Poll: Favorite time to meet with other families (when there isn't a pandemic!)

[hs03842]

When do you normally like to schedule play dates or get togethers for your children?  Pick  the one that works best for you right now!  If you are super flexible about when you like to meet leave a comment.

Edited July 6, 2020 by JoyKM

[hs03842]

17 minutes ago, CuriousMomof3 said:

I picked afternoons, but right now we aren't meeting with other people at all.

When there weren't health concerns, my preference was for afternoons, although I also enjoy having people over for an informal dinner.  

Generally, for most of the year, we had things in the morning, whether that was school, or swim practice, or church, or a soccer game, so mornings haven't been a good time.   Now that we're home, we tend to put things that feel like work in the a.m. (e.g. homeschooling) and leave the afternoons more for fun.

I probably should have said when there isn't a pandemic!  I'm trying to see what's normal for homeschool families so we can adjust our schedule to make time for other people when meeting is wise again.  

[Guest]

Afternoons for other homeschoolers, weekends for DD's best friend who lives several hours away.

[EmilyGF]

I would have answered afternoons and dinners. Afternoons are great for casual time together and dinners are when we want to go deeper.

Emily

[KungFuPanda]

We always met after (or for) lunch. Mornings were school time, evenings were down time, and weekends were family fun time. My DH is a bit of a hermit so coping with our normal level of socialization after work or on weekends would have driven him into hiding. My kids had structured activities 2-4 days a week in the afternoons for one or two hours. We generally scheduled play dates around those because those were the kids they wanted to play with. So, we might go to a park after dance.  One year it was a weekly ritual for 3 families to race to my house after gymnastics. The kids were just barely able to catch Cyberchase (I lived the closest to the gym and this was before streaming.) The moms had tea and chatted while the kids watched their show then played. We had one play group that rotated houses. They did an activity, had a themed snack, then had free play.