Have you ever had to just completely forget about your plans for the day?

United States
January 19, 2013 11:46am CST
It has already been a frustrating morning. My husband I try to have a date night every now and then. Lately though I have been telling him that we need to go see a movie before it is gone. That he should ask his grandmother if she could watch our daughter so we could go. Never got around to doing it until today. I was thinking we should go today but then I look up the movies that are planning in our area and the area where his grandmother lives and it's not planning. That figures. So annoying. So it would cost an arm and a leg to go see it somewhere else. So I just think forget it. We don't have the money to go that far. That is why we should have went and seen when I told him about it along time ago. So now the mood for date night is gone!
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• Valdosta, Georgia
19 Jan 13
I have had this kind of thing happen to me SO many times. I cannot even count how many times. And usually it is because my husband takes FOREVER to do things! Ugh, so annoying. And then when things like that happen you do lose the mood to do whatever you were planning. I totally understand... I have learned to not expect anything anymore because it is very disappointing. If he takes me somewhere for a date then great, if he doesn't oh well I wasn't expecting it to happen anyway... I have learned that I have to be that way because most of the time he is not very reliable. On a different note, kind of. I have asked my husband for a WEEK now to get the old bed out of my son's room to put his new bed in there. Guess what is still in that room? Yup the old bed. If the old bed wasn't so big and heavy I would do it my darn self but I cannot lift it alone!
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• Valdosta, Georgia
19 Jan 13
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@Raine38 (12250)
• United States
19 Jan 13
I know how that feels. Sometimes we just have things suddenly happening that's beyond our control. I am the one who gets more upset other than my husband and thank goodness he's always there for me to cheer me up. Works all the time for me, but there were really times that I just feel am bad because I think we deserve this break and its not gonna happen.
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@saundyl (9783)
• Canada
19 Jan 13
theres been times i've made plans to do things with people or based of what someone else was doing only to have to change them because others couldnt be bothered. Lately ive had to change my plans because i end up with someone here that wasnt supposed to be. kind of sucks sometimes because every time it happens i was looking forward to alone time and ended up not alone all day. I find the lack of chances for time to be alone these days a little hard.
• United States
19 Jan 13
Sometimes when the kids are home and I had looked forward to some me time, I just pack some snacks, grab my book, a pillow and a blanket and take off to "my park" in my backyard. Escape sometimes is the only option!
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
21 Jan 13
I have also asked my husband the same. And also nothing happened with the date that I proposed.....I think the last time we did go out was almost 7 years ago! And he doesn't mind at all!
• India
20 Jan 13
In my case this happens most of the time but sometimes it cannot be helpedan neither is to be blamed so I just forget about it and drown myself in a nice book.
• China
20 Jan 13
Yes it happen to me sometimes,and I just would like to say,"plan never go faster than the change",so we have to admit the reality.
@sizzle3000 (3036)
• United States
19 Jan 13
The mood isn't completely gone. It just got derailed a bit. There are together things to do then just a movie. My daughter and her husband play Call of Duty on their free nights. Pretty soon though it'll be the days that are free and not his nights but they'll survive. You could always have a nice dessert after your daughter goes to bed or just have a uiet night together. When you have kids those nights are sorely missed lol.
@marie2052 (3691)
• United States
20 Jan 13
Yep put me in your club. Unless I keep reminding my husband he too will not move unless prodded. I really think its a man thing. Date night comes before marriage not after. Same thing happened to me on a movie that left. I also took him to see Lincoln and he fell asleep. So I dont ask him anymore. Its ok nice to know we have a little club going
@eagletrek2 (5499)
• Kingston, New York
19 Jan 13
Hi for me I do not go to the movie Any more cost is to high. I wait for red.box to have it or The liabary. To. Have it. And when I do have plan for The day sometime I call to come to Work wherim off
• United States
19 Jan 13
Perhaps next time you can think of it this way. You can his grandmother and tell her you want to surprise him and take him out. Go out and buy him a simple gift and get it all wrapped up. Dress up all sexy, pick him up at work (grab his tie and drag him if you need to) and take him out to dinner, give him your gift and then go see the movie. Show him how you'd like to be treated, and get to do what you'd like to do with your mr. special.
@robspeakman (1700)
19 Jan 13
OFTEN!!! Our lives are full of regimented structure and whenever we get an option to do nothing, then we should do. I am a firm believer in the F**K IT PRINCIPLE
@ulan12rc (222)
• Qatar
19 Jan 13
Sounds really frustrating but you can try to do it in your place instead of going out if your budget is tight, try to bring your daughter early in bed then set up your bedroom or the sala where both of you can enjoy movie together though it's not the movie you wanted to watch you can always try something new for an option or just simply play soft music, turn down some lights to make the room little romantic and then add some more things you can think of to make the night more surprising for both of you... ;)