hi all, just thought i'd see if i could get a bit of a nudge to stay sensible on here, as getting a bit frustrated stuck living with parents and sharing room with 17-month dd pretty much since her birth. At that point i had zero self esteem, and was starting from scratch on job front due to ex's abuse affecting my work previously. Still feeling protective of lo so uncomfortable with thought of fulltime work (sorry and much respect to ladies who have to), am working parttime but finances are just ticking along, not really saving anything up to help buy furniture and stuff we'd need for a place of our own. we are on the council housing list and am able to regiter interest for available houses, but am a bit nervous of being thrown in to scrabble about for secondhand stuff and then never having enough money after the bills to replace it with new. i know families survive like that when they have to but i still have the choice of staying here for a while, so i'm looking into a second job to help save for a decent start, but it'll take time to build up a useful amount. Parents can be overbearing with dd sometimes but i feel rude saying anything when they are letting us stay. And we just get in each other's way. I feel I always have to go along with their lifestyle preferences as its their house, and seem to have no privacy. Bit of a dilemma, but think sensible answer is just to stick it out til i can afford to kit out a house with basic but new stuff. Anyone agree?
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