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Tell 5 Alive all about your 'me' time (survey open to all, regardless how much 'me' time you have!) and you could win a £250 John Lewis voucher

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HelenMumsnet · 21/04/2010 14:50

5 alive want to find out what you do during your 'me' time - if you're lucky enough to get any!

By 'me' time, we mean time to yourself away from children, partner or work, when you can let loose and have some fun. It doesn't matter if you don't get much 'me' time; we still want to know what you think. The survey is open to all Mumsnetters.

Please take a few minutes to complete this survey and enter your details for a chance to win a £250 John Lewis voucher.

AND, for another chance to enter the prize draw, please tell us all on this thread what you get up to in your 'me' time, whether it's playing air guitar to the radio, or going out for a muddy bike ride - you can 'fess up here .

Thanks and good luck
MNHQ

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Bramshott · 21/04/2010 16:12

Odd survey! But I work on the basis that if I enter EVERYTHING, surely one day I must win !

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PrettyCandles · 21/04/2010 16:13

Naturally I MN! Often while eating chocolate. Now if I could do both of those while at the same time having a good snog with dh - my cup would overflow

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ChutesTooNarrow · 21/04/2010 16:14

I use my 'me' time to fill in the surveys in the desperate hope I will one day win a voucher .

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ClickNegg · 21/04/2010 16:16

i haev a bath

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LaDiDaDi · 21/04/2010 16:19

Browse the John Lewis website to see what I could spend 250 quid on .

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NorbertDentressangle · 21/04/2010 16:22

I'm partial to a bit of singing if the house is empty .

I love going through my CDs and listening to listening to random tracks from 10-20 years ago - turn up the volume, have a sing, remember fun times etc.

I'd recommend it to anyone (although you do of course have to be old enough to remember tracks from that long ago -not much good if you're only in your 20s )

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Kneazle · 21/04/2010 16:24

Survey was too silly i could not go any further tan tell us about your dance moves !

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MmeLindt · 21/04/2010 16:25

Weird things to ask. Survey must have been written by a 20something with no DC.

I do sing loudly along to music but it is not a part of "me time", I do it all the time. Well, not all the time, when there is no one except the dog and the DC to hear me.

Why was MN not on the list?

I think I am the MNetter with the most ME time actually.

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5inthebed · 21/04/2010 16:27

I have something to eat without the guilty feeling that someone will want some or I'll have to cook for everyone else.

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etchasketch · 21/04/2010 16:33

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TaurielTest · 21/04/2010 16:34

Um, design stuff to knit or actually knit it, preferably while watching something by Joss Whedon on DVD.

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theyoungvisiter · 21/04/2010 16:36

what a bizarre survey! Doesn't everyone just collapse in a state of exhaustion the minute the baby is in bed?

Dancing/singing etc is what the children make me do. When I have 5 minutes to myself I tend to lie down in a darkened room with earplugs in

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Lizzylou · 21/04/2010 16:45

I either exercise or stuff my face/drink wine, it is a vicious circle I am aware.

I did spend the other evening waiting for my hair dye to take with a facemask, on giving myself a pedicure. That wasn't strictly fun, just necessary.

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LadyGaggia · 21/04/2010 16:48

Oh if I had an abundance of freetime I would be out with my camera.
A little bit of free time and I would go looking around RL shops, not just those on the internet!
A tiny bit of free time and I like to listen to rude podcasts and come lurk on mumsnet

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overmydeadbody · 21/04/2010 16:49

They really are stupid ideas for me time though aren't they?

Childless men wrote that survey didn't they?

I go climbing in my me-time, or read a book, or have a bath, or socialise with friends and have a drink or two, how come these 'normal' activites wheren't mentioned?

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bigcar · 21/04/2010 16:59

dancing and singing is something to be done to embarass the children, no? Is in my case anyway, especially in the car when someone may see muuuuuum!

for myself sitting in a chair doing absolutely nothing apart from appreciating the total silence.

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EricPicklesFatNeck · 21/04/2010 17:00

i go running, or read, or knit, or stare into space, or mn or sleep still finding my way with the whole 'me' time thing as i just quit work.

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Sid · 21/04/2010 17:06

Surf clothes sites and pretend I can afford/ need to buy more clothes....

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liath · 21/04/2010 17:07

I go for a run or take the dog for a walk. Anything that gets me outside somewhere peaceful doing something energetic works although sadly I don't think Johnny Depp is ever going to show up on my doorstep and suggest we should go to a secluded beauty spot for a shag. Running will have to do for now.

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geordieminx · 21/04/2010 17:09

I'll send him over next time he's here Liath... I'll make sure he has a wash after we finish

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BarbaMamma · 21/04/2010 17:13

Cheesy survey questions.... I like to get a little (=very) drunk and play scrabble with DH sometimes on lazy evenings - we were outraged when they said they'd change the Scrabble rules!

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EccentricaGallumbits · 21/04/2010 17:17

I am now utterly depressed by how unexciting my life is.

me time = half an hour late evening

highlight of me time = reading a book and having a bath

i need to take up an exciting hobby like base-jumping or dragon wrestling.

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HellBent · 21/04/2010 17:27

Don't normally sing but I was driving with my sister a few weeks back and she put the Glee album on full blast, we both started singing and she told me she was a lot better on her own! I was singing/laughing/crying all at the same time and it was great, it is quite liberating singing as loud as you can no matter how your voice is!

Most of the time I nibble chocolate and catch up on programs I have sky-plussed

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nearlytoolate · 21/04/2010 17:30

I have to say that is the worst designed survey I have ever seen!

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cat64 · 21/04/2010 17:31

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