Okay...here's a question for all of you: How do you spend "quality" time together as a couple? What kinds of things do you do together? How do you find common areas of interest? And....how much time (on average) would you say that you spend together each day?
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Quality time together?
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andiesmama
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One of the funnest things we do is play PS2 together...:o 
We also are both reality tv junkies and enjoy watching those shows together...we like to go browse 2nd-hand bookstores & spend lazy days just hanging out & reading...
When Andie stays with my in-laws during the weekend, we'll go out to a "real" restaurant (read: one where you don't order at a counter, one that doesn't have a "play land" in the front...you get the picture!), run errands together...
We probably average only about 4 hours a day together during the week (my dh leaves before I get up & is home around 7 pm), but pretty much all day during the week, although alot of that time is taken up with our daughter....we do family stuff together on the weekend.
We also are both reality tv junkies and enjoy watching those shows together...we like to go browse 2nd-hand bookstores & spend lazy days just hanging out & reading...
When Andie stays with my in-laws during the weekend, we'll go out to a "real" restaurant (read: one where you don't order at a counter, one that doesn't have a "play land" in the front...you get the picture!), run errands together...
We probably average only about 4 hours a day together during the week (my dh leaves before I get up & is home around 7 pm), but pretty much all day during the week, although alot of that time is taken up with our daughter....we do family stuff together on the weekend.
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cracked_pelicans
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andiesmama said:One of the funnest things we do is play PS2 together...:o
I am so jealous! My wife doesn't like video games at all.
We're both pretty busy. But, we'll try to take walks in a park when possible. Play a board game. Watch a movie. We always eat supper together, and spend that time talking about our days. I don't think we really go out of our way to do anything special, just try to take advantage of the time we have together.
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Since spring hit we've been going on loooooooooooooong walks at the park about 3 days a week.LegacyOfLove said:
Id say we spend about 3-8 hours a day just being ''together''.
Its too hard to average it out because some days are even as long as 12 hours and then some as little as 2 (this is very rare tho)
Things in common are easy for us.
Im a 39 year old who thinks hes 29 adn shes a 22 year old who acts 40, so
we like walks
Lord of the rings stuff.....we're both fans so it gives us lots to talk about.
We both love to talk. We talk to each other just about everything one could think of.
Its amazing. 2 years of talking so much to her and there is rarely a time when the conversation is lagging.
Shes my best friend and I love spending every minute I can with her.
We're both very interested in history.
She seems to come at it from an intellectual perspective and I just love ''old stuff''
We get on bible talks/studies that go on for quite a while, too.
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brokenbananas
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Henry and I spend on average 3-5 hrs a day during the workweek together, but some of that is shared with our children.
We read, talk, listen to music, take walks, cycle, take martial arts classes together, dance, play, make love, sing, do devotionals, pray, volunteer work, projects, go out to eat, rarely the movies, theater, plays, concerts, seminars, and cook. We periodically watch a few TV shows together (but we really do not watch TV much): Third Watch (which is going off the air this season), Malcolm in the Middle and Arrested Development. We don't watch these religiously, but tape them to watch at our convenience. Oh yeah, we also listen to talk radio and call into talk radio shows together. We do a lot of charity events and a bunch of other cool stuff that my husband gets us involved in.
We read, talk, listen to music, take walks, cycle, take martial arts classes together, dance, play, make love, sing, do devotionals, pray, volunteer work, projects, go out to eat, rarely the movies, theater, plays, concerts, seminars, and cook. We periodically watch a few TV shows together (but we really do not watch TV much): Third Watch (which is going off the air this season), Malcolm in the Middle and Arrested Development. We don't watch these religiously, but tape them to watch at our convenience. Oh yeah, we also listen to talk radio and call into talk radio shows together. We do a lot of charity events and a bunch of other cool stuff that my husband gets us involved in.
