What would they do without me
@shaggin (71676)
United States
January 31, 2023 9:42pm CST
An extra bathroom would be amazing but so would a few minutes to myself. 
I was cleaning the shower tonight while my husband was watching the baby. He has given his outside dog who is sick and inside a bath so the tub needed a scrubbing after.
In the time it took me to clean the tub/shower and start the shower so I could clean myself I had been interrupted 5 times.
The first was my oldest daughter asking where my stepson was. He was watching a basketball game and she had a funny photo she wanted to show him.
Second time was my son coming in to tell me he learned a hard riff on the keyboard and showing me the video.
Third my husband came and asked where the baby wipes are. The usual container in the living room was empty so I grabbed the ones in the diaper bag for him since I couldn’t find the ones I bought today.
Fourth my daughter came back to give me a few empty grocery bags, a purse and some gift bags she didn’t want.
Fifth time was my husband bringing the dirty diaper in to put it in the diaper pail.
After that I thought I heard another knock but when I got done doing what I was doing and opened the door no one was there. Either I was hearing things after being distracted so many times or someone was to impatient to wait for me to open and unlock the door that they went away.
If that is the case I should have done that to begin with.
I was cleaning the shower tonight while my husband was watching the baby. He has given his outside dog who is sick and inside a bath so the tub needed a scrubbing after.
In the time it took me to clean the tub/shower and start the shower so I could clean myself I had been interrupted 5 times.
The first was my oldest daughter asking where my stepson was. He was watching a basketball game and she had a funny photo she wanted to show him.
Second time was my son coming in to tell me he learned a hard riff on the keyboard and showing me the video.
Third my husband came and asked where the baby wipes are. The usual container in the living room was empty so I grabbed the ones in the diaper bag for him since I couldn’t find the ones I bought today.
Fourth my daughter came back to give me a few empty grocery bags, a purse and some gift bags she didn’t want.
Fifth time was my husband bringing the dirty diaper in to put it in the diaper pail.
After that I thought I heard another knock but when I got done doing what I was doing and opened the door no one was there. Either I was hearing things after being distracted so many times or someone was to impatient to wait for me to open and unlock the door that they went away.
If that is the case I should have done that to begin with. 18 people like this
19 responses
@shaggin (71676)
• United States
1 Feb 23
@wolfgirl569 I have to stay up much later then everyone else to get any time to myself and very rarely do I sit and relax then I usually clean so I can wake up to a clean house.
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@wolfgirl569 (96024)
• Marion, Ohio
1 Feb 23
@shaggin I did that while the kids were growing up
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@MarieCoyle (29181)
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2 Feb 23
@shaggin
I did that when the kids were little, all the time. It seemed I was always on the run.
My son said once to his wife that it was hard to sleep at night because the washing machine wasn't on! I always loaded it up one more time before I crashed in to my bed.
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@shaggin (71676)
• United States
1 Feb 23
@LadyDuck oh gosh I am getting a good laugh at what you wrote about your husband but it has to be a bit frustrating for you after 23 years. It reminds me of me as a kid I could never find what my parents were telling me even in front of my face. But I was a kid he isn’t .
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@allknowing (130233)
• India
2 Feb 23
You seem indispensable and the title of the post says it (lol)
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@shaggin (71676)
• United States
3 Feb 23
@allknowing they don’t know how good they have it how much I do around here. :::Taking a bow and patting myself on the back::::
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@allknowing (130233)
• India
3 Feb 23
@shaggin Nice to be useful to people around
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@Tina30219 (81549)
• Onaway, Michigan
1 Feb 23
I agree I think you need to do it a lot more
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@shaggin (71676)
• United States
3 Feb 23
@Tina30219 generally I really don’t mind being seemed out but this was such a short period of time that I was interrupted so much with what I was doing that I was just like my goodness
@shaggin (71676)
• United States
3 Feb 23
@Tina30219 yep the baby goes everywhere in the house that I go. She’s asleep in my arms at the moment so I’m spending some time here relaxing.
@Tina30219 (81549)
• Onaway, Michigan
3 Feb 23
@shaggin At least most of the kids are grown and can fend for themselves all you really have to worry about is the baby. And you still need time for yourself
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@snowy22315 (170796)
• United States
1 Feb 23
That whole place would fall apart without you that's for sure
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@shaggin (71676)
• United States
3 Feb 23
@snowy22315 I don’t like to even think what would happen if something happened to me.
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@RebeccasFarm (86905)
• United States
1 Feb 23
You are their rock Shanny. And I read the other day you saying you have no skills..that is not true. You are a savior.
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@shaggin (71676)
• United States
1 Feb 23
@RebeccasFarm that is sweet but I still know I don’t have any real talents. I don’t think it’s anything to worry about I just think some people don’t excel at anything
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@RebeccasFarm (86905)
• United States
1 Feb 23
@shaggin I do not know why I am having a hard time wiith that. Maybe you are beautiful inside how about that? Some people do not excel at that.
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@Marilynda1225 (80050)
• United States
1 Feb 23
Being the mom is the hardest job in the world. You can't even find time alone in the bathroom but at least your hubby changed the baby and didn't leave the dirty diaper for you when you finished in the bathroom.
but at least your hubby changed the baby and didn't leave the dirty diaper for you when you finished in the bathroom.1 person likes this
@shaggin (71676)
• United States
3 Feb 23
@Marilynda1225 if my husband has to use the bathroom he leaves her in the kitchen. He thinks it’s weird to have her in there with him. She goes everywhere I go I don’t find it weird I find it safer. I’m very glad he changed that diaper he usually doesn’t.
It’s always difficult to get time for yourself, especially when you have a good sized family and all your pets.
You should put a CCTV in front of the door so you can check who it was knocking the door
@Tampa_girl7 (49183)
• United States
1 Feb 23
I hope that you get a good nights rest and wake up rejuvenated.
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@shaggin (71676)
• United States
3 Feb 23
@Tampa_girl7 until I took a 3 hour nap with the baby yesterday I didn’t start feeling any better. I’ve been exhausted for weeks.
