Time alone is my love language.
. It only had four things on it. Naturally, sex was on there . But the other three, well, it was more or less time alone. I wanted time to enjoy a hobby. I wanted some time to watch a movie I actually enjoyed, without my children watching over my shoulder, learning new swear words or insisting that I change it toI wanted time to sleep, or think, or to just sit in a room and look at a white wall without someone climbing on me.
But that’s the funny thing about getting older and having a family. I have three children 12 and under, and my life is a non-stop litany of wanting and need and crying and asking for more screen time. My wife and I both work in education full time, so when we aren’t at home raising our children, we are helping to raise other people’s children. And frankly, it’s exhausting.
, because nothing is further from relaxing than traveling with children. Sharing a hotel room with children will help you understand why animals eat their young.else. Time to sit, just for a moment, and feel like we did before we had kids. Or perhaps a weekend at a hotel alone, or a trip to Target, or the mall, or some time with an old friend without a little wiggling passenger riding along in their car seat.
But I’d also like to point out that if anything unites everyone, it’s this simple fact: we all just want some time to ourselves. Not too much, just a little. On the few occasions I have found myself alone, the house to myself, for one night while my wife is out of town visiting her sister with the kids, it doesn’t take long for me to miss them terribly. But I must admit, once the family does come back, I feel 100% refreshed. I feel ready to take on my role as a father with renewed vigor.
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