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Once you have children, disposable income is generally a lot less available than it used to be, so going on a night out with your friends seems like decadence compared to those days when you were young, free and single. Not only do you have to pay for whatever you do on your night out, but you may also have to book a sitter, unless it’s a night when your partner will be in or you have a willing set of grandparents on hand to watch the kids for the evening. But that doesn’t mean you have to stop seeing your friends altogether. Those nights out with the girls do become rarer occasions though. However, you can still see your mates on a regular basis if you simply change the venue to each other’s houses. Nights in with the girls can be just as much fun as nights out on the town, and often it’s nicer to be with each other in a comfortable home rather than in a trendy bar or restaurant. But what should you do on those nights ‘out but in’? There are lots of different things you could do, of course, but here are a few ideas to get you started. Eyes down Everyone loves bingo! It’s one of the simplest games to play on the planet, and since it went online, it has become even easier to play. You don’t even need to concentrate on the number calls, as the software does the daubing of any matching numbers on your cards automatically, meaning there’s no need for ‘eyes down’ these days. Get the girls over, with their laptops, and login to a site like www.32redbingo.com, where you’ll find plenty of different bingo rooms and games to play. Make sure you login to the same room and play the same games, and you can all enjoy the excitement of playing altogether. And if you’ve got a friend who can’t come over to yours to join you, they can always join in the same games online and chat to you all via the bingo chat rooms. Cook up a storm Get everyone over for a barbecue in the summer and make it easy on whoever’s hosting by delegating different dishes and drinks for people to bring. The onset of winter doesn’t mean the end of foodie nights – you can do pot luck dinners instead. You’ll be surprised how much more creative you can become in the kitchen when you’re cooking to impress your friends. Pamper evening Take yourselves back to your teens with a night of pampering and makeovers. Get everyone to pack their onesies and their favorite nail polishes, foot rubs, and other beauty treats and spend the evening watching old movies and giving each other those little beauty treatments that most mums never make time for! Whatever you do with your circle of friends, it’s great if you can all get together now and then. When you do, it’ll make all the hassle of arranging a time that suits everyone and getting cover for the kids feel like it was well worth the effort.
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