Irks me to see mums boasting about "childfree" nights out & "kid free weekends away"

[Bridgetjoneski]

I just find it very distasteful! I have one or two mum friends on insta & know them in real life. But at least every fortnight they have insta posts up about "kid free" night out with dh or "kid free weekend away". They are quite wealthy & both work full time, I just find it very unsavoury. Tag a dinner your hubby but no need to state the kids absense.
Is this a rising trend or just limited to the pair I know? The latest status tagging the latest dinner out was "not a child in sight"...

@Bridgetjoneski your latest post now makes me think this can’t be real 😂-kids in afterschool club and husband making dinner??

Precisely. Other cultures eg Spain & Italy are far more child centric. I have no problem with parents having their nights out but the #childfree hashtags are vile

You sound like a hoot!

I think maybe you need a sense of humour injection 😊

You know you can just unfollow these people who are ‘grim’.

But children can be a pain in the arse and being a parent can be a slog at time. It would be worse to pretend that everything is rainbows and lollipops all of the time when it comes to parenting which can be a thing on SM too so I imagine it's just backlash related to the perfect Insta parenting which is common.

People also have different personalities, I'd never call my husband my 'prince charming' because it would make me want to vomit but I'd be more likely to post on SM about a childfree evening.

Why can't my kids be in after school? They are 10 & 12 DH is making dinner as I'm collecting the kids & also need to run an errand on the way back. It's called working as a team! And why should DH not make dinner, he loves cooking & is far better than me!

@Bridgetjoneski just stop following these crass, grim, vile people🙄

I have actually muted them as of now.

OP, I feel for her, if she had to tag the child free time every time, their kids must be very hard work.😂

It is cool and trendy, like showing everyone that there is still spark and they haven't fell in the tedious routine.

Let them enjoy that time. Don't look into their SM, you don't really have to look into their SM, you are not obligated to do it.

But at least they'd know we still love them.

Distasteful, unsavoury, grim and vile are words that you have used for Mums who dare to have a bit of downtime from their children.

FFS you need to get out a bit more and stop dumping your kids in after school care.

I‘m going to assume that your children are in a sports clubs and the like rather than in childcare.
Your DH has been at work all day while you have been having brunch and doing yoga but he’s the one making dinner?

It's working full time Mums you clearly have an issue with them.

Hmm perhaps you need to stop them living in your head rent free as well. You've spent all afternoon complaining about it.

No issue with your husband cooking dinner or kids being in clubs but for someone who is actively judging mums for spending time away from their children you don’t seem to be doing that much parenting yourself!

I go out once a month with friends and we talk about how it’s great to have a child free day. Granted I don’t use face book or instagram as I’m not 13, but I think it’s normal to be happy with some child free time.

Maybe you don’t understand it as you don’t have child care or work to do.

Ohhhhh.... so you are a SAHM whose kids are in after school... and you are looking down your judgey nose at someone posted #childfree on Instagram...

Childfree from 9am-5.15pm. Nice work if you can get it!

Exactly.

I don't know why OP is pretending that she doesn't have an issue with working mothers. She clearly does.

Music & martial arts their choice of extracurriculars. They wanted to do them so we have no problem with that. Why would we so no!

I'm not "implying" that there is any problem. Childfree is a factual statement about that moment in time, if you read more into it, you're projecting.

Kids are clearly reaping the benefits of a SAHM being on hand all day while they're at school... Sorry, still thinking about her posts on the other thread

Yeah I thinking that perhaps the reason OP doesn't understand why parents post the "vile, crass, grim" hashtags about socialising without their kids, is because for them it's a rare and remarkable thing, and for OP it's not

Because you bloody eat it all without having to share or pick something off the floor every two minutes....🙄😁

Having an entire day of floating about having brunch and doing yoga is exactly the same as spending a day at work, I don’t know what you are talking about.

It's hard to credit women with this mindset are out there!!

I have never knowingly met one!