BadrAlmutairy
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Maybe I'm a scumbag dad
I love my wife and kids, but spending a week away from them felt like heaven
Aug 19, 2016 4:19 PM
BadrAlmutairy
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I love my wife and kids, but spending a week away from them felt like heaven
AngieSims
Scumbag? Do you cheat on your wife? Do you come back? Are you there making money? Is he wife a scumbag? Go easy on yourself man.
lowfunctioninggenius
Make sure your wife gets away, too.
putTHATonyourimgur
Guess how your wife feels every goddam day.
whateverthevoicestellme
The first few days are great, but after a while it gets lonely
HamsterOnAGoat
A few times every year we take solo weekend vacations away from each other. It dramatically helps the relationship
thedudeabides32
Scumbag? Hell no. I would encourage you to have a chat with your wife though, heck she may even be feeling the same thing. #transparency yo
ACslater88
You aint a scumbag, do you.. enjoy the alone time.
ZimKat
Parents need time away from kids and each other to recharge. It's healthier, I think, and helps them better appreciate family time.
B0ULLIE
I'm never left unsurprised at how many people think taking time for themselves away from loved one's makes them horrible people. You need it
littlemirrorsatourfeet
I agree. I love my husband and love spending time with him, but I also enjoy being alone sometimes
ihearcrazypeople
Scumbag mom checking in. I went to a mall and didn't have to carry anybody, spend any time at the play area, and I didn't yell at anybody!
TexTexTex
Hubs and I both love our alone trips!
justvenomcake
A little break never hurts,
erichwithanh
There's no shame in enjoying time without them as long as you also know how to enjoy time with them.
Weentit
Scumbag dad should be a new meme
RayLynch
You are not a scumbag dad. You are completely normal. Upvote.
flamingflamingo
Stuff like this reminds me that I made the right decision to not get married.
Sundriedtomato
As a wife and a mother, there's nothing wrong with this. I just hope your wife has opportunities for alone time as well, she needs it too.
BadrAlmutairy
I set her up for a spa day twice ... does that count?
pontiacbandit
Get her some overnights bro!
Sundriedtomato
Oh yeah. That counts. :)
ArcaneM37
Twice in how many years? Once a year is really not enough. It doesn't have to be expensive, but time away is necissary.
BadrAlmutairy
Twice this year, and kids stay with me when she's out with her friends
kibbypie
As a wife whose husband works 2 days on 2 off, I would definitely appreciate this.
favoriter
Dad?
BadrAlmutairy
.... Shit
butsir
I am away from home 4 days a week and all i want is to be home with my son. The grass is always greener
BadrAlmutairy
I almost never leave the house except for work, had 4 trips in 2016 longest was a week
hadadrumstickandmybrainisstillstuck
mockwerks
Company paid food, room, drinks. No kids. No wife. No fucking soccer practice. Heaven.
CommentsWithGandalf
This doesn't make you a scumbag. You might be an introvert who needs a more personal alone time to decompress. Everyone is different.
CommentsWithGandalf
Sometimes just being around other people's presence is going to have an effect on you. There is no standard, don't bash yourself.
truk77
You don't take vacations with kids, you take "trips." On business trips, I miss my wife.
chiefs86
Get a side piece on them business trips son
kermie92
That's a good way to have no wife waiting at home in the future -_-
chiefs86
It really is! I'm honestly joking, I don't support having a side piece unless all parties involved are accepting.
ArcaneM37
You're a terrible person and I hope any future partners of yours see that quickly and GTFO.
chiefs86
Sometimes I wish there was a /joke font or whatever. Pretend there is a red mallard behind my comment! lol
ArcaneM37
Making "jokes" like this perpetuates the belief that lack of faithfulness is normal and good. I stand by my comment, mallard or not.
chiefs86
Oh, you're probably the same kind of person that hates 9/11 jokes, dead baby jokes, and rape jokes. Ugh. Way to understand humor.
doobiedoobiedoobiedoo
Now when you get home, give your wife the same gift. Not scumbag, human
AprilHamLincon
Now imagine being childfree by choice
DailyShepherdPicture
When i Tell People i dont want kids they tend to Tell me im a horrible person and that my life is gonna suck ...
AprilHamLincon
Yup. Ive been there and it tends to subside as people grow up and becomes parents. Are you in a relationship ? (How old r u)
DailyShepherdPicture
i am in a relationship and i'll be turning 21 soon
AprilHamLincon
So you can wait with expressing this unpopular opinion for some 5 years without being asked :) notify the spouse and remember it can change
DailyShepherdPicture
he knows and i know there wont be kids cuz i have a genetic condition thatll transfer
vague
no you are not
Giomietris
This one really hits hard, as me dad leaves for busness trips often...
thatsferalcheryl
Family vacations for me are business trips
AsABlackMan
My dad went on a business trip once......
KCMOFO
Relevant username.
FloridaAsFuck
PawlyDizzle
FlappinBurgers
And came back with souvenirs.... Right??
Jacxy
Business trip, or "out to get smokes,"?
bamablacksheep
and never returned
beardycat
AsABlackMan
ThatsTheJoke.gif
rexzeer
Username checks out
ItsUncleSam
By business trip you mean he went to the Packie down the street to make a business deal with the clerk.
ImNotGayBut20BucksIs20Bucks
What happened
AsABlackMan
He went to Burbank for a week and came back it was a lovey trip
ImNotGayBut20BucksIs20Bucks
Oh sounds lovely, I heard Burbank is lovely this time of year
metalchef72
I feel like when you have kids vacations are for them more than for you.
thatprickleypear
My parents especially liked taking us on cruises so they could drop us at the on board kid center for the day and go do what they wanted
Wetwire
My parents did this once, except I was around 13 and I hated (and remembered) every minute. I was treated like I was under the age of 10.
HalloIamherenow
You can't exactly blame the staff, each kid is difficult and you can't exactly pinpoint their age in like 5 minutes.
Wetwire
I know, and to be fair it was a Disney cruise. I just remember the feeling at the time.
GoodNewsCigaretteJuice
Idk, my parents always took me places they wanted ago. Never appreciated them at the time, but looking back I wish I had taken more in
MrScud
Never been on a vacation. Wonder what that says about my family. Probably money. Yeah money.
infomuffin
I know those feels.
RootyTootyDrunkenShooty
108% true.
BettinYouLoveFreakMode
FrankJ7
Happy not a father's day!
Zachakx
They are and should be.
retr0parkour
Yeah cause kids lives are so strssful they need the vacation -.- i was a kid once i would have rather hung out with friends
britvicious
Took my 3 yo to the beach for the first time last month, she honestly made it more fun for us.
Zachakx
That's great to hear. :)
JustHereForTheRiots
Don't know why you are being down voted sorry
Zachakx
People seem to think the world is about them even when they have kids. :/
KarlSharx
As someone who was taken on trips when I was young, I got NOTHING out of it so who is it really for
Zachakx
Who it's really for is decided by the parents. Family vacations don't have set rules to be for someone. Sorry man. :/ I think if you have
Zachakx
Kids with you on a vacation then you should be entertaining them. It doesn't mean you can't enjoy it yourself...
KarlSharx
But that's OP's point. He can't enjoy a real vacation because he's constantly entertaining family, so he has more fun on business trips