Why do I even bother feeding this child?!

[cfred]

I do pretty much what you do. Sometimes, I'll stop what I'm doing, look at them open mouthed and do an over exaggerated gasp and say "Oh my GOODNESS! What are you DOING? NO thank you!!! I'm so sad now!". When I do that, they just stop moving, jabbering, breathing and look like they've just cut me down in my prime. It seems to really work.....I know they want me to be happy, so when they think they've made me very sad, it's kind of adorable....and effective That's a 'big gun' maneuver, and I don't use it all the time.....typically when the carnage is particularly impressive.

I do love my alone time. My kids are older too (22, 17, 15....can see the light at the end of the tunnel). The 2 left at home are the boys....as much as I enjoy the symphony of burps and farts, I do enjoy my couple nights per week of escaping. I just seem to be busy all the time. For the most part I like it and am very, very social, but sometimes, yes, I'd rather just stay in. It seems, since I moved, my friends from the old street are worried I'll lose touch, so I see them more now than ever. And of course, there's Awesome New Guy eating up lots of time as well. But sometimes......somet imes.....I sit at home and indulge in those single behaviours....with hairy legs, flannel jammies, no makeup and a criminally large glass of wine