For my friends and I it was a social event at the same time each week and all our partners knew we would be unavailable (with the obvious exceptions like illnes

For my friends and I it was a social event at the same time each week and all our partners knew we would be unavailable (with the obvious exceptions like illness, partners included). I used to meet another friend every other Tuesday afterwork too for a beer. My partner used to schedule meeting her friends at the same time so we were both out of the house. Often we met at a scheduled time and went home together. I liked the efficiency of it all.