Being a SAHM is SOOOooo boring! What do you do to avoid losing the will to live?

[peanutbutterkid]

After 3.5 years I am well and truly BORED -- I am not cut out for this lark. But getting a job not really an option (not for a while, anyway).

Sooo... any tips to make SAHMdom less of a chore? I go to a few toddler groups, but truth is I'm quite bored of them, too.

I have 3 school age DC and a toddler.

They'll probably knock you up a jacuzzi with a disused water tank and some pond weed as well if you ask nicely, funtime! They are kind though, and they talk kindly to the children ime- they probably never had the same sort of relationship with their own kids, so it;s really nice to see them being nurturing.

Remember the dullest bits of your old job! I am often bored with little bits of the day but much less stressed. As I typed that I realised it wasn't alwaysstrictly true - but I have the freedom to do something about the stress - unless it's tea time bed time etc!
Walking, taking buses if you drive a lot, driving and going further afield if you usually walk.
My DH had words of wisdom when I was worrying about how dull I find playing with Happyland - IHO my dd wants me to be in the room, commenting on her play not doing it at her level all the time - phew!

i am not at all bored
am i alone in this?

I'm not bored being a SAHM either. There's far too much to do to be bored.

I have been a SAHM for 15 years now.
FIFTEEN years!!
I wouldn't swap my life for anything, love it.
I will be returning to work in 18 months, that idea IS shit!

I can directly compare my life when I was on extended maternity leave (no choice, contract ended when maternity leave started), having then gone back to work (another short-term contract) and now being at home with ds by choice.

First time - felt a failure at motherhood and career.
This time - feel that my role this time is equivalent to a job. I grow a lot of our food and 'manage' the home enviroment so that we can live (just ) on one salary.

I'm lucky, I've found that I enjoy hobbies which fit the SAHM role (making jams, cakes, beer etc.) and I know that makes me SOUND really dull .

Depends what sort of person you are as to what sort of 'excitement' you're after!

funtimewincies you sound great!

Why thank you Otter .

(passes a freshly pulled pint of homebrew in appreciation)

I don't get bored but this is mainly because I now have a group of mums and toddlers who I see regularly even if its just for a quick park trip. I am lucky to have met people I get on well with. But also we do something everyday we are not actually at home much. I do struggle with the amount of money we get through though, its so easy, soft play, swimming, food, parking when out it goes on and on! So maybe I would be bored if I tried to cut down on spending as there would be less options.

I am currently contemplating chickens and this gives me wild excitement!

(great beer!)

Am so jealous of your allotment - there is a 9 year waiting list for our local one.

i am contemplating a cold frame for a few veggies and bits....

Oh wow thanks for all that.
I think I need to get out more .
I wasn't bored for a long time as a SAHM, but I am now.

Becoming a school governor saved my sanity when I was a SAHM! Certainly keeps brain cells ticking and can be really interesting and rewarding.

Being a SAHM can be boring but it beats dropping your DC at nursery at 8am and not picking them up until 6pm. IMHO.

I cannot be arsed with 'hobbies'. I don't want to garden/knit/bake/do crafty things. Too Women's Institute for me.

I find wine and MN and books and avoiding toddler groups passes the time nicely until I can start my Masters.

tricky thread as people will inevitably have their own agendas about this. I found my OU degree was a godsend as it gave me something to focus on and positive to tune out to when I got fed up of changing nappies and making mush whilst simulataneously explaining why we didn't fall down the toilet. I also desgnied my own website, which I got a real buzz out of as I was learning a new skill.

I have also started smoking again after a 6 year break and look forward to my glas sof wine at 7

does you littlest one go to nursery? a bit of complete time off is essential to me - not jobs etc - just doing f-all

If I had an allconsuming passion like riding /horses, it would be different@JaJas. I have made some sort of effort to write while on SAHM duty (my sort of passion), but Mn distracts me!

Don't feel guilty for feeling bored sometimes - I am happier now with my occasional boredness because I am there for my children, not running around trying to get a hundred and one things done. When my dd was small and when we had had miscarriages trying for ds I did loads of stuff to fill the "hole" and to justify my existance and I'm not sure that dd didn't suffer for it. I am not not not saying this is the case for everyone who does lots of stuff and finds it satisfying and I wish I could do it all but it is okay to be a bit bored now and again - I do my best thinking then and mn is helping me with that too