Having more time being a single

Having more time being a single or married  - Do you feel that you have less time for yourself after you married and have children?
@yspmyl (3435)
Malaysia
September 7, 2011 4:43am CST
I am married and having two kids. Most of the time I find that it is hard for me to complete or doing my job when at home. My kids like to come to me when I am doing something. So, most of the time, a task that normally can be done within half an hour now can only be completed in 2 hours or more. How about you all? Do you feel that you will have more time being a single? Do you feel that you have not enough time after you get married and after having children? Your say please.
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10 responses
@CTHanum (8234)
• Malaysia
20 Sep 11
I am still single and for me its really a tough responsibility parents need to carry out in raising their children. the need to pay an attention to them and always need to take a good care of them.. Of course you will have more time being single than married but that is the best thing parents do that single people can't.(^^)
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@yspmyl (3435)
• Malaysia
22 Sep 11
Yeah, children are like that, they always want our attention. It is nice to have them but when we have lack of time and rushing to get a job done, then it will become a kind of interruption.
• China
7 Sep 11
I don't have much time to do posting or something else online,either.Though usually either my wife or I share the only computer,but I have to work on weekdays and I have to labour in my orange grove after work and at weekends,actually I really don't get online too much even if my son's not a child,hehe.
@yspmyl (3435)
• Malaysia
8 Sep 11
Hi! That will be very much different situation when your son is not a child anymore. Your time is being tied to your job and I think that is something cannot be avoid. Some people even work 7 days a week and only have a few hours to rest in a day. Do you think that when you are single, you have more time for yourself?
• China
8 Sep 11
Hehe,when I was single,I had to take self-taught exams to win a diploma except working and never had more free time for stroling about though I didn't get married.But when I graduated,I had to plan my marriage...
@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
7 Oct 11
Personally now looking back on things, there is no way I would want to go back to being Single. I enjoy married life too much. I do not have kids, and never was able to have any, but with all the Health issues I have had to endure over the yrs. having a husband who is there standing by me makes it all worth while. I guess if I was younger I would miss my Single life, but with all the diseases, etc. out there these days, I do not miss it at all.
@yspmyl (3435)
• Malaysia
10 Oct 11
Hi Krause, I too would prefer if I get married but without kids, having kids really make life changed a lot and of course, having kids is something honored and to play with them is really fun, but when you have to take care of them and handle all kind of issue and also to prepare for any kind of emergency that happen to them. Many people would wanted children very much but if you really have them, you will find that you will have not enough time for yourself, and you will never have you own and personal time until they are independent. Single life, is definitely have a lot of freedom, but when you growth older, you will need someone to take care of you or you have to take car of him. At least, there are someone to accompany.
@aprilsong (1884)
• China
8 Sep 11
Taking care of kids, especially small ones and doing housework really time consuming. So of course being a single means you got more free time for yourself. But organize one's own family and having one's own kids can give you great pleasures, which can't be beat by anything else. And you know, babies are so cute and as time goes on, they will grow up, and one day, you don't need to spend too much time and energy to take care of them, maybe at that time, you will missing the busy time of the past.
@yspmyl (3435)
• Malaysia
8 Sep 11
Yeah, it is a great pleasure being together with your kids. I love it very much that I can spend time to be with them and see them growing each day, but when come to work, I would prefer myself as a single where I do not have so much of interruption from them so that I can get my job done more quickly. But that is not possible. I believe I will be missing the timke when they growth up and leave me for somewhere to study or work.
@aeiou78 (3445)
• Malaysia
12 Sep 11
I seldom have this problem because I told my kids that they should have their own jobs to own and they must be the same as their daddy and mommy. ha! ha! Normally, they will watch television, VCD or DVD and play computer games. After I finished my job, I shall go out with them for swimming during the evening, dinner or shopping. All of us must have our own jobs when we are busy.
@yspmyl (3435)
• Malaysia
12 Sep 11
My kids are both 2 and 4 years old and they still "sticky", so they will stick to us most of the time, even things like playing computer games they will like us to guide them from time to time, so there are no chance that I can finish my work without any interferences. I think when they growth older, they will became like your kids and be more independent. That will be a few more years to go. Anyway, that is quite a good idea to tell them that everybody must have their own job to do. I hope this will work on my kids.
