I don't like to be gone all weekend and at night too. Because for 20 years, I've had children who are in school.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I want my weekends back so I can be with my kids.
I hate leaving home. I love what I do, but I'd love to go home every night.
During the week, my days are consumed with school commitments, play-dates and work for Baby Buggy, a nonprofit I started, which collects kids' gear for parents in need. So on weekends, I look forward to uninterrupted time with my family.
Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.
I have my kids every Friday through Monday, and I don't leave them the whole time I have them.
After my parents' divorce when I was 4, I spent weekends with my dad before we finally moved to California. By the time Sunday rolled around, I was incapable of enjoying the day's activities, of being in the moment, because I was already dreading the inevitable goodbye of Sunday evening.
If I want to relax and not do anything, I don't want to leave home.
I happen to be quite fond of staying out late and sleeping the day away.
When I'm home, I've got the kind of time that other dads who live there full time don't have. I can go and have lunch with my kids at school and that sort of thing.
On the weekends, I do the usual parental things, going to the boys' football tournaments or getting out for a hike along the Great Wall.