I'm a relatively new single parent (split from husband last summer), and was a SAHM prior to the split. Now I'm working in a role where cover is critical (IT related), and you need to be reliable, dependable etc.
I have a two year old son who's been in nursery since last summer. He obviously picked up all the bugs when starting nursery, and still is likely to suffer from perforated eardrums whenever he gets a cold.
I'm off work AGAIN today, because my son has yet another burst ear drum. Blood/pus on his undersheet this morning, and sure enough, when I took him to the GP they confirmed it was burst again and he needed antibiotics. Nursery won't take them for the first 24 hours when they are taking antibiotics.
So frustrated. No matter how organised I am (up at 5:30, bags packed etc), I still have to take time off at no notice and as a result look completely unreliable.
But according to my STBXH, the reason why I don't have as good a quality of life as he does (high earner) is because I don't work hard enough to have a decent job. Not that I'm barely managing to hold on to the job I have, and be the sole carer for our son at the same time.
Could seriously cry right now.
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EnoughAlreadyNow · 12/01/2016 09:18
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