When Will You Be Home?
Picture it. A booth at a restaurant. Four moms enjoying a hot meal and a glass of wine. Then it happens.
::buzz:: ::buzz::
They all glance at their phones. Their fingers flying over the keys answering a text.
The text.
When will I be home? You have got to be kidding. I’ve had this Moms’ Night Out planned for weeks now and you want to know when I’ll be home?!
I see you all nodding your head in agreement. Happens every damn time, doesn’t it?
If it’s the not the husband or significant other, it’s the sitter. If it’s not the sitter, it’s the kids themselves.
When you ask me “when will you be home?”, my eye starts twitching and I start feeling stabby. Can’t a girl have a hot meal and a glass of wine without having the pressure of “When will you be home?” Can’t a mom have a few hours to herself? We barely ever get to have a few hours to ourselves. Hell, I’m lucky to get a few minutes to pee alone every day!
When will you be home?
I will be home after every last crumb of cheesecake crosses my lips.
I will be home when I’m done dishing about The Bachelor: who got a rose, who should have gotten a rose, and damn that bitch is crazy!
It’s bad enough that we already feel a little bit {a teeny bit} guilty for being out in the first place. Mom guilt. We are already thinking about all the what if’s we have absolutely no control over: what if they miss me, what if they misbehave for the sitter, what if they get hurt, what if their father puts on the wrong pajamas?!. We don’t need the incessant “when will you be home?” to add to our already over obsessing mom guilt.
So to answer your question, I’ll be home when I get home.
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Good for you! Getting that time to enjoy a MNO is not only a dun night out but definitely. Much needed time to destress.
The time I went out without the kids was for my hubby’s work Christmas party. We were gone maybe 2 1/2 hours. I put the youngest to bed like normal before we left figuring he would sleep at least until we got home. We were on our way home when we got a phone call… the baby woke up and will not go back to sleep. He was screaming at the top of his lungs! I felt AWFUL!! It was the first time in close to a year that I had been out without the kids… 🙁 We are expecting #3 in May and I don’t expect to have any kid free time anytime in the near (or distant) future! That Mom guilt gets me EVERY gosh darn TIME! Enjoy any kid free time you can! 🙂
I LOVE this so much. I know exactly that feeling. The worse part is when you get home and the hubs comes out with “why didn’t you stay out? we are doing fine.” REALLY?! Then, why did you text me and ask where Gracie’s pj’s are (the same place they’ve been for her entire 4 years of life). LOL
That’s the worst text ever. I tend to ignore it and pour myself more wine. 😉
I’m a single mom but I get these messages too from my own mom! Sigh! I feel you for sure!
I hate that. I don’t text my husband and ask him when he’ll be home so I expect the same courtesy.
Okay, sometimes I do… b/c I want him to bring me food. 😉