On New Year’s Eve instead of getting the goose grease and shoehorn out to try and get myself into something resembling a going out outfit we opted for a night in. Back on with the saggy jeans! Phew!
You see, sad as it sounds. I prefer staying in. When Roy and I got together we went out every Friday and Saturday night, we had a blast. However, even before the kids arrived we had started to slow down. We are just home bods. Sometimes we watch whatever we’ve recorded on Sky+, sometimes we hit the Kinect (and I kick his backside at whatever we are playing), sometimes we do our own thing like read (did I mention I now have a Kindle?) and sometimes I work or play about on the internet while he does his own thing. Other times we have people round for something to eat or a drink, we don’t completely close ourselves off from the world.
At the end of the day, we are comfortable enjoying our leisure time in a leisurely way. Some “friends” consider us to be a bit boring or stuck in the mud but we don’t stay in because we have nothing better to do, can’t afford it or whatever, we stay in because we want to! Shocking isn’t it?
Are you a home bod? Have you traded in nights out on the tiles for nights in on the sofa? Are you someone who looks forward to getting out and about and would be bored silly staying a home of an evening? Is staying in the new going out?
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Oh it definitely is. Yes I enjoy getting a frock on and going out once in a while, but let’s be honest here – in the depths of winter, what is more preferable… putting on uncomfy shoes, holding your tummy in all night and not being about to sit down in a noisy bar where you can’t actually talk, or sitting in front of the fire, wine in hand, with the love of your life, chattering about your day while you watch a decent film?
We stayed in at New Year (think the last New Year we went out was 2000, actually), although we did get changed in a vague effort to make it a bit more than a usual evening 🙂
I could have written your comment myself. That is us exactly!
I hate to say it but I think it’s a getting older thing. You still like to go out sometimes but our lives are hectic – who needs to add more running around to the daily marathon?
By the time the kids are in bed I’m done anyway, busy days and restful evenings work for me.
I’m a total homebod here too. It’s just so much more relaxing being in my own place than going out.
I feel like I had plenty of time while I was at uni for nights out on the town… even if I had the time and money for it now, I don’t think I’d want to go out.
I’m totally with you on this one.
There’s a surprise! 😉
Haha! I always feel a tad disappointed when I remember that I am going out in the evening. Love to chill on the sofa, be comfy, drink wine, and get an early night (did I just say early??)