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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op, I have a fairly recently added group of new mom friends, all of them from Europe. In general I admire how they still maintain parts of their identity instead of just falling into the mom trap. We've done a weekend away once a year (or even one night this year) and it has been a great time. I miss my kids but also recognize that a little break can make me come home and be a much better mom. I think its good to keep some parts of you that aren't kid related. I also think that the parenting style of everything in our lives being changed to accommodate our children may not be healthy in the long run.

All this just to say that loving our kids and needing a break are not opposites.  [/quote]

I don't hear any of the moms who don't got out party with the gals saying they feel like they are in a "mom trap" or that they have lost a part of their identity. Sound like they are doing exactly what they want to do and loving it.

I too enjoy a weekend away because I have family willing and able to babysit and we can afford it, but I don't think my friends who choose to nest with the family are trapped or boring. I think they have a lovely life too. I will add that a childless girlfriend arranged a surprise trip with my husband to "take me away from it all" when my first born was just an infant, and that was a terrible trip and a really, really bad idea. Trust others to know their own hearts and needs.[/quote]

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