SAHM: What "me time" do you give yourself? What do you do during that time?

[SKLily]

I know some mothers that have full time live in help and they seemingly have all the "me time" in the world! I know I have more than the average SAHM but I was wondering about other people?
My "me time" is 2 hours at the gym daily (sometimes that includes Pilates or Yoga, or I spend time in the lounge/steam room. While son is at nursery or with dad on weekends).
Then 2-4 hours alone with my husband in the evenings and my morning lay-ins on weekends.
Once a week we get a sitter and have date night. About once a week I go to Urban Retreat just down the road to get waxed/manicured/massaged.

Luckily my husband works from home so as long as he doesn't have conference calls he can watch the kids for a few hours while I gym.

I can be a bit judgemental of the SAHMs that don't work and have full time help, but then again I know I get more than the average mum as well. It seems like they never see their children though! AIBU about this? I know it doesn't affect me but when they complain over the littlest things or say they're exhausted from shopping it gets on my nerves.

What do you guys do during your me time?

OP, does your dh get much work done while looking after the kids for two hours a day? ?

Popcorn and waits :)

Yawn

Hold on...this rings some bells. Are you the one that was on here the other day that recon they live in Knightsbridge and cant cope with school runs?
OP you sound very sad indeed.
Let me go get a choc ice and watch the circus begin

You live a nice life of self indulgence. What's the problem.

Vivie
Its all bullshit

Ooh shall I bite?
Op I think shams are lazy so and sos and need to get out and get a job.
I think wohms are getting ideas above their station and neglecting their children and husbands and not making beautiful homes. They should have their children taken off them and they deserve for their husbands to run off with his secretary.

I spend my me time trolling the Internet
Oh I actually I don't cause I'm not a sad twat

Have you figured out what age you are yet, OP?

Oh for gods sake it's a GF isn't it

hobnobs

Hahahahaha

Funniest thing Ive read in ages.

Last time i had "me time" was c. 2006 when i only had one preschooler and worked full time. I think dh stayed in while i went to a works night out. Unless you include my commute to work.

I became a sahm in 2011 and haven't had a minute to myself since. I am up every day before 7, including weekends.

I get judgemental about sahm who complain they have it bad when their child is at nursery in the week, and at their nrp at the weekend. When do you see your child?

Oh you're the one who can't get her bum out if bed to take her son to school, I think?

I'm not very interested in how much you time you have. However, I'd love to hear how much down time your DH gets.

Wtf?

Oh poor you, making your son late because you can't get fully awake?

Get your dh to do it. He works from home and watched the kids while you go to the gym, he can get them to school.

I don't see the difference between you and a sahm that has full time help tbh.

Maud

In my me time I am a semi- professional troll hunter

My 'me time' is locking the door and sitting down for a nice long relaxing poo every morning.

I only let the children out their cages for an hour in the morning and evenings and other than that I'm pretty much free to do whatever I like. I feel for you, you do seem very tied down, perhaps you need a chat with your husband to ask him to help out a bit more. Mines is happy to supervise the children on one of the others they are out the cage whilst they run round the garden which frees up more me time for me to tickle my sphincter if I so desire.

in fact have the whole packet!

I have no child are help except pils who can step in in an emergency.
My Dh works away at times (long haul so away 2 weeks at a time)
Both DC now at school so as long as they aren't off ill I get time to myself during the day.
I don't go to the gym...I dislike them so I walk for exercise.
Once I have done the cleaning, washing, food prep, shopping etc I can watch to, read, have a bath or go for a walk.
Increasingly though I am becoming my mothers main help too (she is ill and frail) so that may change :(
I would love a pt job but with the children, Dhs work pattern and mum it's impossible.

Me Time is when I go shopping on a Saturday for the family for the week.

flat c'mon now, you can't be opening up the choc ices and not share!

Oh! Is it a troll?
Ffs.

OP seriously though, are you asking necause you're considering getting a full time nanny? If so, I don't think you need to worry about being judged (if you are worried about that?) as I for lots of people in your socio-economic bubble having a full time nanny and being a SAHM is quite normal, so I doubt it will raise many eyebrows. Yes, I'm sure as a SAHM with a full time nanny you would get a lot of 'me time', but it does mean your children will be raised by their nanny not you.

ass he spends nights looking after our 4 month girl and he lives in an American time zone due to work but works from home. He also doesn't drive. He works from 12:30 pm to 10:00 pm