• United States
8 Sep 11
i used to think being single was better for me that way i never felt tied down i could go where i wanted and do what i wanted and not have to answer to anyone and not to mention i had a hard time staying faithful to any boyfriend but then i started dating this man who was much older than i it was sopposed to be just a meaningless fling but we fellin love soemtimes it feels like were married life gets so crazy sometimes we get so caught up in work and taking care of the kids and farm the way we patch thinks up is get a babysitter for the kids take off work and go out on a date like we did when we first started dating it makes us feel like young teenagers
@yspmyl (3435)
• Malaysia
8 Sep 11
Yeah, being a single is always wonderful and have more freedom on what we wanted to do without needed to report to someone. I think many married couple who have kids will sometime let someone to baby sit their kids and go out for dating. I think that is something every couple should do to enhance the relationship. At least take sometime to left everything behind including your kids and just the two of you and go for dinner or movie or something like that. Just like you said, that maker you feel like when you are dating and as young as a teenager.
• China
8 Sep 11
Fortunately, I don't have such a trouble because I'm still single. But I can imagine what it is like for a married mom to work at home. Seeing my elder sisters being surrounded by their kids all day, I just feel sympathetic for her. Perhaps it's true that women have to sacrifice something when they have family and kids. Anyway, wish you'll deal with it properly.
@yspmyl (3435)
• Malaysia
8 Sep 11
For me taking care of children are not that difficult, the only thing is you will be occupied by your kids the whole day except when they are sleeping. Then only you can start to do your own things. Many people have fear of taking care of children, but that is something that you cannot avoid, that is just something that you have to face it in your life, it is part of our life.
@Sreekala (34312)
• India
7 Sep 11
Hello yspmyl, I understand your feelings…. I become mad at times in between the two kids, their quarrel, their studies, kitchen work, office works etc…. but I don’t think remain single is the option to avoid all these… we have to experience all these on its own time… when in a peaceful mood I think… the kids are growing fast and how long I will face their quarrels and naughtiness… I may miss the same very soon… so let us enjoy now at least some time.
@yspmyl (3435)
• Malaysia
8 Sep 11
Hi Sree, You are right, remain single is not the option to get more time. We should appreciate what we have now. Although kids growing very fast but there are still years before they become independent. My youngest son now is only 2 years old, so, to wait for him to be independent, there are still many years to go... Sometime I think it is quite irony that I want kids but I also want the time that I have before I have kids. For example, I can enjoy watching movie or doing my job without any interruption, but now, I can't even finish any job or movie at one time. Kids are naughty sometime, but it is fun to have them around.
@junmae (1586)
• Philippines
7 Sep 11
Hi! Thanks for starting this discussion, I think we are on the same situation. I am a single mom and I have to provide for my daughter alone. I am working a real time job 9 to 6 in a day and after that I am doing my online stuff to add my income. During Saturday and Sunday, I am the one to take care of my baby but I still have to do my freelance job in order to earn continuously. However, since my baby is still a toddler, they always wanted to play and should be monitored most of the time. Sometimes, I am thinking what if I dont have a child? Maybe I am not obligated to work and work, maybe If im doing something, I can do it without disturbed. But I dont have any regret, I am happy with my child. I am no longer planning to have a second child and getting married.
@yspmyl (3435)
• Malaysia
8 Sep 11
Hi junmae, I think it should be quite hard to be a single mother. You have to work to feed them and you have to take care of them as well. I can imagine how frustrated you are when you have to get your job done but yet you have to take care of your baby. What we need to do is to train ourself to be a very patience parent and plan our work. What I normally do is, I only start to do my work at night after both my little princes sleep, only then I can do my work without any disturbance. Have a nice day!
• Philippines
7 Sep 11
Well, at this moment I'm still single. I'm very much enjoying being single. But sometimes I have a feeling of wanting to get married and have children to stop my dating behavior. :P I usually remain single in able to do all the things I wanted and entertain all the suitors and enjoy the way the suits me. I also remain single to avoid jealousy and use it as a reason to other guys when I'm enjoying my moment with the other guy. Being single is fun. I can enjoy my life whoever who's with me without worrying someone might be worrying what is happening to me. But when the time getting into a relationship comes. I think it's time for me to enjoy next chapter of my life and work on it to make our relationship much stronger. We all have the right to decide what to do in our life. you're single because you want to. You're married because you wanted too. Enjoy every moment in your life. It's a matter of time management. If you have kids enjoy the moment being their mom. sooner or later they'll grow and need to go out to find their place. It is a matter of time management with the right people in the right time.
@yspmyl (3435)
• Malaysia
8 Sep 11
Hi! You should enjoy more when still a single. Getting married will make your life into another stage where your responsibility and your life will be change totally. And it changed even more when you have kids. I agree with you what we are now is what we wanted to be. So, you are still a single because you wanted to, and I am married because I wanted to. We should enjoy our life at every stage as we grow, enjoy being a single when we are a single, enjoy being a mother when we become a mother. There are many things that we need to give and take throughout our life.