DP and I bought a house when I was pregnant and it was all we could afford so we now live in a famous dump, on a notorious estate. Area is increasing in value and our house needs work so we should sell it on for a profit soon enough but will still have to live in said crap town.
I didn't mind that too much, it is near enough to a great city for weekend trips and we are frugal and happy spending time as a family pottering at home (DS is 6mo).
However, despite having always been treated as a relatively intelligent person, I find HCPs here treat me as though I'm going to give my child pureed sugar, cigarette butts and chicken nuggets if they don't tell me otherwise. I'm pretty sure this is because of the area I live in. Or maybe all mums are treated as though they have absolutely no grasp on how to bring up a healthy baby? My son is thriving, I am (hopefully) articulate, I just feel so patronised by HCPs as though I must be thick because I live in a deprived area!
I'm also finding it hard to meet like-minded friends here. I do meet people sometimes but no-one I really relate to. I had hoped that due to the economy and our proximity to a pretty liberal city that there would be plenty of similar people around but I don't feel like I fit in with anyone I've met. I feel so isolated and down. I miss my family, I miss living somewhere where I could carve out a social life that made me feel like myself, I miss being treated like a valued person. I feel so sad that this is my experience of being a new mum when if I lived elsewhere it could have been so different. AIBU? Does this mum friendly utopia exist?
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TurtleEclipseofTheHeart · 17/03/2016 08:34
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