"Quick run to avoid dinner with kids" - would you post this on social media?

[helpamamaout]

Saw someone (with 80,000+ IG followers) post this this evening. Pretty shocked. I know all parents need a break at times, but to phrase it like this on social media just seems wrong on so many levels.

Edit: the title should read " Quick run to avoid dinner time with kids".

Presumably tongue in cheek? I don't mind dinner time but I'd happily and shamelessly arrange an activity that meant missing bedtime.

There was no exclamation mark or emoji etc to suggest it was tongue in cheek

I’d post it - I would like to think people know I am a pretty decent parent, adore my child, but that sometimes I just need to get out on my own..... I don’t think there’s anything that shocking in what she’s posted

Shocked? Blimey!

Very very strange. I avoid running by eating dinner.

I'm not sure of the issue, I'd sssume they theought they were being funny, but we have all had times our kids drive us nuts.

What's your angst all about?

I thought it was quite funny actually, and you must be pretty joyless to be "shocked" by it

Jesus, so what?

Pretty shocked why?

@Seaseasea

seasea actually, that’s a really good point! If I posted that my friends would think I was signalling for help as I’d been kidnapped..... running?! Nothings that bad is it?! Poor woman must of been driven demented at home to even consider if!

I'd take it as a toungue in cheek comment.
When the boys were very young I hated tea time. They were tired and cranky and it was just awful!

Struggling to see the issue here. Are you generally quite humourless OP?

So who is feeding the kids?

There was no exclamation mark or emoji etc to suggest it was tongue in cheek

And you need one?

Seaseasea Quick dinner with the kids to avoid running

Oh wait, there was no exclamation mark or emoji??

Call Child Services on the evil lycra clad bitch!

So who is feeding the kids

What because that's mums job?

Dad, gran, grandparent, what does it matter?

So who is feeding the kids?

Presumably the other parent. My husband cooks the kids dinner more often than I do.

God you’d be shocked at the some of the stuff my friends post. They adore their children but HATE Lego land/balloons/Santa’s grottos etc and post some really hilarious stuff about it.

I assume the children aren’t being left unsupervised while shock horror, someone does some exercise

If I could get away with chucking some nuggets and oven chips on the kitchen floor and leaving them to it I can't promise I wouldn't consider it

^^winky face just in case anyone doesn't realise the above comment was tongue in cheek

Maybe they weren’t being funny. Maybe they were just being honest. I am not ashamed to say that sometimes I do this too, and why the fuck shouldn’t I wen mealtimes can be an absolute battleground and so draining. Why shouldn’t their dad have to do it sometimes? Why is it so bad to admit that sometimes you need a break and some time to yourself?

Dinner time is one of the worst parts of my day. Would gladly run to avoid it, less likely to admit that on social media 🤣

Is this someone you don't like op, and you're just looking for a reason and making yourself look a bit of a twat in the process, or is it all women you judge?

@fusioluxe 😂😂