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What age do children leave you alone

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homarr · 25/07/2022 13:04

I am home with my 2&5 year old children.

They have spent the entire day saying "mum, mum, mum, mum", "can you get me a drink? can you get me some food? Can you help me put my clothes on? Can you change the channel? Can we go out yet? Will you play a game? Can we have a bath?"

Endless tasks that they make me do. I have literally ran around like a blue arsed fly all weekend.

If I leave the house with them it's great & we have a nice time but as soon as we come back it's "What are we doing next? Are we going back out?".

I just want to be left alone for 10 minutes.

What age does this stop??

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BigPants2022 · 27/07/2022 20:53

Shehasadiamondinthesky · 27/07/2022 18:10

Ds and dil live upstairs in their flat. I live downstairs in granny flat. I often have to tell them to bugger off back to their own flat. They are in their 40s. Then the 4 cats and the dog decide they all want to sleep on me. It never ends. I go to work to escape.

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Touchmybum · 27/07/2022 21:19

IMO, never!! Mine are 25, 23 and 18...

The elder two have been away from home a lot both at uni and/or working - they keep going back!!!!! 😁

(I wouldn't have it any other way though!)

purplehair1 · 27/07/2022 21:25

I have had to leave home for a holiday with my partner (not the kids dad) to get some peace. Please don’t call social services my
lids are 18 and 22 - other than that I am pretty much their slave. Having a lovely week away in Cornwall but not looking forward to seeing the house when I return! (Have made many dire threats) :)

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Nintendoswitchedoff · 25/07/2022 21:51

Mine are 7 and 9. If I literally sit there doing nothing and waiting for their next command, they will happily entertain themselves forever. The second I do something remotely entertaining for myself or sit down with a cuppa, they will realise that I am not doing my motherly duties and find me some more to keep me busy!

Mine are the same age and the exact same 😂
I've been known to hiss at DH to avoid eye contact with them when he walks into the room!

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