Is there anyone here with teenage kids who doesn't have any desire to socialise without them? At least two friends of mine seem to have no desire to do this at all - they will happily just socialise at home with their teens there with us - every single time. Like it's totally changed now that their kids are teens, and there's no longer a need to do things without them like there was when they were small. We're at that stage of life now (we and lots of others we know have teenagers). I love hanging out with my kids (when they will agree to it), including with friends sometimes. But I also have an ongoing desire to just go out with my mates sometimes. There are still loads of things I wouldn't talk about in the same way with my teens there. This is normal, right? AIBU to want to be just with full-on adults, whom I'm not responsible for, sometimes?