What are your first actions when your dh or dp goes away and you have the house to yourself for a while?

[Featheryash]

I’ll start:

~ turn the setting on the toaster down
~ turn the heating down
~ open all the windows
~ remove all the wierd condiments cluttering up the kitchen counter and put them away properly
~ scrub the kitchen to within an inch of its life
~ clear all the wierd pots of things that he eats on toast out of the fridge and do a grocery order containing all the food I like
~ remove or wash all of his dirty laundry that lies alongside the laundry basket and either wash it or dump it elsewhere depending on how generous I’m feeling
~ steal his pillows 😄

Anyone else?

I just buy ice cream and watch trashy TV

Lie in bed all night watching youtube
Eat whatever I want for dinner (bowl of cereal, chippie) without DP doing 🙄
Let my dcs have dinner on the sofa (DP hates this and the dcs always grass me up)

Have a bath with door open and music on loud

Mines away this week. Day 1 all towels go in the wash and I change the sheets

Massive fart in the hallway and then sprawl on the sofa

A really leisurely and relaxing poo (this is more about kids being away though!)

I don't think I really do anything different if it's just DH. Everything I want to do I can do when he's here.

Get my favourite pizza, sprawl in the bed and watch all the girly films. All things I can do with him here but it feels different.

im going away for a night this weekend so my DH can make his own stinky tuna pasta bake in peace and stay up gaming in his boxers.

Put my feet up for a few hours. Mainly because he leaves at 4.30am.

Clean and tidy with really loud music on, with a bit of dancing around involved and then just r e l a x for the rest of the time.

Haha the window one is the same here! He doesn't mind me having the windows open of course anyway as it's my house as well but I love them wide open if at home during the day to give the house a good airing, we compromise if he's home and open them a normal amount (he'd happily have them closed).

I find something crap to watch on telly, have a long 'everything' bath, play with my toys sometimes. I can do all of those when he's here but it hits different when you have the house to yourself!

I’m enjoying these 😃

Ah yes the freedom to eat whatever you fancy … and then eat it in bed 😃😃… in front of a film of your choice

… my dh cooks most nights so he decides the menu most of the time.

And the freedom to have loud music on and make the house your “own” without disrupting their Zoom calls … .

Pre kids, I basically went feral and existed on pizza, diet coke, and bottles of lager. Back to back watching of the extended version of Lord of the Rings usually featured. Not exactly Instagram-worthy "living best life", but I loved it!

Post kids, if he takes the kids away for an overnight, I switch everything off, make a cup of tea, and sit down in absolute blissful silence for about a solid hour. Then I open all the windows.

And then I do whatever "big chore" that is the reason for them being away in the first place (painting etc), which can actually be quite good fun.

I'm currently trying to persuade my husband to do it soon so I can paint the living room....

Enjoy a lovely night's sleep with no snoring

Potter about in peace
if everyone is out - clean the bath, then run deep bath and borrow all the teen girl products (not stealing, I pay for most of them)
take coffee/glass of fizz/g&t in bath)
wash kitchen floor if cba

Enjoy the silence - he always has music blaring

Then invite my friends round

Put away the various pairs of his shoes that get left in the hallway. Put all his clothes, dirty or clean, that have been left around on the spare bed for him to deal with when he's back. Watch things he hates on TV. Stay up late.

Yes definitely this!!!

Wash everything on the bed. Open the bedroom windows wide and clean it.

Sort my laundry.

With time, clean the kitchen properly. Love that it stays immaculate.

Pour a glass of wine and order a takeaway. All things I can do when DH is here but its nice to do it quietly and in a tidy house!

Mine is away three nights, I'm putting new bedding on - unsullied by his death farts - and fresh nightie and bed socks. And I'm going to watch absolute TRASH in bed. DC's will join me until it's time for them to go to bed too.

Sleep in an L shape - upper body straight on my side of the bed, legs across his side.
Steal his pillows to make a nest.
Have a takeaway Chinese
Eat toast in bed

He doesn't go away- but my fantasy:
Total control of the tv remote.
Absolutely no diy, two men in a shed mend cars, fishing, or sport.

My favourite chilled white wine and posh crips while my perfectly cooked Chinese takeaway is delivered. (Duck pancakes, sticky ribs, chilli chips, duck in plum sauce, special fried rice.
Which I absolutely do not have to share.
The whole bed for me and the dogs and no snoring keeping me awake.

Pretty easy to please me

Chinese takeaway.

I buy a rib eye steak and share it with the cat whilst watching horror films

Turn the heating down
Open windows
Feel happy that I'm actually in control of the TV remote
Eat what I like when I like(DH's appetite is a lot bigger than mine)