DINKS in need of other DINK friends

staceylou84

My husband and I are 27 years old and we are looking for other couples with out kids to hang out with and go to dinner, movies, play sports, try new cocktails, etc.

We currently live in Lakewood and have managed to be fairly bad at making many anti drama adult friends.  We apparently forgot how to make friends as soon as we were both out of college. 

Due to our work hours we are only free on the weekends or after 1130pm during the week. 

So if there are any DINKS out there who are in need of other DINK friends, please reply!  

Looking forward to talking to ya!

d&jb52407

HA!  You are totally cute, I haven't heard that term in 15yrs.  LOVE it. I used to be a DINK for the first 10yrs of my first marriage.  It was fantastic. There are some great couples here that are, hope they respond.

andrealynn0707

Welcome! I don't qualify to be your friend, but hopefully you can find some :P

sunnytrees

Ah...we are part of the SITCOM group. Single Income Three (or two) Children Outstanding Mortgage!

But enjoy it!! I definitely miss those days (and totally agree about having a hard time making mature adult friends!).

chelbell326

just wanted to say I have learned 2 new terms (DINK and SITCOM).  You ladies crack me up!

staceylou84

Definitely never heard of SITCOM's.  We aren't apposed to having friends with kids.  It is just that sometimes it is like we speak different languages. 

micaela421

Try meetups I'm sure you'll find Dinks there:-)

staceylou84

I find it a little odd that a site for married couples living together, where most of the articles are for before baby, that there aren't any couples with out kids?  All the posts on here are about pumping and what to name my baby.  Why aren't these on the Bump?

andrealynn0707

People read the articles the nest posts? Weird.

DownToEarthGirl

LOL - I miss those DINK years and didn't even use the word DINK until I was almost done with them.  I just heard SITCOM this fall while drinking beers in another town, but I heard it as "Single Income Two Children Outrageous Mortgage" to describe a family who's mom was staying home, but could barely afford to do anything fun since they lived in the McMansion area. 

As for looking for other "mature" DINKs, I might not be a good resource.  We often didn't have very mature evenings - no game nights for us, mostly drinking at bars, going to concerts, uninterrupted expensive dinners, and watching sports - most of those did not fall under the "mature" category when you're riding your bike back from East Colfax to NW Denver and laughing at a friend who keeps falling off their bike. 

However, now that I have kids, we still hang out with some no-kid couples.  It takes until the kids are around 3 for the parents to snap out of that haze of toddlerhood and want to relive some of the fun of the past.  I also meet a lot of DINK types at our local brewery, at group mtn bike rides, my DINK friend organized a running group, and I know our DINK friend also goes to couples cooking classes and that might help you meet some people.  It is hard, when you don't have college/grad school/parenting to throw you in weird situations where you are forced to socialize/meet new people. 

slc2b

staceylou84:

I find it a little odd that a site for married couples living together, where most of the articles are for before baby, that there aren't any couples with out kids?  All the posts on here are about pumping and what to name my baby.  Why aren't these on the Bump?

Many of the ladies on this board have been here for years, so were once DINKS (or like like).  We like it here so have not moved on.  The board on the bump is dead.

PennyCandy

There really just aren't that many people on this board w/out kids anymore. I'm one of them, but I live up in Longmont and work almost every weekend. I can only think of a couple more. You may not find what you're looking for here. 

sinatragal

WAIT!!!   Don't leave just yet, I'm here!!!!!!!!!    We don't (and are not) having kids, BUT, we are kind of old for you.  38.....eek.    We're in the Broomfield area, don't get down to Denver alot...and we moved to CO 18 months ago and have had an impossible time making friends.  I have only met people that have young kids, and are therefore pretty busy or just doing playdate type activities.

Anyways, if you'd like to meet up (even just us girls) PM me!

spongejen

my H and I are DINKs, and not insane/hate drama as well.  so we might get along okay.  we live in brighton, but that's no biggie.  anyway send me a PM if you want.  

Sunflower22

We're not DINKs and we're not SITCOMs. We just don't fit in anywhere.

And it will be a cold day in hell before I post on the Bump. 

WineCat

I need an acronym.   SINK?  

WonderRed

staceylou84:

I find it a little odd that a site for married couples living together, where most of the articles are for before baby, that there aren't any couples with out kids?  All the posts on here are about pumping and what to name my baby.  Why aren't these on the Bump?

Should I just fall to the ground and grovel and beg and kiss everyone's feet over the fact that I'm single AND have a child yet y'all stoop to speak to me?   I didn't  realize I was unqualified to post here. My bad.  I shall keep my posts exclusively on the starting over and single parent boards from now on.

ilovedpp

WonderRed:

staceylou84:

I find it a little odd that a site for married couples living together, where most of the articles are for before baby, that there aren't any couples with out kids?  All the posts on here are about pumping and what to name my baby.  Why aren't these on the Bump?

Should I just fall to the ground and grovel and beg and kiss everyone's feet over the fact that I'm single AND have a child yet y'all stoop to speak to me?   I didn't  realize I was unqualified to post here. My bad.  I shall keep my posts exclusively on the starting over and single parent boards from now on.

........I'm soooooo glad you said this because I kept thinking the reason you (OP) are having a hard time making new friends is because you post passive aggressive and somewhat insulting things on a board full of girls who are friends with each other and WHERE.YOU.ARE.TRYING.TO.MAKE.FRIENDS! 

Tyrna

There are some of us who are married with no kids, or are single with and without kids.  Most of us are quite happy to be here regardless of our different situations =]

AugustBrideCO

I think we are One and a Third Income, No Kids, Have Dog. OTINKHD? Dangit, if only my husband wasn't underemployed we could be BFFs, but alas we don't meet the income qualification.

WonderRed

AugustBrideCO:

Dangit, if only my husband wasn't underemployed we could be BFFs, but alas we don't meet the income qualification.

Annnnnnnnnd Chardonnay out the nose.   

WineCat

Sunflower22:

We're not DINKs and we're not SITCOMs. We just don't fit in anywhere.

And it will be a cold day in hell before I post on the Bump. 

You're a DITCOM!

Sunflower22

Well, fwiw, this DITCOM (who used to live in the land of the DOTCOM) has a best friend who is single no kids (SINK?), and many of my closest friends fit the same bill. 

Crazy how I can think outside the box and have friends in other categories than myself. 

Bran_ham

This is the SECOND time tonight that I've had to use the urban dictionary! Those babies really took some brain cells out of me. 

meg.eliz1

If I still lived in Denver....One day we will be back. We come to town often though because our parents live in Golden/Conifer but we live in Grand Junction now. We are both 26 and no kiddos. 

MrsKelleyT

Sorry...my husband was laid off a year ago so we don't meet the double income qualification.

swinsto3

I guess NIOCOM would be us - No Income, One Child, Outrageous Mortgage. We for SURE can't be friends. Bummer.

goldenjes

I'm a SIFCOM ... And that's just not a cool sounding acronym. It is a much better place than SITC (though that looks like a TV show) and NITCOH (no income, 3 kids, out of a home) so I'll keep it.