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To ask how long can you all keep it tight before you need a blow out?

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Coatsoff42 · 18/09/2024 22:44

Only because after a whole Sumer of keeping it tight and responsible and the return to school stuff I am ready to drop the plough and cut loose. It feels like long enough.

An I unreasonable to say there is a limit on how long you can be good and work hard before you go mad?

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Demonhunter · 18/09/2024 23:42

You could start your own cult with the schoolboy9 woman. Between you, you'll have enough madness to keep you entertained for years!

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Coatsoff42 · 18/09/2024 23:39

There are few opportunities for mums to go nuts.

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MrsBobtonTrent · 18/09/2024 23:35

You need an alter ego. Beryl. Or Margritte. Some days she takes over - very cathartic. Let her have 25 of March, June, September and December. Cast off the shackles of polite repression. Catch a bus to the next town and give her a good time.

Or just be uptight and perfect for 4 days a year instead?

Theyhadalovelytime · 18/09/2024 23:32

I got what the OP meant from the start, people pretending not to understand isn't helpful really

Blackgoeswitheverything · 18/09/2024 23:30

Ps I agree! Currently feeling claustrophobic with my job and DH being boring!

Blackgoeswitheverything · 18/09/2024 23:29

Just have a wild night out then and let it all blow out/off

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Coatsoff42 · 18/09/2024 23:28

Basically peasants in the olden days worked hard, then had a tonne of religious holidays to dress up and cut loose, but we have nothing. It’s all very sanitised. It’s all work and then a very photogenic holiday with massive expectations.

I think wonder if there is a time limit before other people feel like shaking it off, the grind.

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Swishyhairandtan · 18/09/2024 23:25

I get it, op

Life is just full of responsibilities and drudgery..I’ve got years left of it though so 🤷🏻‍♀️

Biggirlnow · 18/09/2024 23:25

I feel the need for alone time, but I never want to go out clubbing and get pissed or anything. I'm very square! But I can understand why someone might want to.

dijonketchup · 18/09/2024 23:18

I think you either get this one or you don’t 😂

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Coatsoff42 · 18/09/2024 23:17

glittercunt · 18/09/2024 23:11

I totally hear this.

Though I'd probably go a bit wickerman and cause a scandal or two in the process.

I think I'm very overdue a singsong and a scrap.

Like singing in public and a big fucking row with someone. just the opposite of my everyday super well behaved persona.

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IGBGI · 18/09/2024 23:16

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JudgieJudie · 18/09/2024 23:16

'Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play
And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate
Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
I shake it off, I shake it off

LeavesOnTrees · 18/09/2024 23:15

Having reread I think I get you

Go for it ! Go out and have fun. Is there someone who can look after the DC ?
Maybe a whole weekend away will do you good. Everyone needs to let off steam sometimes.

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr · 18/09/2024 23:14

Just bang out a cheeky half marathon and I’m ready to go again.

MummaMummaJumma · 18/09/2024 23:12

You’re not the only one, OP. I love my monthly night out with the girls, just getting dressed up and not looking like I’ve been dragged through a bush is great! Even if for only one night.

Let loose. Let go of the tightness my luv 😝🕺🥂😎

Aquamarine1029 · 18/09/2024 23:12

Go run up and down the street naked a few times. Make sure the neighbours see. That'll pep you up.

Stichintime · 18/09/2024 23:12

Sorry, drudgery is part of child rearing. If that's what you're talking about, still not 100% !

YesitsBess · 18/09/2024 23:11

TheShellBeach · 18/09/2024 23:09

I wish we had the nutso religious ceremonies they had in the Middle Ages where you could really let go of the everyday worries

Oh, so do I.
I'm always saying so to DH.

I've just read that in full Caroline Aherne in Fast show voice...

"What did I say Roy?"

glittercunt · 18/09/2024 23:11

I totally hear this.

Though I'd probably go a bit wickerman and cause a scandal or two in the process.

I think I'm very overdue a singsong and a scrap.

YesitsBess · 18/09/2024 23:10

Ah! You're feeling the need for some druid-style earthy madness and revelry!

Didn't have that on my bingo card but you get yourself a floaty outfit, whirl like a dervish in the woods and get shitfaced on mead whilst harassing a yew tree if that's what you need to do.

We've all been there.

TreesWelliesKnees · 18/09/2024 23:09

Do like that Mum in Motherland who lives opposite Julia. Go large it for a night.

BiscuitlyBoyle · 18/09/2024 23:09

Is it tonight it’s a full moon? Feels like it.

TheShellBeach · 18/09/2024 23:09

I wish we had the nutso religious ceremonies they had in the Middle Ages where you could really let go of the everyday worries

Oh, so do I.
I'm always saying so to DH.

IGBGI · 18/09/2024 23:08

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