To ask what your biggest problem in life is at the moment

I think I have bed bugs 🐛 🐛 🐛

The bites hurt and I'm scared to go to sleep tonight - but also worried that if I sleep downstairs to avoid them they'll crawl into DS10s room and go for him instead!

Just want to mention the family of the child killed in the coach crash near Minehead this afternoon, and all the children who were injured, some seriously. 😔

when I got my 2 year old dry out of size 4 nappies or 90% cleared up in 6 weeks. She never had any in size 3 nappies and my oldest never went past size 3 nappies. Also has an egg allergy but losing the nappies was life changing. If only I had known. It came on suddenly whilst on holiday and I always thought it was the holiday food too.

Thank you x No they haven't mentioned anything about that. I'm on blood thinners now, but I do take vitamin d and multi vitamins anyway x

It seems that many of us, regardless of actual current circumstances, have a mutual main worry about money. A few months ago I was in a job that I found stressful but worried that giving it up would be detrimental to my family’s quality of life. I decided to step down anyway and maybe just do some overtime in a less demanding role to make up the difference. We don’t go on holiday every year and when we do it is in this country. We live in a 3 bedroom semi and will have just about paid the mortgage and then have maybe 10 years to save for retirement. We have no savings, our kids have autism but are grown up now. The youngest is starting to make his own way in the world of work but the older one still needs a lot of help. I had hoped to be in a better position by this point after working full time for the last 30 or so years! Now my Mom who has no savings or property of her own has dementia and we are facing the struggle of getting her the care and support she needs.

Parents have given 10s of £1000s of pounds to my brothers (from childhood up to married life) over the years. Far less to me. They are now short of money because of this and expect me (and my husband) to bail them out.

I’m so sorry to the people here going through such an accumulation of hard times.

I have had periods of time where everything that could go wrong in my life did go wrong and it felt like it would never end. But it did one way or another. I wish that for all of you.

@Bettyboop2530 not sure if anyone else has responded to you but my son had severe eczema from a few months old. His skin was so fragile it would tear when I dressed him.
He was diagnosed with a peanut allergy at around 8. As a toddler we found only thing that helped with the eczema was
goats milk.

Reading some of these is humbling. My money worries are put in perspective. Health and family = wealth. Heart goes out to all x

My severely disabled DC has just been cut off from one of the only useful services we have access to / the one that gave a few evenings a year of respite (DC rarely sleeps past 2am).
I’m sick of being too old and sore and her life being dominated by a condition we don’t have a name for and no prognosis and while she’s brilliant I’m terrified of what her life will be like when I can’t do things for her any more.
And my “DH” is a horrible self-centred cruel cunt.
I really really wish I’d never been born - I’ve brought nothing to this world (one dead DC, miscarriages etc) and no one gives a fuck if I dropped dead in the morning except for my DC and she probably would get by anyway

Parent is terminally ill, matter of weeks. I’m almost certainly about to be made redundant and the market is shit.
I’m very overweight but on the upside, maybe some time off from a super stressful job might get me back on track.
I’m spending far too much time on Mumsnet.

I'm so sorry to hear all of that.

I just wanted to say, I'm not you and I have no idea what is right for you, by any means. But if I was trying to figure out something as huge as that, I'd ask myself 'which scenario would cause the most regret?'.

Struggle, difficulties we can overcome and cope with, but regret is so much harder to move on from.

Partner has devastating life changing injury

You aren't alone

Thank you, you're very sweet....

I followed none of that advice today but did read your whole post and thought 'i do need to take charge of this situation' and have been decluttering all day.

The day has ended more positively, so thank you for your lovely words of motivation 💓🙏

I'm in hospital with my DC who might have a heart condition but at the moment they don't know what's wrong.

62. Only state pension to look forward to. Self employed. Earn about 13k a year.

Sounds so hard. Hope you get a break eventually x

Just wanted to give a hug to all of you. X

Multiple problems, bereavement of mum, PTSD, fibromyalgia, cognitive and fatigue issues after brain trauma.
Stupid colonoscopy today which has been fucking awful from start to finish.

Literally a shell today.

I had a cry when they started it. Overwhelmed and exhausted.

X

Wow some of you on here really having a bad time with not just one problem. Sending hugs to all.
My problem is , I remarried after losing my first husband and my lads want very little to do with me and my new husband mainly my eldest who is father to my 2 grandchildren and I hate that I can't see them when others are enjoying their grandchildren, breaks my heart . The other 2 at least still message me from time to time remembering my birthday and mother's day. I also missed out on my youngest lads graduation which was first postponed due to covid, I was so looking forward to seeing him as only one that went to uni, and did so well after losing his dad in early teens.
Eldest also got married and missed out on that too. Wish could change things,

My dad is dying 250 miles away.
my step children are being vile to DH, encouraged by their mother
my dd has quit her job with no discernible plan for life.
my dog is a year old and still hasn’t mastered being dry in the house reliably which is a major hassle.

Husband has stage 3 cancer (he’s 36). We had been talking about having a baby, but how can I possible plan for such an unknown future. Do I have a baby when I’m not sure if I’d cope on my own if he dies, or is it better I have part of him in our child if he dies die.

Having a breakdown over my high pressure job - which I was pushed into by my bosses despite repeatedly saying no. So cant take a break from insane work hours or the to do list will engulf me.

I just can’t breathe.

Dad in late stages of dementia. Could go tomorrow, could last another few years. I'm not sure which is worse.
Sister on the brink of divorce, feel helpless that I can't magic her out of the shitty situation she's in.
Restructure at work causing worry.
Struggling with anxiety.
Oh and my car is fucked. (Dad would have usually stepped in and sorted!)