My husband and I have 3 young children together. He's a self employed tradesman and is quite unhappy in his job but doesn't want to look for anything else as he likes the flexibility of being self employed and doesn't feel he has the skills for anything else self employed right now. He often feels quite stressed and complains that he has no outlet and no fun in his life. We don't have many opportunities for time without the kids so the only chance we get is if one of us has the kids so the other can go do stuff. Just wondering how other people who don't have much chance for babysitting manage to get time to themselves and time to do fun things? What do your weekends look like and how often do you make for yourselves/your partner to have time alone to see friends or do something alone (not together as a couple but one parent watching the kids so the other can have time out). My husband works late a lot of the time so I do most of the childcare during the week anyway.he will often fill his free time or weekend doing strenuous household activities (his choice. Things like building a shed, mowing the lawn, DIY, maintenance etc)so by the time he goes back to work it's not a proper break. What does your free time look like? Wondering how we can change things up a bit to help him feel better.