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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

To be utterly self indulgent sometimes?

35 replies

Fuckthisforsoldiers · 23/02/2018 00:52

So I have a daughter who’s 16 sen who’s really done well this year and on track to get 5+ grades in her GCSEs ( to us dinosaurs that’s all c’s and b’s) after some real rough times where I’ve had to get help from ss and police. She’s blossomed onto a young woman I would never have dreamed could exist 2 years ago when she was threatening to kill me because I’d taken her phone away. I have also inherited an 18 yr old boy who’s father had a mental breakdown and tried to kill him, said boy has eating disorder and anxiety, he qualifies for a council property but I genuinely believe he benefits from family life and is so welcome in my home and is a gentle and kind young man . I have my youngest ds who is 9 months and is a 4am riser, happy and gorgeous but a real challenge to ‘keep alive’ since he’s so adventurous and hyper. Dp is a lovely gentle soul but not much help around the home as he seems to miss the point of domestic tasks and has no babydar so can sleep through ds at any time of the day. I have a modest but clean, organised home and we eat well. I think I’m a good parent, however on average twice a week I drink about a bottle of wine( over several hours always hear the baby) and smoke a joint and either listen to an album or watch a film. This usually can only occur after about 11pm when everyone else is asleep and occasionally I will run a bath and lay in it sipping wine by candles ( sometimes getting a bit cold by the time I’m out) have been known to attack a packet of Doritos with melted cheese then drag ds to the health club the next day to demolish guilt. I always feel guilty for this sort of indulgence should I?

OP posts:
HuskyMcClusky · 23/02/2018 05:00

I couldn’t give a toss about the odd spliff here and there.

I don’t think it’s cool to be drunk & sleep-deprived when you have sole responsibility for a baby. Even if your partner does have a big dong.

Mummyoflittledragon · 23/02/2018 05:10

You drink a bottle of wine, smoke a spliff and take a bath. Do you want your children to one day wake up to you dead? Your dp may be fit and have a big knob but that’s not going to look after a child with sen, a baby and a vulnerable young adult. I really think you need to limit the booze and cut out the baths altogether. Have one with candles on a Sunday afternoon or something and lock the door.

ivehadtonamechangeforthis · 23/02/2018 05:22

YANBU to want a couple of hours to yourself to unwind. I often sit up and have a glass of wine and watch something I want to watch after everyone has gone to bed.

BUT, I really don't think it's advisable to down a bottle or two of wine - that's too much when you're still in charge of a baby, and i would never encourage smoking a joint whilst you have kids in the house, I wouldn't want them to smell it and think it was 'ok' to do it too.

ivehadtonamechangeforthis · 23/02/2018 05:24

Can you really overlook the lack of hands on help because he has a big knob??

Is this thread a wind up?

Twocatsonebaby · 23/02/2018 15:09

I wouldn't say a spliff is fine around a baby and two impressionable teens. Maybe not around them

TitaniasCloset · 23/02/2018 15:38

The replies on this are shocking. I just don't get it. OP you sound completely normal to me, just don't let the drinking creep up on you.

Bluntness100 · 23/02/2018 15:47

Jeez, just make sure your partner is capable if you need to wake him for support. It shouldn't have to always be you and enjoy.

Too much pearl clutching on here. The kids have two parents.

TitaniasCloset · 23/02/2018 22:19

Op I was thinking about you.

I'm just wondering if the real problem you are not speaking about is that you are falling out of love with your man because you are seeing him as an extra child, who isn't as strong or adult as you?

I think you should tell him darling.

It's not fair that these men get away with this shit.

I would want escapism too.

Well I do but I have issues so if this is not you, sorry.

Lifeisabeach09 · 24/02/2018 13:11

What a judgmental bunch!
I assume you mean drinking the bottle of wine whilst family were still up and the smoking the spliff after 11pm.
You have two other young adults plus DP in the home if there's an emergency.
And everyone functions differently on little sleep and looking after baby.
Enjoy your relaxation time (no sarcasm).

TitaniasCloset · 25/02/2018 15:40

Ignore my last stupid post. My brain does these things when I can't sleep.

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