16 tweets that sum up “romance” when you have kids
Chill the champagne. Or forget to pick it up in the first place, because, you know, kids. While no parent will argue with the fact that children add an immeasurable amount of joy in life, when it comes to the romance department, they̵7;re not exactly enhancers. Put another way: Where your date nights may have once consisted of intimate conversation at a fancy restaurant, they now are conducted over the background din of ̶0;Bubble Guppies̶1; while the smell of chicken nuggets permeates the air. Lil̵7; different.
From worrying about the cost of a babysitter to getting real about what̵7;s actually sexy to them, 16 parents get unabashedly real about their romantic lives. Or lack thereof.
1. The ultimate night out.
2. Sometimes, you need to improvise.
3. Same sentence, different meaning.
4. To be fair, dogs don̵7;t whine.
5. Need more be said?
6. Which seems more alluring?
7. Restaurants: before and after.
8. Talk about romantical.
9. This is kind of beautiful, actually.
10. You know you̵7;re in love when̷0;
11. A child wise beyond their years.
12. Date nights aren̵7;t as cheap as they once were.
13. When the mystique runs dry̷0;
14. It̵7;s kinda the best of both worlds.
15. Can̵7;t wait to run away, er ̷0; connect!
16. Because coordinating moms̵7; schedules is damn-near impossible.
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