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"...

I sing kid free nights from the rooftops 😂😂
Yes they are a burden sometimes and I bloody love a night away!!

I can love them and also feel bound by them at the same time 😂

Unclench and realise that you don't have to papoose them to your body to be a good parent 😊

It is just a hashtag. It really isn’t that deep or serious. Just because you interpret it as something negative doesn’t mean everyone else does or should.

#childfree to me in their context means exactly that. They are free of their children for that time period. Unless the people who use it say they despise their children or despise children in general, I’m going to take it in the literal sense and the context used.

I enjoy my childfree periods when I get them, even though they are currently few and short. I don’t post about them on Instagram because I don’t post about my children on there at all but don’t care what other parents choose to do. Good that they are enjoying themselves.

Have you seen something in person that makes you think they don’t love their children? Are they being abusive towards their children? If not, yabu, if so, yabu to be here moaning about the use of a hashtag.

If only there was some way not to see these hashtags! 🙄 difficult when one is a judgemental nosy twit though I guess

How else is she supposed to fill all her childfree time?

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@Bridgetjoneski

NEWSFLASH!

being child free may well be the best part of the night! Because the good wine and good conversation and lovely restaurants or whatever may not be possible or certainly less enjoyable if you have a child/children there who you need to look after.

can you really really not see that !

You do know children won't be devastated/have their lives ruined/turn into serial killers when they're older because of a hashtag, right? You talk as if they're being mortally wounded! No, what hurts children is actual neglect and abuse and growing up in households where they are ignored and mistreated. Parents relishing a night out without their offspring and hashtagging it on their social media – which small kids shouldn't be on anyway, while older kids loathe being friended by their parents – is not harmful. Your narrative that we must protect their poor little souls from a jokey hashtag or they might combust is just bizarre.

Really? I'd be thinking woohoo, parent free time. Even as a young child I was aware that having me around all the time must be pretty wearing and my parents would value time away from me. And I certainly valued time away from them.

The obsessive need of people to show case their boring private life publicly on social media irks me - never mind about childfree night out. Who the fuck cares? Have a medal for having a night out. & no I don't want to see a photo of your supper.

Jealous OP?

I rarely go out without my son but that’s my choice, I wouldn’t feel comfortable going away for a wkend but I have friends who do and neither is wrong it’s just what suits you

Is it because you don't get invited along on these nights out? A tiny bit of envy making you so spiteful?

I think judging and shaming parents for a frivolous post on social media is far more distasteful than grownups enjoying a child free meal every now and again. If they irritate you so much then unfollow them.

Honest man, get over yourself, distasteful 😂😂

All your days are child free though 😂

Irks me when people say sahm when they actually mean galavanting all day while kids are in school 🙄

It seems you are annoyed at the parents saying they are having kid-free time. Maybe do some introspection and try to figure out why you feel this way. I mean, surely they have a right to post what they want without being judged, as you have a right to scroll on and not analyse and internalise their words…

You don’t need to do this, OP.

There is a life out there for you. What do you enjoy, what are you interested in?

This reminds me of a couple who threw out the copy of ‘five minutes peace’ that they had been given because they said a story about poor old mrs. Large just wanting a quiet bath would be damaging to their kids… who must never ever get the impression that they are not the centre of their parents attention AT ALL TIMES.

TBH @Bridgetjoneski really ought to homeschool. She's running the risk of her kids growing up and realise she chose not to spend every waking moment with them. The poor dears.

You sound a hoot op. I'd like to add you on social media purely so I can start doing this.

'Unsavoury' 😂WTF?!

I just think lucky them. It doesn’t irk me. My son is 9 and I’ve spent exactly 4 nights away from him in that time… because I was in hospital.

How are the parents “constantly” doing this when you’ve said it’s a fortnightly thing. That’s twice a month/ 2 times out of 30 days, for perspective…

This has GOT to be a piss take!

Nobody gets this rageful over little annoying things other people do on SM, surely?!