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How often are you the lone adult in your house? Is it because you are single? Or maybe your partner travels a lot? What pressures and/or freedoms does this bring? Please share your thoughts!
Asked by Diane , 25th Mar Answer this now »
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Karen 27th Mar
I'm
the
lone
adult
for
most
of
the
day
-
and
I
like
that!
I
work
from
home
and
when
my
husband
is
here,
the
rhythm
of
the
day
is
just,
uh,
different.
He
has
a
hard
time
realizing
that
I
am
WORKING
and
interrupts
me
more
than
the
boys
do!
earthmama 26th Mar
Diane!
Oh
my
gosh,
I
was
so
so
so
tired
last
night-
I
just
realized
I
called
you
mamajama-
my
apologies!
I'm
getting
all
my
new
friends
mixed
up!
Sorry
babes!
earthmama 25th Mar
HA!
mamajama
that's
funny.
Um,
NEVER.
But ya know what? I love it! I love the noise, I love the laughter! Someday it's gonna be awfully quiet in my house. That makes me sad-
momof2lovelies 25th Mar
I
am
not
alone
enough.
I
actually
like
my
lone
time.
My
husband
works
from
home
everyday.
We
have
a
lot
of
togetherness.
I
am
home
too.
It's nice on one hand because he helps out with the kids from time to time but I do enjoy the time when he has to travel and takes meetings out of the house.
MaryP 25th Mar
I
have
never
been
a
woman
who
dislikes
being
alone!
At
the
moment
I'm
alone
three
days
and
two
nights,
every
other
week,
and
this
will
continue
until
the
end
of
June.
I.
LOVE.IT.
Let me be clear. I love my husband to bits. We are very happy together, and I adore his company and conversation, and I would be very lonely if he were to be taken from my life permanently. But there is a certain freedom of being alone: being able to lie diagonally in the bed -- or share it with my daughter. (She's 14 and it's my second marriage: she's not about to join me when my husband's there!) I can read in bed or turn out the light whenever I feel like it. Suppers can be salad and a sandwich. I can go out without clearing it with anyone. (That 14-year-old? She's my youngest. No babysitters required.) When I was single, before this marriage, my kids were 11, 7, and 2. I was on my own 100% of the time -- and I loved that, too, but for quite different reasons. Peace, freedom from conflict and fear, autonomy. |
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