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When is it my turn to lose my shit?

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Cattermole · 17/06/2020 08:47

Not really asking for advice....just complaining.

So DH was woken up at 5am by the jackdaws yelling in next door's chimney. (This is a real thing. Country life, folks. Those little sods are LOUD.) So he's half-asleep and not grumpy but not what you'd call communicative. Has begun the day by muttering at the radio, the world is going to hell in a handcart.
DS, who is back at school, woke up late and is grumpy, complaining about having finished the fun part of their school topic, his trousers don't fit, his shirt collar isn't comfortable. He can be a proper whiny small boy and we have had the conversation about looking for the nice things many times, but it doesn't take at this time in the morning.
I'm WFH. My inbox is full of people on the verge of crisis. (Which is fine, but one crisis at once, please form an orderly queue.)
This afternoon I will be spending my usual 2 hours working from mother's, in which I work and do her personal care bits in between dealing with people in crisis, and during which she TALKS CONTINUALLY. Most of which is mildly-paranoid bollocks about the neighbours or her interminable health problems.

The cats are being weird and needy, and I am getting fed up with Zoom calls with the senior managers being hijacked by furry team members.

I would LOVE to be able to lose my shit, but it never seems to be my turn....
Oh and just to add in. My laptop has now decided to play the random "right click but I'm going to give you the left click menu" game.

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GetUpAgain · 17/06/2020 08:50

I hear you, I won't wade in with 'helpful' advice but can I say it sounds like you are doing an amazing job, the people around you may not tell you, but well done CakeGinFlowersBrewWineDaffodilStar

The80sweregreat · 17/06/2020 08:52

I can sympathize as times are horrible just now and dealing with elderly parents and children isn't fun at all and during these uncertain times it's even worse. Tech always goes wrong when I do anything and I'm not working from home!
It's true that women tend to just ' get on with it' more than men do. It's how we're wired I think. More likely to grin and bear it all.

Allinadaystwerk · 17/06/2020 08:55

I hear you op. The other day I had to drop everything go to my room and scream into my pillow because my 12 yo ds said ewww not macaroni cheese again! It was the straw that broke the camel and i cant even repeat what I wanted to say to him because it could trigger safeguarding! But it felt like I was going to explode. I hope you get to lose your shit real soon. You are doin a great job keeping it together in the meantime. SmileFlowersCake

PickAChew · 17/06/2020 08:56

I'd have lost mine, ages ago. I've had a few of my own, in the past few months.

You probably need to order your poor kid some bigger uniform, though, unless he's in his last year.

Cattermole · 17/06/2020 08:58

Nice to be heard I can tell you! Grin

I love my boys and my mum, but DH is a stay at home dad and mum is a widow who lives by herself, so you can imagine they are leaping on "company" with cries of joy.
Which is why I grit my teeth and nod and smile. Eventually I get to go back to work in an office, even if witty banter will need to be shouted down the corridor.

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Cattermole · 17/06/2020 09:00

@PickAChew the thing was, his trousers fitted him yesterday....

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PickAChew · 17/06/2020 14:22

Ha, yes, I have a boy growing like that!

Homebirdafterall · 17/06/2020 14:43

I lost my shit last week and I thought I was having a breakdown. I told DH that I couldn't do it anymore, I was losing the plot and I needed help. He went to bed to watch TV.
I went into the bathroom and cried, and looked at the window then cried some more when I realised I'm too fat to escape out of it.
I came out of the bathroom when I'd composed myself and DS said "What's for dinner?" then we all carried on as normal.
My point is, lose your shit if you need to, but it'll make no difference!

Cattermole · 17/06/2020 17:45

@Homebirdafterall I'm so sorry you had a rubbish time last week.

Lots of rubbish times around currently. I made some biscuits and put up a tent in the garden for the Junior Mole, listened to DH rant for a while whilst smiling (and posting on MN) and mum was in fine fettle.
And @PickAChew.... he does actually need new trousers!!!! EEEEK!!!!

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