrase being normal adults. And that is where I paused.

What is a normal adult? Most of the normal adults I know, at least the ones that have kids, don?t feel the need to get a babysitter and leave the kid at home to think they are normal. I assert that most of the normal adults I know spend their time going to work or caring for the kids, reconnecting at home, getting dinner on the table, spending quality time together, then wrestling the kids into bed. To me, that is a normal scenario.

Getting a sitter, spending time with other adults outside the home, reconnecting with friends- that is all the exception to my normal life. A treat. It is something to be enjoyed sparingly, but thoroughly.

So, instead of getting excited that I am returning to normal, I am excited that I get to take a break from normal and have a glass of wine with that.

2 Responses to “Exception Excitement or A Night Out for Fuller’s Parents”

# vsatt on 28 Jul 2006 at 5:57 pm

Have fun and have a glass of wine for me!
# a nut on 02 Aug 2006 at 9:48 am

Did you see the new study out from Rutgers stating that women who wait until they are older to have kids are the most unhappiest with the change? Well, that was the jist of it anyway.

Judith Warner took it to task in her guest column in the NYT’s last week I think it was. (I can forward it to you if you want.)

The study totally negated what you just said so thanks for your input to the contrary! The study did leave me wondering if the person/people conducting it had kids of their own.