Oh man I was wondering if I was the only one who felt this way. Me and my childs mom are split up so sometimes on my weeks with my daughter I get very tired and frustrated towards the end and almost privately glad to be dropping her back off at her mothers. But then as soon as I leave and have an hour or so to myself I immediately miss her and wish she was back with me.
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I feel like this is the cycle of parenting. It's so hard to know how to interact with them, but as frustrating as it is, you want it back.
Completely feel this way too. It's the quiet time after work when I'm back in the hotel room that I miss them the most
Always, traveling solo is great but the video call at the end of the day always pulls on the heart strings.
Shoot, my two are 5mo and 20mo, I go through this every day leaving the chaos behind in the morning to go to work with a deep breath of relief, and then missing them by around 2:00pm or so.
I'm not travelling but when my oldest (3 yo) is visiting the in laws for a week I feel torn in two halves. On the one hand side I indulge the peace and quiet but on the other hand side I feel lost and the house too empty.
It's really crazy and I'd never thought it'd be possible before I had kids.
Ok, I'm the bad dad. I can go about five days before I start to miss mine.
Did it once for a month, was pretty tough on the family. I don't think I'll do it again unless it's totally life changing money.