Does anyone enjoy their child free time?

[CherryadeLemonade]

Ive never had any child free days/nights but I keep seeing lots of mums saying they hate when they are not with their kids so does anyone actually enjoy their child free time? Sounds like heaven to me being able to get a lie in or do what I want when I want but so many mum’s say they hate it, obviously not referring to having to send children to abusive exes that’s understandable stable but not all exes are abusive of course.

God yes. I can actually exercise, see friends, go for a nice meal, just chill on my own. I love it!

Yes, I have mine 50/50 so enjoy my free time, then really enjoy my time with the dc - I try and get everything housewise out of the way before they come back so we can have time together.

They're going away for 2 weeks with their dad, it'll be the longest I've been away from them and it'll be very strange, but they're letting me look after their dog so I'm not too lonely 😂

I think it's totally normal to enjoy free time without dc, we're more than just mothers!

I love it.

Those mums have no life, clearly.

I was starting to feel like an awful mum for thinking how wondering regular breaks must be like bad I don’t want to spend 24/7 with my children like other mums 😅

Omg, who are these mums???

As much as I love my kids and being their mum, I also love some child free time.

Hubby and I have a holiday (2 to 3 weeks) every 4 to 5 years approx where the kids stay with grandparents. We dont do many nights out etc so we save up the credits! And the kids have always loved their stays at the grandparents ( their 'no mum and dad holidays')!!
I do miss the kids and find myself saying oh they would love to do this, or it would be nice to show the kids this. Etc. Then we tend to end up going back with the kids and a bit of prep on the area, so it actually works well. We also get to do the bits we enjoy but know they wouldnt.

Love my child free weekends , can’t lie .

single parents so perhaps a bit different?

Yeah I lived for it when I was single parenting! I still love it now.

Mine is grown now but still living at home and I still look forward to child free time lol.

I went through a stint with 0 child free time and I found it very, very difficult - I used to book a day off every other month just so I could sit at home in silence for a few hours.

I love it. I only have eow child free. I sort out the house, catch up on work, exercise, see friends, date etc.

There is so much that it’s hard / impossible to do with a 3 and 5 year old in tow and it would be very difficult to go back to not having any childfree time.

I’m a much better parent for it, even just from a practical point of view of things being slightly better organised for the time the children are with me.

Well it’s nice to know some people like it at least! I see so many mum’s saying they spend the whole time moping waiting for their kids to come back as they can’t stand being alone started to question if I was an awful mum as I would kill for regular breaks from mine

I enjoy it if I have something planned or I'm out. If DH or my parents take the DC out for a bit unplanned then I don't know what to do with myself but I have a lot of anxiety.

I love it. Currently, STBXH and I are cohabiting still, so we have a weekend pass rather than time in our home alone. I am looking forward to him moving out (hopefully soon) so I can have downtime at home
BUT at the moment I use my time to go and see friends, go on long walks, visit places… it’s so much fun and completely guilt free!

This is aimed at single mums sorry if that wasn’t clear as it’s only single mums ive seen say this and usually it’s “don’t want to share the kids” “didn’t have kids to not see them every day”

I have my DS 100% of the time but once a year he goes away for two or three weeks to stay with relatives. I miss him a lot but , despite working full time throughout it, it feels like a massive holiday to me and I pack almost all of my social life for the year into those few weeks!!

I love it! My kids are young and spend every other weekend with their Dad and honestly by day 11 of the fortnight before they go I’m crawling the walls because I’m doing it all single handed.

I am a much better Mum when they return for having had the chance to catch up on sleep, do some housework, see friends, go to classes etc.

My dd is 13 so staryed ro go out with her friends at weekends - l love it!!!! Getting my life back a bit, it's fab!

I’m a widow since my kids were 4 and 6, my mother and siblings lived abroad and my in laws not interested so I never had a break. I didn’t mind so much - I had the day while they were at school. I got the occasional babysitter if I went out.
Now though I’m an empty nester (youngest at uni) and I do luxuriate that I don’t have to be up at 6.40am to get her to the train for school.

Yes I love it! I only really get time to myself in the school holidays but it’s lovely to just be by myself, potter, think and not talk or listen for a while…headspace basically.

i do think sometimes parents will talk about how much they miss their kids and hate them being away out of guilt, but for me as long as I know my dc are happy and well cared for (luckily they have a great dad so they are) I just relax and enjoy my time.

Oh yes. Even if i just sit there doing nothing staring it space. The peace is bliss 😂