To confess this here?

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I have to say this out loud just once.

I hate being a mum

I love my children to the ends of the earth and would die for them. I really wouldn't be without them for anything.

But I hate the responsibility, the drudgery, the constant moaning and fighting. I hate having to wash their clothes and make them meals. I hate never being able to leave the house without it taking 2 hours. I hate never having time to be me or having even 5 minutes for the simplest of daydreams.

Binfullofmaggotsonthe45 " I don't think my dh, when he is sometimes a SAHD really does, he just sees it as extra time to read the paper, while my ds is digging a massive hole in the garden for a dinosaur."

---- that is my DH (part-time SAHD) to a tee! Are dads just a bit more relaxed? I'm on mat leave and can't wait to go back to work as i just wind myself up feeling guilty for not doing all the fun things (must try Tescos ventriloqism!) that I wish I could because I am to tired from BFing and too busy washing up. I love being an evening and weekend mum and I'm good at it. After a day at the office its fun to come home and pretend there are sharks in the lounge. And after some of the tantrums my senior male colleagues come out with it's relatively easy to deal with a 2 year old. I'm just not that good at the 24/7 mum thing.

But each to his/her own.

YANBU- me too

YANBU, I work almost full time & still feel like my entire being is taken up with being 'Mum'.

yanbu
I love being a mum mostly, but there have been times when I haven't, and those have been when I haven't had a break for far too long.
These days I jealously guard my time to myself (easier to come by now the youngest is at monte 3.5hrs/day, although I childmind 3 days), get away for entire nights with friends or DH, and I try to get a week away on my own once a year. This helps me keep my head out of the oven!

YANBU. I'm with you and am nodding in agreement with so many posts here.

My DCs are 5 and 3 and I am starting to find it less boring and stressful but overall, yeah, the responsibility and drudgery makes me want to weep. I am medicated and have been for the last couple of years. If I wasn't, I think I would probably be an alcoholic.

I love being a mum, but only because motherhood doesn't constitute all of my life. It sounds like you need to do more things that are not related to your DC, OP - a job, voluntary work, business. Oh, and get your DP/DH to step up more and take on alot of the drudgery (even if he works long hours!).