Raising Maine

Myt husband and I would love a night out. We have a 4 year old daughter. We only do things as a family. We haven't been out as a couple in forever. As a matter of fact, I think we have only gone to the movies 1 time without her in the entire time she has been born. I would be soo grateful to spend some quality time with my husband. I miss going out "on a date" with him. We have been together 22 years. Before the birth of our daughter we had many date nights, but now I goto nursing school full time & he works fulltime (and thensome). Mix those busy schedules with raising a very active 4yr old and who has time for romance or can afford it.! Victoria Ledoux

My husband and I are both self employed and are in a financial crunch right now. We have one son Aiden who will be two in July. We work very hard everyday to try and build our business's and spend some quality time with our son. I take Aiden with me to work everyday and try to get work done when he is playing. I would love to go out with my husband and know Aiden is taken care of while we enjoy some alone time that won't take from our already tight budget.

My husband and I have an 18 months old daughter and need some alone time. We speak fluent Wiggle and Backyardigan and and now Mickey Mouse. We both work full time, my husband works two jobs and I work one full time job just to make ends meet and with daycare, a mortgage and the economy our night out consists of Ramen and Grilled Cheese.. please help us return to adulthood. We love our daughter deeply but it would be nice to talk , well finish a sentence that has nothing to do with children.

I'd love to go out with my honey without our almost 4 yr old son although we do love our , I think it's also be fun to be out and child free for a couple of hours. :)

My husband and I have five sons. We don't often get the chance to have a night out together. we love to spend time with our kids, but also need time alone together as a couple.

What a wonderful thing it would be to have some alone time with my husband. We don't get out without the kids (4 year old boy and a 1 year old girl) very often. I can't even remember the last time we did that!

Wow, I would feel just sheer appreciation to receive this gift.

My daughter turns 4 next week and since her birth we have only had one night out and that was almost 3 years ago...needless to say we can use a night out. Yet our closest family is 1100 miles away and both Grammies are deceased and to add further insult to injury, we are struggling financially like many others, so even if we had a sitter there isn't much spare cash to go out. So like many others the opportunity to have some time out would just be divine.

After a year of settling down in our new home, we really need to GET OUT and have some fun. We are house-poor though....this would be such a treat!