What are your weekends like?

[Lynn]

What are your weekends like?
Do you want to get out of the house since you've been with your child/ren all week?
Does DH just want to sit around and relax because he's been working all week?
Do you collectively want to do chores/house stuff/bills, etc because you don't have time during the week?
Do you always feel rushed to get things done on weekends since your spouse is working during the week?
Do you spend some time alone or is it all family time?

[Cami]

Do you want to get out of the house since you've been with your child/ren all week? yes

Does DH just want to sit around and relax because he's been working all week? yes (so that can create a problem)

Do you collectively want to do chores/house stuff/bills, etc because you don't have time during the week? I do all that during the week so we don't have to on weekends. He usually mows the lawn on weekends though.

Do you always feel rushed to get things done on weekends since your spouse is working during the week? Our weekends are very relaxed. We might go out as a family to some activity for a few hours. Sometimes one of us will take the kids if the other wants time alone or has something to do. Like I might take the kids out to the library so he can have time to himself. Or I'll run out to do something alone that would be a pain to do with the kids.

Do you spend some time alone or is it all family time? I usually get some time alone (maybe a couple of hours). For him, he almost always has more time to himself-- he needs it to de-stress from work, but it's an ongoing issue.

Cami

[Karri]

Do you want to get out of the house since you've been with your child/ren all week? yes

Does DH just want to sit around and relax because he's been working all week? nope - he loves to spend time with the kids. he's always thinking of places to take them on the weekends or suggesting to take them to the park (he'll even take the 3 of them himself!)

Do you collectively want to do chores/house stuff/bills, etc because you don't have time during the week? I typically want to get the house cleaned, and he wants to get the lawn cut, but that is about all. The rest is done during the week by the two of us.

Do you always feel rushed to get things done on weekends since your spouse is working during the week? I feel rushed to get stuff done....like errands. Because its SO hard to run errands w/ our 3 kids....especially when Chris is traveling during the week...then I really feel stranded!! But other than that, its not too bad. If its a week that he has been traveling, I will try to get the house cleaned during the week so that we can spend time together as a family and I dont have to worry about that on the weekend.

Do you spend some time alone or is it all family time? We try to make it family time. We try to get out and do one thing as a family and then we hang out at home as a family the rest of the time, just playing w/ the kids and whatnot. I typically get alone time...running errands, grocery shopping, etc. Chris gets his nap...that is his alone time :lol:

[redhairedgirl]

Do you want to get out of the house since you've been with your child/ren all week? Absolutely. Actually, I'd really love to shove DH and DS out and just enjoy the house all myself. :blush:

Does DH just want to sit around and relax because he's been working all week? Sometimes. Not always, but yes.... he definitely feels that he should be able to. And sometimes I try and let him - but geez....

Do you collectively want to do chores/house stuff/bills, etc because you don't have time during the week? No. We do the chores during the week so we can usually have time together on the weekends. However, since he's re-doing our bathroom, there isn't much time for togetherness. We many times will run out to Lowe's together, but grocery shopping and regular errands are done during the week. He will sometimes cut the grass... but not always. We sometimes wait a month to cut it. Hey, it's been dry and half the ground cover is moss or ivy cause of the trees causing a ton of shade overhead, so it's not like it's REAL bad. :lol:

Do you always feel rushed to get things done on weekends since your spouse is working during the week? No. Well, depends on what other obligations are going on. Last weekend, family wanted to have parties all weekend long, so yes, I felt rushed.

Do you spend some time alone or is it all family time? Mostly family time. My Dad took Aiden one weekend and we spent the weekend doing separate chores that needed completed. So much for time alone. :lol:

[Mandi]

Do you want to get out of the house since you've been with your child/ren all week? Love too... but doesn't happen much. I try to go to the gym on his days off but that doesn't always happen. I can't be gone long since Bray is still nursing and not fond of bottles.


Does DH just want to sit around and relax because he's been working all week? Sometimes he does. Othertimes he wants to go out and do stuff as a family.

Do you collectively want to do chores/house stuff/bills, etc because you don't have time during the week? No, generally I do all of that stuff during the week... or we both do it during the week. We're in an apartment now while our new house is being built so it doesn't take as long. Plus we paid off all our debt so I don't have many bills to do. :aok:

Do you always feel rushed to get things done on weekends since your spouse is working during the week? Well we're different than the average family since our weekend could actually be in the middle of the week. He works 24 on, 24 off so he has every other day off. Sometimes I feel pressured to get errands and stuff ran while he's home. Othertimes not so much.

Do you spend some time alone or is it all family time? We NEVER get alone time.. ever. :( We just don't have sitters or family here. Sometimes we'll go out seperately with our friends to lunch and a movie but never together unfortunately.

[Lynn]

Do you want to get out of the house since you've been with your child/ren all week? I want to get out of the house and do something....anything. I HATE sitting at home all the time. DH would rather sit in front of the TV all weekend :dead:

Does DH just want to sit around and relax because he's been working all week? Yes. He feels like weekends are his days off, so he should relax accordingly. He takes a 2-2 1/2 hour nap every Saturday and Sunday.

Do you collectively want to do chores/house stuff/bills, etc because you don't have time during the week? Like others have said I try to get that stuff done during the week. But I'm not supermom/wife so I need help doing things and he is not so willing to help out. When I ask him to vacuum, he'll answer, "Do I have to do it today?" Um, yeah. That's why I ask.

Do you always feel rushed to get things done on weekends since your spouse is working during the week? No, not really. I tend to get a lot done alone during Aaron's naps and after he goes to bed.

Do you spend some time alone or is it all family time? One of my biggest beefs is that I never get alone time. I want and NEED alone time. By alone I don't mean being in another room in the house, I mean ALONE. With no one home, or going somewhere by MYSELF. DH says he never gets alone time. I ask him what his drive to work everyday is and he says it's driving and that it's not alone time. :disbelief:
But anyway. It's usually all family time, or just Aaron and I doing something while DH does his own thing.

[Blessings]

Do you want to get out of the house since you've been with your child/ren all week? Not as much as I would like. I usually use this time for dh to play with the kids while I sew again.
Does DH just want to sit around and relax because he's been working all week? Umm he is in school and has 2 jobs, so he is wanting to do homework all weekend.

Do you collectively want to do chores/house stuff/bills, etc because you don't have time during the week? We do the vaccuming and things together and larger jobs that I dont always do myself.

Do you always feel rushed to get things done on weekends since your spouse is working during the week? No I try and relax, but then monday morning I usually waks up to a big mess and start the week off that way, probably not a good thing.

Do you spend some time alone or is it all family time? mostly family time,I seem to always have someone hanging off of me. LOL