I quite like my family

[LucyGru]

I had to make a long trip and spend a week without my husband and kids. Just logistics - no dreadful reason. Have been surprised by the number of people who assume that travelling alone will be bliss, and time alone an unimaginable luxury.

No? My husband and children are my favourite people in the world, and I quite like spending time with them?

I mean, I'm not crumbling without them. It's fine, I'm pottering about happily. But I'm not swinging from the chandeliers in whooping celebration of their absence. It's more fun when they're here.

I like my family too.
I like my dh and I like my (now adult) dc.

However, that isn't mutually exclusive with enjoying a bit of time alone. A bit of time when no-one has any demands on my time. Time to read a book or whatever else it is that I don't normally get time for.

It's good to miss your favourites from time to time.

Quite agree - time alone is great. I guess having older children means that time alone is not that rare. I get to read my book or pop out alone when I want to. I am enjoying only cooking for one.

But I still don't get the gleeful delight at the idea of a week without them.

Me too! I love spending time with my bestie (my teen daughter) and really enjoy having her around

Yes I was recently asked if I was enjoying motherhood. I said yes it's great!
And the bloke laughed and said you're only saying that because they're not here right now.
No.. and actually I'd much rather be at home with them than sat here talking to you ....

Some people need time alone to recharge, nothing to do with not liking their family enough.

Some people spend so much of their time putting the needs of others before their own, the only time they look to their own needs to when they're alone.