Comments on: Dinner and a Movie? Nah. http://mannahattamamma.com/2010/02/dinner-and-a-movie-nah/ Perpetually Ambivalent New Yorker...Now Living in Abu Dhabi, UAE Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:15:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: The Tuesday Night Special « The Poor Princess Diaries http://mannahattamamma.com/2010/02/dinner-and-a-movie-nah/comment-page-1/#comment-1066 The Tuesday Night Special « The Poor Princess Diaries Fri, 11 Feb 2011 02:25:13 +0000 http://mannahattamamma.com/?p=208#comment-1066 [...] play!), you’ve come to a number that is larger than our entertainment budget for the year (Mannahatta Mamma puts the starting price for dinner and a movie at $100–and that’s from ...). So—in an effort to save money, be a sexy, romantic wife (who is more than mere mom! In mommish [...] [...] play!), you’ve come to a number that is larger than our entertainment budget for the year (Mannahatta Mamma puts the starting price for dinner and a movie at $100–and that’s from …). So—in an effort to save money, be a sexy, romantic wife (who is more than mere mom! In mommish [...]

]]> By: Dick Horwich http://mannahattamamma.com/2010/02/dinner-and-a-movie-nah/comment-page-1/#comment-194 Dick Horwich Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:40:38 +0000 http://mannahattamamma.com/?p=208#comment-194 You make a very good case, Deborah. ( But I think KSB has a point; that's what Nancy and I used to do when Danielle was a tyke.) However, you're on much firmer ground when you complain about the horrific expense of money than of time. Yes, movies take a couple of hours to see and plays longer than that, but I think you're betraying a little of what Shakespeare scholars call the "antitheatrical bias" when you grudge the hundred minutes it takes to sit through "A Serious Man." You make a very good case, Deborah. ( But I think KSB has a point; that’s what Nancy and I used to do when Danielle was a tyke.) However, you’re on much firmer ground when you complain about the horrific expense of money than of time. Yes, movies take a couple of hours to see and plays longer than that, but I think you’re betraying a little of what Shakespeare scholars call the “antitheatrical bias” when you grudge the hundred minutes it takes to sit through “A Serious Man.”

]]> By: HCW http://mannahattamamma.com/2010/02/dinner-and-a-movie-nah/comment-page-1/#comment-193 HCW Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:12:30 +0000 http://mannahattamamma.com/?p=208#comment-193 how much would a night out cost in south bend? how much would a night out cost in south bend?

]]> By: KSB http://mannahattamamma.com/2010/02/dinner-and-a-movie-nah/comment-page-1/#comment-192 KSB Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:57:18 +0000 http://mannahattamamma.com/?p=208#comment-192 PS: But, will, you know, step up when the times comes so he and his wife CAN go out now and then. In spite of my intense dread of babysitting. I don't see any other solution to the dilemma. Good luck! PS: But, will, you know, step up when the times comes so he and his wife CAN go out now and then. In spite of my intense dread of babysitting. I don’t see any other solution to the dilemma. Good luck!

