How are you spending time with your partners?

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Just for some background info: We just had a little one 7w ago, and it’s my boyfriends (25m) first kiddo, while it’s my (25f) third kiddo. I stay at home while he works 4 days a week. On those three days he has off, we usually have appointments and errands to run like grocery shopping since we currently share one vehicle so I can’t while he’s working.

What I’m asking: how are you spending time with your partner? I spend most of my week in bed with the baby watching tv and napping and making endless snacks, so when he’s off, I want to do something. I find myself getting so antsy and just wanting to leave the house. The issue is, when he asks what I want to do when we go out, I have no clue! We live in a somewhat small town, all the fun malls and whatnot are about an hour drive. Money is also very tight with me no longer working, so it’s not like there’s many options anyways. We go on walks with the kids and the dog every night, we’ve watched pretty much every movie possible on Netflix, Hulu, peacock, you name it. I’m so unbelievably freaking bored! Any suggestions would be welcome!

TLDR; new parents with 7w baby are incredibly bored and sick of staying in the house on non-work days. Need suggestions on how to get out of the house without spending a crap ton of money.

ETA: I made the flair “mental health” because staying in the house constantly is really taking a toll on mine. He gets to go out for work, and the only time I leave here is when there’s a doctors appt or grocery shopping to be done. Leaving the house gives me a reason to shower and put on clothes not covered in breastmilk and feel like a person again.

Posted Aug 31, 2026, 2:32 AM UTC

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