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Not at all a singles only activity. I go with my wife frequently, my work and former work places have it a few times a year.
Happy hour is merely a time when a selection drinks and/or food is lower in cost, as places compete for customers in what is normally/traditionally a low demand time, but has turned more into a custom in many places.
I do not know your husband's profession, but this is where those soft skills come in handy. Happy hour, the gold course, etc are where the deals are made, it is where the "who you know" gets you further than the "what you know".
I went to one last week; it was a reunion get together with my old co-workers. Almost all of us are married or in committed relationships. So, I vote that Happy Hour is no more "for singles" than it is "for" anybody.
Also? I have a husband and a kid. I was home with the kid all day, and handed him off to his dad so I could attend the event. So, yes, people with spouses and children may indeed elect to attend the occasional Happy Hour.
Thanks for the info. I guess I will be cool with it then. He goes to lots of get togethers with colleagues...welcoming parties, good bye parties, milestone parties, research groups (that are also parties, really), dinners, conferences...etc. This one just seems more "social" and a little weird. Oh well, baby bird is leaving the nest (I used to be the captain of his social life at his old job where no one ever got together so it was always getting together with my friends and groups).
I used to go to happy hour with coworkers every Friday night, for at least 10 years. Sometimes I was single, sometime I wasn't. Some coworkers were married, some were attached, and some were not. Once in a great while one or more of us would invite our significant others, but mostly we wouldn't. No one, no one, was ever looking to hook up.
Since I never drank beer and would rather drink mid-shelf drinks over the cheapo stuff, I never really benefitted from the cheap prices of happy hour, but a lot of my co-workers did. To me the whole point was to decompress at the end of a high-stress week with a bunch of people who understood the same stress. We could vent about people or situations at work, laugh, and make jokes about the stressful stuff we'd gone through, and end the week on an up-note. We'd get a bunch of appetizers to pass around (which were also cheaper at happy hour) and eat and drink for 3-4 hours or so.
happy hour is predominantly business people and CoWorkers meeting after hours....... who doesn't want to go get some 1/2 price drinks with their coworkers
It's a great time to network
not too many single ladies, they come out later it seems
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Tonight my husband is planning to go to happy hour with a group from work. I told him I was uncomfortable with it. I am, even if I don't feel like he is going to cheat on me. It just feels wrong. To me its something single people do...who don't have a wife and kids to get home to. He said I was wrong, most of his department is married. I do know the woman organizing it is single.
What do you all think? Is it a singles type activity?
P.S. Before I get jumped on, he does several evening events with peers and friends. I don't mind. Something about this one feels different.
Nope, I havent. Ive only been self employed as an adult. I was misinformed. I envisioned single people who worked together going out together after work...cause what else do they have to do?
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