If you don't live in a standard "normal" way, how do you live?

[curiositykilledthecatsplat]

Curious to know how people live if you don't live in "standard" way, how do you live? ie you live in a commune, you travel the world with your family etc etc

... you live on a barge on a canal, you live alone in the middle of nowhere... etc

Oh this is going to be an interesting thread!

we have 7 kids - does that count as not standard?😁

looking forward to unconventional living stories!

Bookmarking! Very conventional here I am afraid.

I have been an expat all my life from the age of 4 and have lived in about 8 countries and 12 cities.

Brilliant thread!

Single parent here

With very very wealthy ex

So afford me and children a quality of life that would not even be close to possible otherwise

Generally goes down like a sack of spuds on mumsnet re this kind of thing!

Oooh curious.

Brilliant thread!

How do you know ? There is nothing remotely interesting on it yet

On a narrowboat for the last 22 years.

No children by choice ... that would seem to be unusual and unconventional with the rest of my family! Other than that nothing much.

Live 300m up the side of a mountain in Snowdonia. We are off grid for water and sewerage, but other than that quite normal and dull.

@AnyFucker

Brilliant thread!

How do you know ? There is nothing remotely interesting on it yet

I should have been explicit

Brilliant topic for a thread

@Sometimesfraught82

Single parent here

With very very wealthy ex

So afford me and children a quality of life that would not even be close to possible otherwise

Generally goes down like a sack of spuds on mumsnet re this kind of thing!

I love it! good for you and kids!

@AnyFucker

Brilliant thread!

How do you know ? There is nothing remotely interesting on it yet

🤣

And actually not a page in - and I’m already very interested

Just went more details from posters (greedy!)

Live between two homes March to end of November
Not just talking weekends
Spend more time at our holiday home then our normal home
It’s about 5/2 or 4/3
Bloody love it
Had a cracking 5 days this week
Then in the winter spend about 8 weeks abroad

Probably nothing very unusual in that though to be fair

Now there is

@shewalkslikerihanna

Live between two homes March to end of November Not just talking weekends Spend more time at our holiday home then our normal home It’s about 5/2 or 4/3 Bloody love it Had a cracking 5 days this week Then in the winter spend about 8 weeks abroad

Probably nothing very unusual in that though to be fair

My dream

Presumably retirement age and no school children?

I thought 7 children was pretty interesting
My mind boggles actually

Pretty unusual to spend 8 weeks in winter abroad I'd have thought!

And living in 12 cities!

Do you plan to settle where you currently are?

@RIPwalter

Live 300m up the side of a mountain in Snowdonia. We are off grid for water and sewerage, but other than that quite normal and dull.

That sounds lovely.

Not me- very, very conventional- but my awesome friend who lives on a very small, tropical island with her 4 year old and part of her job is scuba diving. We miss her, but she's living the life. She left the corporate rat race, travelled, found paradise and had a baby at 43. Go girl.

@sometimesfraught82 Am not sure. I didn't exactly choose this way of life. Fell into it by accident. There have been v good times and v bad times.