I thought I was doing okay ... Separated October last year - achieved a Distinction in my MA (retraining); luckily got a FT job in January. Two kids (15 and 11); ex lives 5 mins away but sees them once overnight a week for a Disney Dad time. I do it all - parents' evening, homework supervision, organising social events/activities/medical appts/just child-rearing ... like most of you do. But tonight I feel like I'm drowning. It's endless ... this grind ... this working all day at a full-time stressful job and then 3-4 hours childcare when I get home. Until 10pm. And then I fall into bed. Exhausted. Desperate for sleep, knowing it will all start again tomorrow. And in the meantime, ex-h has a lovely relaxing evening seeing to himself, eating in peace. I've suggested demanded he does more. He won't. He doesn't deserve to be called a father. I hate him for his lack of appreciation for all that I do; his lack of responsibility. I feel like I'm drowning. And I fight back the (admittedly, self-pitying) tears so the kids won't see. But I end up snapping - at the end of my tether. Followed by guilt.
I guess tomorrow's another day.
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NewYearNewLife53 · 13/03/2017 19:23
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