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My wife and I honestly dont spend THAT much time together. I work 2 jobs and she stays at home doing her daycare business. when I come home from "job #1" I only have an hour or two to see her and then I am back at it getting ready for "job#2". If I had to average it out I would say that we only get to spend 20 hrs a week with each other. I havent had a FULL day off from either job in about 3 months... Its rough. sometimes I think that the only thing that is keeping us afloat is GOD. now that I think about it, It has to be.
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LiberatedChick
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My husband and I spend every evening together. We're both out at work during the day but come home about the same time and as we don't often go out without the other we spend the whole evening together (not always doing the same thing at the same time but in the same room). We watch old episodes of TV series that we both like, we cook/eat dinner together, sometimes we'll play some computer games. Then at weekends we'll go for walks, to the cinema, go bowling etc.
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Mirelys
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Right now our quality time is spent talking on the phone together. We get to talk about an hour a day during the week, and as much as possible on the weekends (usually three or more hours a day...our cell phone bill is going to be horrible!).
When we're not a thousand miles apart, we like to take long walks, wander around Wal-Mart (it's the only thing open during our insomniac hours), watch TV/movies, play EverQuest II, and talk talk talk talk talk...
When we're not a thousand miles apart, we like to take long walks, wander around Wal-Mart (it's the only thing open during our insomniac hours), watch TV/movies, play EverQuest II, and talk talk talk talk talk...
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andiesmama said:One of the funnest things we do is play PS2 together...:o
We do too!
I love kicking his butt at driving games. We both love cars so we spend the majority of the weekends in the summertime with our cars racing, showing, cruising, etc. We also enjoy our bicycle rides & rollerblading.
In the winter, we ski, play pool, and basically just chill out!
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redwing030
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Lately we've been taking walks in the evening after dinner. But most of our quality time together is on the couch watching tv or movies during the week. Each weeknight we spend from 5pm until bedtime (around 10-11PM) together and neither of us would have it any other way. 
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heartnsoul
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We own a small business together so we spend a lot of time together. Working together can really test the sanity of a marriage. Before this business, when we were both working in the corporate world, we both enjoyed frequent vacations by the shore and dining at seafood restaurants. For weekend activities, we like to go bowling, golf (or my husband would say, his golfing is more of hitting squirrels and birds in the trees! He loves to slice the ball...yikes! ), go for walks, walk the dogs, dine out, drive around to different areas and explore the neighborhoods and new construction homes, flea markets, thrift shops, antique stores, musical concerts, broadway shows, and play scrabble at night. We don't keep score because I am a real sore loser! The objective for us is to for BOTH of us to use up all our letters to finish the game.
When we first met, we were more active in sports, playing volleyball and weighlifting. We've gotten very lazy and just don't have the motivation or time to exercise. But with all the physical activity my husband does during the day on the job, he gets plenty of exercise. I also do plenty of walking in the business we're in. We hope our lifestyle changes in a few years so we can get back to a more relaxed lifestyle.
Currently, our quality time together is spent working together and talking to each other at the end of the day.
Before this business, when we were both working in the corporate world, we both enjoyed frequent vacations by the shore and dining at seafood restaurants. For weekend activities, we like to go bowling, golf (or my husband would say, his golfing is more of hitting squirrels and birds in the trees! He loves to slice the ball...yikes! ), go for walks, walk the dogs, dine out, drive around to different areas and explore the neighborhoods and new construction homes, flea markets, thrift shops, antique stores, musical concerts, broadway shows, and play scrabble at night. We don't keep score because I am a real sore loser! The objective for us is to for BOTH of us to use up all our letters to finish the game.When we first met, we were more active in sports, playing volleyball and weighlifting. We've gotten very lazy and just don't have the motivation or time to exercise. But with all the physical activity my husband does during the day on the job, he gets plenty of exercise. I also do plenty of walking in the business we're in. We hope our lifestyle changes in a few years so we can get back to a more relaxed lifestyle.
Currently, our quality time together is spent working together and talking to each other at the end of the day.
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