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Life-a boring, monotonous HELL

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Glittercloud17 · 18/06/2025 06:58

My life has become a living monotonous hell! I used to enjoy my life. I used to Leave the house, have friends I’d call up and go to the pub/gym/library/shop with, I used to have boyfriends/girlfriends, sparkly dresses, a brain that wasn’t tied up in knots due to stresses and responsibilities.

Now I have a child, a mortgage, I’m a single mum, no network left behind as everyone is perimenopausal and acting weird, no family who lives close by, and I am in this drudgery of work-school-sofa (watching my child in the evenings) especially in the week. It is so mind-numbing, mindlessly and utterly boring, I am so frustrated. It’s been 8 years of this hell.

How do I get out of this rut?

Please no one say ‘just get out there’. I have! a million times. And now the sheer hell of battling my child to leave the house and listen to another moan or whine from Their mouth, I just want to jump in front of a 🚌 (not literally).

how can you make life more exciting when you’re stuck at home all day everyday??

OP posts:
Notsurewheretoturn · 18/06/2025 07:06

Honestly I feel you. This is why I only have 1 child. I can't go through the utter boredom again! What time do they go to bed ?

Glittercloud17 · 18/06/2025 07:04

No. We haven’t seen the deadbeat in years.

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MonTuesWeds · 18/06/2025 07:03

It won't be forever - it does get easier, much easier, hang in there. There is light at the other side.

Policiesnotpersona · 18/06/2025 07:01

I'm a single parent too OP. Does your child's dad take them for any period of time? I get one night a week to myself. If I'm not doing chores or in bed (work exhausts me) I'll make a point of meeting up with friend to go to the cinema or pub or just something gets me out of the house.

When I'm in the house, I practice my bass guitar.

ChineseAlan8910 · 18/06/2025 07:01

I did get back out there, joined a woman's group monthly, joined the gym, paying for childcare, not letting things hold he back as a single mum. I am now giving that up as it's so hard, I am exhausted, I can't do it all, working, friends, kids. I'm crawling back into just childcare and work and that is really hard to accept.

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