Re:75% of the time we spend with our kids in our lifetime wi...
by flurdy on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @05:23AM
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>> 3) You actually like hanging out with your own kids.
> I don't know what age that starts, but I'm 5 years and counting.
I hope it kicks in soon. I love spending time with my kids. They are 8 & 11 now. Sure they can be annoying and nag each other. And as they get older more viscous arguing...
But still I look forward to go for walks with them or have a little minecraft session together, or just some simple lego. Or just fixing/building things together around the house, inside or out. Sometimes not or just for short periods. But I look forward to the next time.
I have taken a lot of time off on purpose (weeks and sometimes months between contracts) to spend as much time with them as possible whilst they are young. And worked a lot from home (before we all had to) so that I could do school runs and see them during the day.
Still they get super excited to spend time with me on anything. But my oldest is now 11 and I can feel she soon will prefer hanging out with her friends and not her embarrassing dad.
But I agree, weekdays when I am working full time it is still knackering. I dream of them all being in bed at 7.30. And spending time with and looking after my kids means I have no time for friends or most of my hobbies at weekends.
Though as the older one may soon want to spend less time with her dad that also means she require less of my supervision as she goes to clubs and sports after school, and organises her time herself more independently.
So I may soon have time for hobbies again. Mid-life crisis here I come.
> I don't know what age that starts, but I'm 5 years and counting.
I hope it kicks in soon. I love spending time with my kids. They are 8 & 11 now. Sure they can be annoying and nag each other. And as they get older more viscous arguing...
But still I look forward to go for walks with them or have a little minecraft session together, or just some simple lego. Or just fixing/building things together around the house, inside or out. Sometimes not or just for short periods. But I look forward to the next time.
I have taken a lot of time off on purpose (weeks and sometimes months between contracts) to spend as much time with them as possible whilst they are young. And worked a lot from home (before we all had to) so that I could do school runs and see them during the day.
Still they get super excited to spend time with me on anything. But my oldest is now 11 and I can feel she soon will prefer hanging out with her friends and not her embarrassing dad.
But I agree, weekdays when I am working full time it is still knackering. I dream of them all being in bed at 7.30. And spending time with and looking after my kids means I have no time for friends or most of my hobbies at weekends.
Though as the older one may soon want to spend less time with her dad that also means she require less of my supervision as she goes to clubs and sports after school, and organises her time herself more independently.
So I may soon have time for hobbies again. Mid-life crisis here I come.