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[quote=Anonymous]This happened to me about a year and a half ago. DH took DC (then 5.5) for 13 days!! when she’d never been away from me for 24 hours. I’m an extrovert, but not an extreme one, so I was looking forward to peace and alone time. I needed a break after 5.5 years— most of those spent at home with the kid!

I wasn’t worried about DC because DH knows everything about her and is extremely responsible. I did understand that I’d get lonely. We had just moved into our first house so doing the last of the unpacking, organizing, planning decor and shopping was how I spent a bunch of the time. It was also ideal for chucking toys and things I knew she’d never miss but I didn’t want to fight about!

I did a couple of fun “spa” things like cut my hair (woohoo!) and read a couple of novels, go out to a movie, etc. And I planned dinner or lunch with a different friend almost every day... but ultimately I still got lonely, especially without DH. I watched a lot of like HGTV on YouTube because we no longer have TV or streaming, so it was a “treat.” But that was kind of like eating a whole tub of subpar ice cream. Kind of fun at first, but ultimately made me appreciate not having a TV.

I think 7 days is a pretty sweet spot— just do the things you aren’t usually able to do with a kid around, but want to. Don’t do anything that you 1) don’t want to do and/or 2) won’t be really really happy and proud to have accomplished. [/quote]

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