Evenings

[legohouse]

Mine are lonely and long....i sometimes enjoy them but most often feel very alone

I struggle with evenings. Although today I'm eating ben & jerrys while watching the kardashians. At least I don't have to share the B&J .

5yo DD is still awake upstairs. As if it's not bad enough talking to an adult I get to chase her around for hours and interupt my food .

My DC are awake but in their bedrooms, the nights are long.

not talking to an adult I mean.

I often wonder what single parents did before mumsnet / facebook / twitter? At least there's always a virtual person I can chunter along to.

just feels relentless right now, other times not so bad...

It's a little better when the evenings start getting lighter, for me anyway. I have a new OU module starting in the spring too.

Sometimes my auntie calls me. Mum sometimes calls to make sure I haven't jumped off the roof or e-bayed the DC's .

Evenings are rubbish for me too.

I dont have people around in the evenings much because my child is so nosey and wants to be downstairs with the adults meaning that i cant have adult conversations.

Hate evenings and can't wait for the enforced frivolity to finish. I am the grinch.

What's worse is my friend is looking after DD tonight/tomorrow but due to it being for work reasons I can't/won't make any plans for tonight. AND the place is empty.

I hate evenings too. Most of the time I find things to do though... Tonight I put all my 7 year old's new Match Attax cards in his album and sorted out swapsies lol! Then had a shower and am now off to bed.

Very resentful towards exh atm as my 2 year old really plays up at bedtime and then wakes around 3am wanting to come into bed with me...

Hey. So listless in the evenings here too. I don't do anything. I don't do housework, I don't do anything productive OR relaxing. Just fiddle on my phone & feel lonely! I think If I turn my phone off early in evening, would be better!!!

I like evenings but only because I'm naturally a loner I think. Plus I've got tons of DVDs I'm trying to get through so kind of look forward to the time to myself. I think if I actually had friends it would hit me harder if that makes sense? You can't miss what you don't have and all that.

I've got relatives staying at moment and am kind of missing my evenings to myself.... where I've a little space and time to think and not have to watch their crap TV shows etc and having to make polite conversation when tired.
I will no doubt be lonely when they leave though, I always seem to want what I don't have!

Lonely and long here too...much like the days.

I vary. Sometimes I enjoy them, sometimes I feel sad and sometimes I'm just dreadfully bored. Getting sky movies helped!

read this somewhere where someone said something like 'when its DC and me that's okay, but when they go to bed I only hear one heartbeat-mine-and that's when I feel lonely'.

totes agree.

Zygons spot on...and when they are on sleepovers and you are the only person in the house.

mines been on 1 (Half) sleepover her whole life (she cried so much I had to go get her!) and it was torture for me! we had friends staying HERE after that.

Iv'e always fared well with my own company. However if I don't keep busy I end up eating non stop and watch my arse get bigger! I usually work out though, watch something on Netflix and if I must iron and clean the house.

I normally end up in bed at 8pm (like now) out of boredom (On the iPad obs!) But I'm starting to feel like I'm bloody addicted to the thing!
I do like my own company though so can't complain too much!