What do you miss about being single and childless?

[Anonymous]

This is not a vent. I am happily married with kids and grateful for my life. I am just reminiscing and when I had the single and child-free life I am glad I appreciated it. I know how fortunate I was back then and how lucky I am now and I know I am fortunate to live in a first world country and so forth. Here's what I loved when single:

I loved the feeling of going to sleep knowing I could sleep in as late as I want and do as I please the whole weekend as long as I had no work to catch up on. The introvert side of me could spend the whole weekend doing my own-reading, walking, working out, contemplating my naval or whatever I needed to replenish. The extravert side of me could make plans all weekend if that is what I craved. The feeling of being truly well-rested was incredible. Nobody depended on me for anything most weekends. I know I sound selfish. I don't need to be convinced life wasn't better back then because I know it wasn't better, just different.

What do you miss?

[Anonymous]

Being single and childless

[Anonymous]

Pooping in peace

[Anonymous]

- no back pain
- clean floors
- happy hour(s)
- playing on my own sports team in Saturday mornings

And the winner: running errands ALONE.

[Anonymous]

Sleeping in.
Adventure travel.

[Anonymous]

Nothing.

[Anonymous]

Drinking. And by "drinking", I don't mean a couple of glasses of wine or a few beers - I mean getting loaded just because.

[Anonymous]

Yes, yes, yes to these. I miss being sick and actually staying in bed all day instead of taking care of everyone else who is sick. I miss daydreaming (and always, always miss all the sleep). I miss letting out a fart alone in a room instead of farting and having my son informing his friend and/or sister and or father about my fart even if he heard it from the bathroom. Let me fart in peace.

[Anonymous]

I also miss aging at a much slower rate-probably in part because of all the sleep I got. I should actually get to bed now.

[Anonymous]

Freedom

[Anonymous]

My money is all for ME!

[Anonymous]

Nothing. It was a good phase in my life but I don't miss it in the sense of "Oh, I wish I were single and childless again!" My life is also great now and I can't really imagine a life without my child anymore.

[Anonymous]

I am nostalgic but not necessarily want to exchange it with my present life.

I was very young. I had no responsibilities, I was living with my parents and siblings. I was the child, not the adult for my parents and things were easy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nothing. It was a good phase in my life but I don't miss it in the sense of "Oh, I wish I were single and childless again!" My life is also great now and I can't really imagine a life without my child anymore.

Goodness, aren't you just a ball of fun!

[Anonymous]

gay, single, childless... not missing a thing here...