How often are you alone?

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I think I’m starting to go mad
I’m never ever alone
I neeeeeed some space, to not be touched, not be talked to, just not have anyone buzzing around me
But don’t know if I’m expecting too much

How often are you completely alone?

Do you have small children? I used to feel like that every now and again when mine were little.
Now they are adult I am alone a lot and while I love my own company I kind of miss those days a little bit!

I was left alone for around 2 hours 3 weeks ago. That was the first time I had been alone in the house for around 3 years. Maybe more.

Does driving to work or being alone in my office (that people come to on a regular basis) count?

I came home half a day early in late January and no one was in the house (not even the dog) it was actually really lovely.

Not often enough! Even on my day off DP is working from home. I had a couple of days alone during half term for the first time ever since children and it was lovely, totally recommend it.

When my kids are at school and my husband has gone into the office so maybe twice a week. I love my time alone. Last year I was so frazzled from renovating the house and looking after pre school twins that my husband sent me to an Airbnb down the road for three nights. At first, I said I'd be coming home before the time was up but I didn't! I binge watched Bridgerton and ate brie on crackers. Best holiday ever!

Not often since one of my teens started refusing school.

I suppose going to the supermarket or running counts as alone time top though.

Definitely not enough, I'll get a couple of hours when the kids are asleep and DH is at work (he works nights) and then I'm zonked out for the night too. Constant activity makes my brain feel like it's going into overdrive.

I also used to feel like that.

Nowadays I’m alone a lot. I work from home most of the time. DH and one DD out at work and one DD at uni.

Barely ever.

DH is always here

He nipped out for twenty minutes today

That's it

All the time. I make sure. I can't stand it if I don't. Always have.
When ds1 was little I put him in the gym crèche and came home and sat in silence in the lounge for 1.5 hours before going through get him.

DH is retired now so here all the time so I don’t often get time alone. He gardens but I don’t really count that as he’s still around. DS is supposed to be an uni but is here all the time too.

My Dad died last summer and his house is empty so I go to Ireland and stay there fairly regularly now. Will be gutted to see it sold! I struggled to settle there in the evenings initially after he died but I’m fine now.

Every evening when I come home after work and the gym. Shower, into my pyjamas, have my dinner and settle down to catch up on messages and Netflix.

Far more now the DC are adults and have moved out. DH is retired but very busy and out a lot, often for hours at a time.

When the DC were small we used to take turns on Saturdays to take them out so the other one got precious home alone time.

A friend used to leave hers at home with their dad, race round Tesco then sit in the car for half an hour.

Every day for 3 hours and it's fucking blisd

bliss

Very rarely. Generally only when I am sleeping or maybe an hour at the weekend. Does drive me a bit batty

Barely ever and its hard work. Technically I am physically alone in the house a couple of times a week. However I am delivering live training sessions online for the entire time (the rest of the family leave after I start and get back before I finish) . So I actually have between 10 nd 20 people with me virtually.

I suppose I have the breaks in the training but that gives me time to go to the loo , make a coffee and do the attached paperwork . So in the day I get about 3 minutes on my own .

I love my family but bloody hell half an hours quiet is my biggest goal.

Hardly ever, but that's through choice as I'm an extrovert and being alone for too long gets me down.

I have always loved time on my own but wfh fulltime while everyone is out of the house at work or school does get a bit lonely.

Often. My DS is at his dad half the week. Otherwise I live alone and work from home. If I don't make an effort to see people, I can go days without seeing anyone.
I'm an introvert so it suits me.

The time it takes dh to do the school run, so about 40mins tops if that happens to be a day ds18 is at work.
Dh works from home and teen works shifts so there is nearly always someone here asking random nonsense.

Hardly ever, l was alone in the 16th for 5 hours, first time in 4 months, l slept, read and ate. I won’t be alone till March 2nd and l can’t wait. Before that was every Wednesday from September to November before that was 20 months l wanted to cry. I will never take time on my own for granted again.

Never ever. I crave it! But only for a while then to miss them all

I get 3 hours a day now when the kids are in school. Youngest does a half day in school nursery so I enjoy the time to myself even if it's just doing housework. Before he started in September I got virtually zero time alone. My mum would take all the kids for a couple of hours about once every 3 months.

Never, come to think of it. Or does the bathroom count? I might get five minutes alone for a wee every now and again.