Craving Time

During our recent Karachi trip, Omair and I got to attend a friend’s wedding while the kids were at home -asleep. It’s such a novelty in our lives to have the opportunity to be on our own.

In the daily grind of parenting, where everything in our house is hands on, it feels so strange to have an evening away without the kids. But I guess independence is kind of like riding a bike, you can never forget it. So when we did get the chance to be alone, Omair and I loved it!

Driving home after the last wedding function, I asked Omair – do you miss “us”? Just being on our own? And he laughed (because Omair knows how much I miss it). He’s never really felt the need to “get away”. Maybe dad’s don’t relate to this because they do get a chance to be on their own without kids for most of the day, which means, that at 6 in the afternoon, they’re happy to be with the kids, while mom (who has had her hands full all day) desperately wishes that bed time would come sooner.

People used to be good at this parenting thing -Some people still are. But as my kids start getting older and needing me to be more and more “hands on” I keep craving “alone time”. I’m not going to feel guilty for writing this, I’m not perfect. Parenting is hard, and it was so nice to be out without the kids, that I wish we had some sort of way to keep taking these breaks and refreshing ourselves from time to time.

On the other hand, my only consolation is that in a matter of time, I will get all this “me time” and “couple time” back – I just have to be patient.