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"...

#missingmyappendage #wishingIhadashittynappytochange #whereohwherearemyBABIES #solostwithoutmygeneticminimes #cantbeartobewithoutthem #mybreakingheart #wishiwaswithmykids4eva

Can only hope while OP's here riling up internet strangers, her children are enjoying their #mumfree #breakfrombatshittery time to the full....

as someone who gets all the time off you get your perspective is off. For many the child free time IS the treat.

OP you’ve written 71 posts basically saying the same thing.

“It’s inappropriate”

“It’s distasteful.”

“Why do they feel the constant need to say childfree?”

This must be the most dragged out thread ever. Poor kids haven’t seen their mum all day, but hey, at least OP isn’t talking about them on social media…

it's funny isn't it... you never see dad's post about kid free time, because that's their default.

tell me @Bridgetjoneski do you feel the same annoyance about the many men who spend the majority of their time 'kid free'

Well that's why context matters. Frostfree= great quality in a freezer, not so much in the north pole.
Childfree= crucial in a nightclub, concerning in a nursery school.

I would have wondered why they chose to emphasise that aspect of their fun on nights out.

Why not # playing bridge with good friends?
Why not # whooping it up at so and so's wedding?
Why not # loving every minute of the concert?

It's the emphasis I'm concerned about here, and the implication that children are so unpleasant that their absence needs to be remarked above and instead of any other aspect of the evening

When you're posting a picture of your slightly squiffy self in some venue at night, why hit people over the head with the bleeding obvious - that you've found someone to babysit and your children are not with you on your night out?

Because this thread is about language, and language matters.

#atemybiscuitnotpinchedbytoddler#

Perhaps if the OP worked a 40 hour week and wasn't coming to her evenings with her children relaxed from her day of swimming, brunch, whatever else, where she doesn't even have to cook dinner because DH does it after work, then she would feel the need for some child free time more often and would understand why some people use that phrase and stop judging people who work harder than she does.

Because this thread is about language, and language matters.

#childfree #datenight
People don't know what kind of chaos words like this can be. Wake up sheeple

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If everything you see on social media annoys you stop going on there. Comparison is the thief of joy!

People post all kinds of shite on social media. Which is why I got rid 🤣.

Removed for quote function fail

@mathanxiety

”When you're posting a picture of your slightly squiffy self in some venue at night, why hit people over the head with the bleeding obvious - that you've found someone to babysit and your children are not with you on your night out?”

why not?
who gives a shit?
well you might tbf but so what really?

Sheeple! Hahaha.

The frost is objectionable in 100% of the realistic situations where you'll find a freezer. You're still grasping at straws here.

The word "free" tagged onto any other word implies the prefix is objectionable in an objective sense, independent of context.

Why do you think people need reminding that you've left your children at home and haven't brought them to the nightclub? They're probably capable of working that out for themselves. So what are you really trying to say when you hashtag childfree?

Bingo!

#metime perhaps

I think you are massively overthinking, projecting and being oversensitive about this.

Nobody invites you to nightclubs do they?

This thread is insanity. Who cares what hashtag someone uses on social media to describe their weekend or night away without their children? And no the term childfree is in no way comparable to Nazi propaganda #ridiculous. 🙄

@mathanxiety precisely. They are implying negative connotations towards their children by using #childfree to highlight what should be a nice night out with friends or dp. There is absolutely no reason to mention their children especially in such a negative #notakidinsight way.