]]> By: KSB http://mannahattamamma.com/2010/02/dinner-and-a-movie-nah/comment-page-1/#comment-191 KSB Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:53:24 +0000 http://mannahattamamma.com/?p=208#comment-191 Hmmmm.....that's tough. May I suggest a slight revision of Ann's idea? Since you and your hubby tend to have quite different cinematic tastes (BTW, I'm with you on Avatar so far, granted that I haven't seen the whole thing yet--I am going to see it tomorrow, to keep me culturally literate with my students, and since colleagues inform me it is related to what I do; regular theater closest to my office though, can't spare the time to go hunt down an IMAX, which I'm sure your hubby will quite disapprove of), why don't you take turns going to the movies with your friends, respectively, and save the logistics planning & shelling out of the big bucks for going to see good performances on/off Broadway? That way, you can enjoy movies you actually like and are interested in, yet save the moolah for a nice evening out with hubby together; you can talk about the movies after the other one has seen it on said telly in attire of choice, whilst enjoying immediate conversation about good performances over a nice tablecloth you won't have to wash. I know, I know, nothing you haven't already thought of or don't know yet, but sometimes, I think, one just needs an extra push from friends to actually go do it! There's another option....although I think I might get yelled at by your sis-in-law for suggesting this--here's how we do it over here where I live: we draft extended family members for the babysitting gig. Cuts way down on expenses and anxiety (about whether the babysitter is really taking good care of the kids), and increases frequency of times out. That's how most of my friends come cavorting with me into the wee hours. Mom & Dad are already signed up for duty--Me? I'm already busy ignoring my newlywed brother's hints about future babysitting! ;P Hmmmm…..that’s tough. May I suggest a slight revision of Ann’s idea? Since you and your hubby tend to have quite different cinematic tastes (BTW, I’m with you on Avatar so far, granted that I haven’t seen the whole thing yet–I am going to see it tomorrow, to keep me culturally literate with my students, and since colleagues inform me it is related to what I do; regular theater closest to my office though, can’t spare the time to go hunt down an IMAX, which I’m sure your hubby will quite disapprove of), why don’t you take turns going to the movies with your friends, respectively, and save the logistics planning & shelling out of the big bucks for going to see good performances on/off Broadway? That way, you can enjoy movies you actually like and are interested in, yet save the moolah for a nice evening out with hubby together; you can talk about the movies after the other one has seen it on said telly in attire of choice, whilst enjoying immediate conversation about good performances over a nice tablecloth you won’t have to wash. I know, I know, nothing you haven’t already thought of or don’t know yet, but sometimes, I think, one just needs an extra push from friends to actually go do it!

There’s another option….although I think I might get yelled at by your sis-in-law for suggesting this–here’s how we do it over here where I live: we draft extended family members for the babysitting gig. Cuts way down on expenses and anxiety (about whether the babysitter is really taking good care of the kids), and increases frequency of times out. That’s how most of my friends come cavorting with me into the wee hours. Mom & Dad are already signed up for duty–Me? I’m already busy ignoring my newlywed brother’s hints about future babysitting! ;P

]]> By: Deborah Quinn http://mannahattamamma.com/2010/02/dinner-and-a-movie-nah/comment-page-1/#comment-190 Deborah Quinn Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:43:57 +0000 http://mannahattamamma.com/?p=208#comment-190 genius. It does, however, require most of an entire morning/afternoon just to see a goddamn movie. Most of which are just as good when viewed on a telly whilst viewer sits on couch in comfy pants and woolly socks. (Husband says, yeah, not Avatar though. I say...smurf). genius. It does, however, require most of an entire morning/afternoon just to see a goddamn movie. Most of which are just as good when viewed on a telly whilst viewer sits on couch in comfy pants and woolly socks. (Husband says, yeah, not Avatar though. I say…smurf).

]]> By: ann http://mannahattamamma.com/2010/02/dinner-and-a-movie-nah/comment-page-1/#comment-189 ann Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:40:39 +0000 http://mannahattamamma.com/?p=208#comment-189 Some EVill friends get around the million-dollar-movie dilemma thusly: Parent A goes to movies alone (often during discounted matinee), leaving Parent B w/child. Parent B and child go to theater to pick up Parent A at which time they change places and Parent A and child go off to do something else. The family meets after 2nd showtime for a meal and discussion of movie. It's complicated but THEY GET TO SEE MOVIES WITHOUT TALKING ANIMALS OR LOVABLE ALIENS. Some EVill friends get around the million-dollar-movie dilemma thusly: Parent A goes to movies alone (often during discounted matinee), leaving Parent B w/child. Parent B and child go to theater to pick up Parent A at which time they change places and Parent A and child go off to do something else. The family meets after 2nd showtime for a meal and discussion of movie. It’s complicated but THEY GET TO SEE MOVIES WITHOUT TALKING ANIMALS OR LOVABLE ALIENS.

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