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I just want to say to all the single parents on MN...

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Tee2072 · 02/12/2009 17:37

you are incredible and deserve huge amounts of praise, money, booze and chocolate.

DH has been away on a trip for just one night. He gets back tonight, after DS is in bed.

Just over 24 hours alone with DS and I am ready to drop. And my DS is a very easy baby, sleeps well, eats well, likes to play in his bouncy chair or on his playmat (he's 5.5 months, BTW). And yet I am exhausted from being his only care giver for just about a day and a half.

So many many kudos to all your single parents. I have no idea how you do this day in and day out.

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StealthPolarBear · 02/12/2009 17:42

me too, strugggled recently when dh working long hours, but i knew it would come to an end!

mankymummymoo · 02/12/2009 17:43

... takes a bow and accepts money and booze (dont like chocolate)!

Habbibu · 02/12/2009 17:44

God, I think that every time DH goes away. I really don't know I'm born.

ISawTortoiseFuckingSantaClaus · 02/12/2009 17:47

Thank you .
I have 4 DC so does that mean i get extra booze and chocolate?

Tee2072 · 02/12/2009 17:48

Absolutely Isawtortoise! 4 times the normal amount!

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mankymummymoo · 02/12/2009 17:51

... hands over my portion of chocolate to tortoise...

ISawTortoiseFuckingSantaClaus · 02/12/2009 20:17

thanks.

GypsyMoth · 02/12/2009 20:21

i'm on my own with 5 dc....and just got back from parents evening feeling thoroughly miserable that it was all mums and dads....and then me and one other lone parent!

MaggieNollaig · 02/12/2009 20:23

thanks!! I'm having a g&t right now, watching off the rails a clothes show my x would have hated... had veggie dinner which he would have hated!!

it's not ALL bad tbh.

MaggieNollaig · 02/12/2009 20:23

ps, i have two kids, so do i get double the booze and chocolate??!

hohohonotlongtogo · 02/12/2009 20:27

Takes a bow also but excepts it all The only time i have found it hard being a single parent was when ds2 was just born with it being just the three of us but we have adapted to it very quickly and on the upside i get ALL the cuddles and kisses and love ds2 is 3 months btw and ds1 is 3.7 so many many cuddles

Tee2072 · 02/12/2009 20:43

You get an amount of booze and chocolate equal to the number of children! But even a single parent with one child gets tons and tons of both! Unless they don't want it like mankymummymoo.

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ISawTortoiseFuckingSantaClaus · 02/12/2009 20:52

ILoveTiffany I know that feeling so well. Days out, hoildays, school events etc etc all families have a nice time out together.

WouldYouCouldYouWithAGoat · 02/12/2009 20:53

everytime i see this thread i sing this

GypsyMoth · 02/12/2009 20:58

its never bothered me before,but for some reason it does now....oh well! life goes on..

muggglewump · 02/12/2009 21:01

I have an only child 8 DC, can I have a million pounds?

Meglet · 02/12/2009 21:07

I only manage it day in, day out thanks to my lovely lovely family who live close by, and even then I tend to swear under my breath a lot .

NickeeS · 02/12/2009 21:32

My other half and I were saying that exact same thing a couple of days ago, even the simplest of tasks must be a nightmare when you are on your own. My 11 week old is surgically attached to me all day and other half works from home so at least he can take her when I need a shower, pee, cup of tea, something to eat...round of applause to all the single parents xxxx

MaggieNollaig · 02/12/2009 21:36

ilovetiffany, i must be a real old realist cynic, i never envy people just because they're part of a couple. I think about 30% of them are fucking miserable and haven't got around to splitting up yet, or, they're too scared to split up. The other 30% probably content enough, same as they'd be single. Maybe they'd be happier with somebody else, or in some other life.

I reckon about 30% of married couples (who have children my children's ages) are genuinely happy, and happy to be together and with eachother.

I really value my freedom. I don't do anything with it! but i value it..

MaggieNollaig · 02/12/2009 21:37

that only adds up to 90! the other 10 are the single parents ..

hohohonotlongtogo · 02/12/2009 22:24

oops accept not except also i have a college going brother to care for too so what do i get for that?

GrumpyWhenWoken · 02/12/2009 22:33

it's hard work, but so much easier than living with my xh

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ElizabethWakefield · 02/12/2009 22:37

Thank you! I only have one DC but I will take Mankymummymoo's chocolate too (just to help out, you understand )

Meglet · 02/12/2009 22:38

exactly, the alternative can be so much worse. My XP barely lifted a finger, frittered all his money away and gave me loads of abuse and threats. It might be hard work on my own but the house is happier now.

aseriouslyblondemoment · 02/12/2009 22:41

do i get a bigger share as i have 3?!
seriously tho would rather struggle alone as i do as opposed to living the rest of my life in a sham marriage

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