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Alone time. How much do you get and do you enjoy it?

Posted on 3/6/26 at 10:21 am
Posted by FLBooGoTigs1
Nocatee, FL.
Member since Jan 2008
59017 posts
Posted on 3/6/26 at 10:21 am
Off today. Took my golf cart up to the Loop to get a damn good hamburger and I am flying solo and it feels glorious. Wife is at work and its time to enjoy lunch and be thankful. I get about 2-3 days a week for myself. Love my wife and family but love my alone time.
Posted by Funky Tide 8
Bayou Chico
Member since Feb 2009
56457 posts
Posted on 3/6/26 at 10:23 am to
My gf is out of town this weekend. I was planning on going to NOLA to hang out with friends, but the thought of just hanging out by myself and fishing all weekend is making me reconsider.
This post was edited on 3/6/26 at 10:24 am
Posted by Salmon
I helped draft the email
Member since Feb 2008
85769 posts
Posted on 3/6/26 at 10:24 am to
Not much, as I have kids and a SAHM wife and I WFH.

The wife leaves every day for afternoon carpool around 2 and gets back around 3:30, so that 1.5 hour window is pretty much the only alone time I get at home. This is usually when I workout.

Other than that, I have to get up before everyone for my alone time.
Posted by hassan whiteside
Member since Dec 2021
584 posts
Posted on 3/6/26 at 10:24 am to
Alone time is needed. When I don't get enough, I get pissy
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
16313 posts
Posted on 3/6/26 at 10:25 am to
Quite a bit. My wife works Fridays and I'm off. I enjoy the hell out of it. I go hunting, fishing, or work in the yard. I'll often cook myself a big arse lunch if I'm home and relax.
Posted by castorinho
13623 posts
Member since Nov 2010
87158 posts
Posted on 3/6/26 at 10:25 am to
Kids are 6, 9, 11.



Posted by LsuTigahHomie
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2022
161 posts
Posted on 3/6/26 at 10:28 am to
Most of my alone time is late at night like 9:30 onwards, so I stay up late to relax and decompress. Without alone time I become quite sour.
Posted by Cliff Booth
Member since Feb 2021
3163 posts
Posted on 3/6/26 at 10:28 am to
My alone time is either before everybody wakes up or after everybody goes to bed.

So I can either get a full night of sleep or have some me time. Not both
Posted by cheobode
Member since Dec 2017
1522 posts
Posted on 3/6/26 at 10:37 am to
The only alone time I get is when I'm at work. My wife swears she cannot do anything without me and I have a 3 year old stuck up my arse.
Posted by Mushroom1968
Shreveport
Member since Jun 2023
5761 posts
Posted on 3/6/26 at 10:39 am to
I'm retired but wife still works part time. I do still have kids at home but when they are in school I get plenty of alone time. I enjoy it whether I'm just sitting outside drinking coffee or busy cleaning, working on something outside, etc.
Posted by Fat and Happy
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2013
19712 posts
Posted on 3/6/26 at 10:45 am to
I am quite fond of alone time.

Peacefulness makes my weeks better
Posted by bayoubengals88
LA
Member since Sep 2007
23891 posts
Posted on 3/6/26 at 10:47 am to
Only true alone time is yard work, gym, driving.

5:30 to 7:00 AM
Posted by Tantal
Member since Sep 2012
19664 posts
Posted on 3/6/26 at 10:47 am to
I'm single and staying that way for a reason. I do have a lady friend for certain activities, but she feels the same. We both like our quiet and solitude and have no urge to share a home with anyone else. It works for us.
Posted by vistajay
Member since Oct 2012
2868 posts
Posted on 3/6/26 at 10:51 am to
I typically get home 1.5-2 hrs before my wife on weekdays. Usually hang on the porch with the dog and read. I treasure that time. Not gonna lie, sometimes when I pull in the drive and see my wife's car, I am a little bummed.
Posted by oldtrucker
Marianna, Fl
Member since Apr 2013
3329 posts
Posted on 3/6/26 at 10:51 am to
I'm retired and wife still works. So plenty alone time which I love. My trucking years turned me into a loner in many ways, so I don't like drama and I don't need someone around all the time.
Posted by 3nOut
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Jan 2013
32123 posts
Posted on 3/6/26 at 10:59 am to
i work from home and my wife and kid go to school 3 days a week so a good bit.

I'm also in a hotel 50+ nights a year.


so i get a lot. I'd say I enjoy it but I probably get about 30 more alone nights than I want a year.

Posted by Bonkers119
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2015
11866 posts
Posted on 3/6/26 at 10:59 am to
working a half day today, got a tee time for 1:45.
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
92731 posts
Posted on 3/6/26 at 11:00 am to
It's precious. Love my family but I think even they would agree it's good to have our space.

I've always been comfortable doing things by myself. I remember being fresh out of college living in Houston and had the best time eating by myself after work even going to the movies.

I don't travel much for my job we l but when I do and others are also on the trip I go out of my way to chill by myself. "We're all at the Starbucks next to Gate 11 where are you?".

Nope and nope. I see my co-workers enough I'm not eating airport food with them.

When I was in Copenhagen everyone wanted to go eat together each evening and was like "nope". Checked out a hotel bicycle and rode all over the city by myself checking things out.

Probably good I have a family or id be living in a cabin in the woods somewhere with a 2 foot beard
Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
107140 posts
Posted on 3/6/26 at 11:04 am to
Probably not as much as I like. I work a hybrid (WFH- 3 days) and fiance WFH all week. Every other weekend and on school breaks we have the step kid.

My alone time is usually going out birding/doing photograph and the weather has been so shitty I haven't been able to do it much.
Posted by Blue Jay Friend
United States of America
Member since Feb 2026
452 posts
Posted on 3/6/26 at 11:06 am to
Solitude is majorly underrated and the older I get the more I enjoy it.
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