I had my kids when I was young so DH and I were the only couple in our group of friends that had small children. We always had to find a babysitter when everyone wanted to go out and do things. Our kids weren't really welcome to cook outs and other of our group activities and I understood because it was all adults there. Fast forward to when my kids were teens and now our friends had small children. It is expected to be great to bring their kids to our movie nights, outings, and dinners. I told DH I went along with not bringing our kids to functions with them so I was not going to have a baby plopped on my lap when getting together with them now.