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@1cor1013 I got my chest freezer for like half off on Black Friday. If you don't find a good deal on a used one before then, this might be a good option.

@jcano Only once every few months do we get a sitter for an evening away from the kids. But we do other things more frequently. We go out to lunch together during the week. Sometimes we get takeout and do something together at home (watch a movie, play a game, etc ) after the kids go to bed.

@johnfisher We have the bigger kid(s) have a sleepover in our bedroom at the other end of the house during sleep training.

@cheerfulgiving Seriously, even just running errands together without having to get two other people in and out of car seats at every stop feels like a dream.

@cheerfulgiving Our daycare opened after the holidays one day before husband and I had to go back to work. It was the best day ever. We dropped off the kids, went out to break, came home and took a nap, then watched a movie together before picking up the kids and having a nice evening together...

@shanan Exactly!

@shanan So much this! We're not on a SUPER strict schedule for naps and bedtime, but those things need to happen eventually. Any time we see friends, they come yo us because we can hang out and do whatever, take a small pause to put LO down for naptime or bedtime, and then continue hanging out...

@ajflyguy7 RIGHT?!

@metalgreymon That the fuuuuuuuuuck. In addition to how wild it is to ask for a toddler to be away from their parents for that long, that is so absurdly inefficient and impractical I can't even wrap my head around all of the different logistical and financial issues that plan presents.

@lianne72 In situations like this, I often wonder how long things would sit undone if women just didn't do them. Like if you just didn't do the dishes and waited for him to do them, when would he take the initiative? (Or at least, how long would it take for him to complain, prompting you to ask...

@cindyfernandez The person this task consistently gets delegated to on my team is a 45-year-old white man in a mid-level position. It feels like a personal feminist win every time, especially since I'm the only person on the same level as him and I have less seniority, but I've never been asked.