By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Uninterrupted alone time is vital for mothers to see themselves as people with needs and wants beyond their careers and kids. I also feel my privacy is intruded as my partner's ex almost interrogate the kids about everything happing in our place.

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A 2018 survey found that getting a child ready for school involves asking kids at least twice each morning to get dressed, brush their teeth, and for god’s sake, put on their freaking shoes.

By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. I imagine that the OP was trying to use the authority of the ped to get the stepmom to put some clothes on. Cookies collect information about your preferences and your devices and are used to make the site work as you expect it to, to understand how you interact with the site, and to show advertisements that are targeted to your interests. Cohen echoes what many mothers feel: “I think it can be hard to completely relax when we are with our children. And we are often jumped on, climbed on, crawled on, by our kids all day — never left alone to use the bathroom, take a shower, or eat a meal — so getting a break and getting time to ourselves is a real luxury.Maybe the thought that both her ex and now possibly her teenage son could be turned on by this woman is driving OP a little nuts. Last July, my husband agreed to watch our son alone for one night so I could visit the new Whitney Hotel in Boston. When her husband said he had things under control, she spent the night there, awaking feeling refreshed and rested.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. But now, instead of being a time to relax and enjoy time off from work, weekends are the time when there’s no daycare, school, or camp. Anonymous wrote:He should be in his room at this point, not in a room with an adult couple that is in bed together.You can find out more about our use, change your default settings, and withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by visiting Cookies Settings, which can also be found in the footer of the site. You have a long and painful history with this man (or else you wouldn't be divorced) and throwing a nearly grown child and a stepmom into the mix, I can't imagine being perfectly calm and rational in this situation either.

Unless your son asked you to intervene on his behalf because he is uncomfortable about it, you are the Blackhawk of parents. As a stepmom who shared a hotel room with DH and DSS, and as a child who shared a hotel room with brother and parents, the only thing inappropriate is the panties piece. Of course, not everyone can afford to spend a night in a hotel, or you may not have a partner or caregiver able to watch your children overnight.Yes, I missed reading books to my son and kissing him goodnight but the relaxing evening of dining alone at the hotel’s restaurant — in silence — and snuggling up with a book before falling into a blissful, 12-hour sleep was healing and invigorating. She spent her day off with a drink by the pool, wandering around the charming town of Nyack, taking herself out for dinner, and getting a good night’s sleep.