I work six days a week. Husband does too. Four bed semi (three beds but a converted loft) in the south. We have one child with SEN, fairly high needs (think violence, trashing rooms, anxiety, having to dress him, refusal for hair cuts) and will soon be going to a special school, and another child, who bless him, we try not to neglect but he is fairly independent as far as six year olds go.
We don't go out. We do free activities with the kids. We don't buy costly snacks (one child is gluten free so it would cost the earth!). We don't really buy clothes and if we do it's second hand. No flashy cars.
But we just don't have an awful lot of money. This house is probably too expensive for our income but we've only just moved here and our SEN child is so much more settled.
Working six days a week and looking after him is breaking my mental health though. I'm permanently tired and have gained a lot of weight.
I don't even know what my aibu is....
Aibu to be finding this hard?