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AIBU?

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to think that a SAHM skiving sometimes is ok?

51 replies

Bogeyface · 29/09/2011 00:38

I should add that I dont spend all day watching Jeremy Kyle or "lunching". I am talking about when you are not feedng/changing/bathing/playing/reading with the kids/school running/cooking/cleaning/washing....this could go on forever, but you get the idea! There are times during the day when the kids are at school and baby is asleep for an hour and I look at the sheer chaos around me (I have 6 kids at home) and think "Ah fuck it" grab a blanket and a book and chill/nap until the baby wakes up, she is 17 weeks and sleeps through at night btw.

I still do all the work but I tend to put the washing on in the evening as the kids uniforms go in after they are in bed with the babys mountain bits of washing. I do the bottles before bed, have a tidy round etc and fit the cleaning in (har har) as and when. So I am on the go on and off until about 11 most nights, but I am a night owl and function well like that.

By doing this I find that I dont resent H as much as I did when I didnt have the odd skive, for the fact that he gets his lunch breaks and days off when I dont. I dont get stroppy when he wants to spend his day off doing naff all because he spends the day seeing to the baby (he hardly sees her during the working week due to his stupidly stupid hours that his boss insists he works), he does the school runs as he likes doing it when he can and I skive the house work but still do the cooking/washing etc. I figure that the dust will still be there tomorrow!

Please dont turn this into a WOHM v SAHM debate btw! This isnt meant like that at all. I have been both, and I fully appreciate how hard being a F/T WOHM is.

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poorbuthappy · 29/09/2011 09:38

I too am currently having some down time! and having some Brew...

controlpantsandgladrags · 29/09/2011 10:01

YANB at all U. If you look at howm frequently I post on here you'll note that I am a big fan of the furtive skive!

Hardgoing · 29/09/2011 10:08

Anyone who has six children, including a 17 week old baby is not having a skive, they are having a much needed rest. YANBU!

Yellowstone · 29/09/2011 10:23

The Puritans were a dreary lot.

Icancancatchbabies · 29/09/2011 10:31

Of course YANBU. Enjoy.Smile

SoupDragon · 29/09/2011 10:33

If you are happy then who cares?

Icancancatchbabies · 29/09/2011 10:34

BTW I am skivving now (as many other mnetters are) by having a little -half an hour- 10 mintues on here. i don't feel guilty at all. I have this morning (as will many other parents), got three children ready for school/nursery, got my self showered/ ready, dropped them all off, tidied round, filled dishwasher, hoovered etc. I would be bored shitless if I didn't have some ME time.

Icancancatchbabies · 29/09/2011 10:37

Also op, lunching with small baby is not skiving. Shock One can not possibly relax when on duty.Grin

thatboysmum · 29/09/2011 11:16

My DP will sometimes moan if he knows i've had a nap in the day because he can't as he is at work so i explained to him that although you get up early and i get up maybe half hour later than you even if you do wake me up with your f*ing alarm that you snooze for 2 hours, you finish at 5 and I don't stop bloody working until I go to bed and I don't get paid for it!
At the moment DS is only half day at nursery so once ive done everything that needs to be done I see that as my time as it is the only time I get to be alone to take a breather. I don't feel guilty.

GalaxyWeaver · 29/09/2011 11:20

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PattySimcox · 29/09/2011 11:22

Come on you lot, please share your magic 15 minute whizz round, I've got important MNing to do today Grin

LingDiLong · 29/09/2011 11:22

YANBU! My baby is napping and I am mumsnetting with an empty packet of custard creams to the left of me and a whole lot of mess and chaos to the right. Any time now I'm going to get up and tidy. Oh yes, any time now...

Paschaelina · 29/09/2011 11:31

I'm skiving right now. Boy is asleep for hopefully another hour. I have just eaten 2 muffins for breakfast and a can of coke Blush and now i'm lounging on the sofa with the craptop buggering about on here and various other sites.

I have put washing on, fed Boy and (basically) cleaned the kitchen so actually I feel quite virtuous.

My 15 minute routine would be:

Sweep/hoover and mop kitchen floor - 7 minutes
Clean the sink and worksurfaces if necessary, empty/fill dishwasher - 5 minutes
Wipe down loo & basin & stick harpic down - 3 minutes

Have a washing pile waiting on the kitchen table to be folding when I see DH coming up the garden path. Bang kettle on and say as he comes through the door:

"Oh hello lovely, just about to stop for a cuppa after finishing this humungous washing pile Smile Do the honours will you? I'm knackered!"

Whilst gazing beamingly round sparkling kitchen ignoring child in the corner attempting to eat cat litter/moss/random piece of previously thrown food

JoandMax · 29/09/2011 11:33

YANBU at all! Everyone needs a break now and again. I didn't with DS1 and thought I should always be doing jobs or something... DS2 and I have just finished a 1.5 hour doze on the sofa together while DS1 is at pre-school, it was lovely!

GalaxyWeaver · 29/09/2011 11:34

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Ragwort · 29/09/2011 11:38

Too right - I am off to sunbathe in the garden for at least a couple of hours Grin - DH won't be home until 7pm - he is bringing his boss home for dinner - the meal is organised, washing done and dried (ironing can wait) house is tidy .......... I often think (DC at school) that the busist time is from 3.30pm onwards so why not relax in the day Smile.

whackamole · 29/09/2011 12:24

YAB totally U.

I never spend time at work mnetting or buying stuff from Amazon and hiding from my boss, no never wouldn't happen

nethunsreject · 29/09/2011 12:30

Yanbu.

Ds 1 is at school, ds2 is napping, I am having a lunch break!

Everything will still get duone, but I need to sit down for half an hour.

corygal · 29/09/2011 12:33

Skiving anytime, anywhere is fine.

startail · 29/09/2011 12:34

Good at the skiving, doing it now! Bad at the house work, very tolerant DH, who probably secretly prefers mess, because he is very untidy himselfGrin

MrsBloomingTroll · 29/09/2011 12:36

YANBU.

A lunch break to read some sleb twaddle online clear your head and plan your afternoon is imperative, whether SAHM or WOHM.

JenaiMarrHePlaysGuitar · 29/09/2011 12:43

Me neither, whackamole [whistles]

You should be ashamed of yourself, OP.

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Bogeyface · 29/09/2011 14:48

Thanks all!

Inspired by you all I had a proper full on skive this lunchtime :o There was a huge lot of washing to do but I chucked it in the conservatory, shut the door and went to meet my sister for a coffee and a mooch! I felt bad when I got back, not because I went out but because the washing tripped me up when I got back in as I had forgotten about it so now I need to do a 15 min miracle before the school run :o

But......I have forgiven myself because if I hadnt gone out then I wouldnt have spotted the brilliant bargain of a Vtech Kiddizoom camera in the Buzz Lightyear design for the bargainous price of £15 with a free carry case! Thats 2 Xmas presents bought and it aint even October:)

Oh, it was in Home Bargains btw, if anyone is interested but be quick as they were selling like hot cakes!

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Icancancatchbabies · 29/09/2011 16:00

Good on you bogey. I too was inspired by thread and have a lazy day! had a lovley long lunch with friend, mnetted, facebooked etc. Bliss!!! Smile

NinkyNonker · 29/09/2011 16:09

You have 6 children at home and think you skive?! Blimey, I must be a lazy slattern then, I have one 13 month old (just walking so she is a monkey...) and am in early pregnancy so am feeling pretty rough and I skive a lot.

My 15 mins (need to start soon, DH starts work early and finishes early):

  • Make sure all dirty stuff is in dishwasher
  • Toys/random assorted crap in basket or other home
  • Kitchen wiped
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