Mum-of-six says mums should treat themselves to boozy weeknights – because ‘who cares if the kids are late for school?’
A MUM-OF-SIX has argued mums should treat themselves to boozy weeknights - saying no-one really cares if the kids are late for school.
Constance Hall, who lives in Australia where people are more free to socialise at the moment, said she spends "her whole life" telling mums to make time to enjoy themselves.
, the self-confessed "lazy" mum, from Perth, said she decided to follow her own advice last week - going for a drink at her friend's house after the kids finished school.
She said: "I had the kids with me, they played Lord of the Flies and went feral with my mates’ kid while she and I chatted and laughed and had a great time.
"F*** dinner, I thought, f*** the house work, f*** it all – I’m having 'me time'."
Constance texted her partner, Denim, to tell him to make dinner - and says they returned home at 7pm to find the house a mess.
The dad had put a roast on and used "every dish in the house", his partner moaned.
After having a row with Denim, Constance went to bed without either of them making the kids' lunches.
The next morning, she was woken in a panic by her daughter - as the family had overslept.
Constance says it resulted in her running round the house, hastily making 10 sandwiches - because each of her kids demands two with the crusts cut off.
In the same manic morning, Constance was also finishing washing the kids' school shirts - putting a dry on before so they'd have something to wear.
Half an hour late for school, Constance and her kids did the "walk of shame" into class.
Despite all that, when Constance's friend texted to say she'd had a great time, the mum was realised it was all worth it.
"It would have been so easy for me to say 'f*** it', it’s just too hard, taking me time makes the wheels fall off...
"(But) it was worth it... and I'll keep doing it. Who gives a s*** if the kids are late and the dishes are f***ed, this is life."
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She added: "The kids won’t remember getting to school late or a hectic as f*** morning.
"But they will remember playing Lord of the Flies with their friends to the soundtrack of mum's laughter all afternoon."
Earlier this week, a mum-of-quintuplets said it’s ‘impossible to raise eight kids and not lose each other’ as she revealed her marriage split.