Do you ever fantasise about buggering off on your own for months?

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I do! I'm in my late 40s with two teenage DDs and a DH who I love very much. All of them. I could never actually DO it but I sometimes imagine myself moving to a small town in England and living in a bedsit all on my own...preferably an older town with plenty of history.

I'd spend my days reading and writing and painting and going on long walks.

I'd eat party food every evening...and probably start smoking again.

Then after a few months I'd come home again, completely refreshed.

I fantasise daily about the lovely life i will have when they all bugger off. Cosy apartment/cottage, no big shop, no cooking family meals, instead of housework every day i will have a nice walk and read a good book and do whatever else takes my fancy.

Sometimes I fantasise about driving as far as I can until I run out of petrol, then walk to the nearest town and get a job in a diner type place (the job would come with accommodation).
I am sure this is also a film plot!

@Devlesko

We travel together and live as we please, I've no need to get away on my own though. If you can't do it yourself why not include family rather than leaving them behind, and smoke if you want to, nothing stopping you doing what you want to, now.

Because they always want something from me.

Yes! Somewhere by the beach for long walks in the morning or early evening. Plenty of time to read and write and drink coffee. I would probably eat pasta every night though, or cheese. Or a lovely studio apartment in Paris or the Amalfi coast with amazing views and interesting places to explore. I would probably get lonely after a few days though. But I am definitely thinking that when my DCs are at uni (not for several years yet) I would like to take off travelling for a couple of months, with or without DH! Probably to Thailand / Vietnam / Cambodia.

Definitely.

And I’m planning on doing it.

I’ve always wanted to live in New York and jokingly said to Dh that I’d love to go for a month and he said do it. So I will. Will rent a serviced apartment. Explore. Walk. People watch. I’ve been a few times before but always with people who have never been so always end up doing the same touristy stuff. I want to have lots of time to really explore. See some shows/theatre. Might also go to the coast for a week and spend a quiet week by the sea in a little cottage.

Must read Ladder of Years - sounds good.

I have two primary aged children and a husband who is working from home ft. Often when I'm feeling stifled, I spend hours looking at one bedroomed cottages by the sea on Rightmove and imagining a life of self-sufficiency.
I adore my family, but I don't think I realised the extent of my need for space, quiet and independence before I had children. And I definitely didn't realise how physically and emotionally stifling family life can be. I am the managing director of this house and its a lot of pressure.

My more recent ones involve time travelling back to a place in my life where I could have made different choices and where they might have taken me. It's cheaper than therapy.

I have imagined running off all my life so own a camper van in the hope it will scratch that itch when lock down is over . I’ve now inherited a house near a beach in Cornwall. No idea why I’m still here if I’m honest. One day I will get in the car for work but just keep driving ......

@Cheeseismymiddlename the house in Cornwall is my go to fantasy. Swing your campervan by my house on the way will you?

@Daydrambeliever. Will my DH even notice the day I take the van and not the car to work .... ?

Me. My kindle. My sewing machine plus craft stuff. Heaven. 2 weeks would do for me I think.

My youngest is 6 when they are grown I will downsize into a small flat with a minimum of possessions. It will be white and lovely.

When the dc were little I used to fantasise about being wrongfully imprisoned. Locked up with nothing to do but sleep!

We are just getting our campervan sorted and i cant wait to get out and explore.

I don't just dream it. I do it. We have a lovely 2 storey studio flat in a seaside town near us and (pre -lockdown) I'd often bugger off there on my own leaving DH and adult DC at home. Before we bought the flat I'd sometimes book a night in a Travelodge just to get some peace and quiet. I'd check in with a bottle of wine and a bag of M&S sandwiches and spend the afternoon and evening reading and doing puzzles and chilling.

I’m really pleasantly surprised to read so many of you want to live somewhere small like a flat or cottage. My retirement plans involve a flat with a balcony overlooking a river or woods or a tiny cottage somewhere beautiful and peaceful. The coziness, simpleness and ease appeals to me but I thought I was mad as everyone else seems to want massive houses. I’ve found my people