"Get to do something"

What's the meaning of "get to do something"?

I get to spend a lot of time with you and the kids.

Solution 1:

To "get to do" something means that you are enabled or given the opportunity to do something.

Example 1 - A circumstance or choice enables you to do something:

Why do you work at home?

I get to spend a lot of time with you and the kids.

Example 2 - Being given an opportunity:

Has anything good come out of this week-long snowstorm?

I get to spend a lot of time with you and the kids.

Sometimes this phrase is used sarcastically to mean "I am being forced to do something that I don't want to do". For example:

I get to grade 40 tests this weekend!

should be interpreted as something along the lines of

I'd rather be doing something else, but I must grade 40 tests this weekend.

In this context it means have the opportunity to:

I have the opportunity to spend a lot of time with you and the kids.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/get
21: to succeed, become enabled, or be permitted: You get to meet a lot of interesting people.