Brag to me about what you’re most proud of.

[Pleasegivemeyourwisdom]

For me, despite a shitty childhood, I’ve managed to raise (what I hope) are well rounded, happy children.

Come tell me your successes. X

My kids. They are just average children (although quite good looking. Other people have told me that, I'm not just a biased mum 🤣) none of them are extraordinarily bright or great at anything and they can all be absolute brats when they want to be, but I'm just so proud of them all.
Also my dp. He has a few crap personality traits, but after a really shit childhood and a family that are all addicted to something and in and out of jail all the time, he has managed to make a good life for himself. He has a degree (not that he's used it 🤣) he has a full time and part time job and has no substance abuse problems. He is also one of the most generous people you would ever meet. Although his whole family are like that really, they are all lovely people that would do anything for anyone, they just have many problems.

I'm also very proud of my mum. After a very fast and traumatic break up from my dad, where she was forced out of her home and made homeless, she worked through the whole thing, managed to get a house and is very much living her life as usual and is still the person she always was.

ManifestingJoy

oh wow, similar story, but my dc1 has just got in to a really good university and I'm so proud. NOT just of her but of me too if Im allowed to say that. As a single parent you can read statistics about children from single parent families and third level education and feel a bit demoralised. But it turns out that my dc1 wasn't disadvantaged by us being a single parent family because every time I made a choice about what to spend limited resources on, I thought, will this matter in five years, will this matter in 1 year. So no to the new trainers, yes to the braces. And so on.You should be proud of yourself, it is NOT easy being a single parent in today's society.Every day for about three years I got in to bed and thought ''thank god he's not in it, thank goodness i left him''.I still think of that as the proof i have strength when I need to be reminded.xx

Congratulations on your DC, I'd be proud too! Your allowed to be proud of yourself too, theres still a stigma to being a single mum, even if it's not as bad as years ago

I feel most sorry for my children that I am a single mum and that I'm their only proper support. I dont think I'll ever be rid of that feeling as I know my poor decisions led them to this life. I can only try and make sure their happy which they are.

Finding the strength is not easy, people think it is but it ist. Yes, it's been 5 years nearly for me and every single day I'm still grateful I left him,

We never had nice furniture or nice clothes, we do now and I love that I did this for us, on my own.

Congratulations, I'd be extremely proud of myself if I were you xx

I am proud to have a happy marriage and happy well adjusted thriving children who have never known what fear is. I have a very well paid job and would be viewed by people in my life as very normal. I have friends.

I hide very very well the horrific childhood that I had, the physical, sexual and mental abuse that I suffered. Being able to give my children a safe and happy life brings me endless joy.

That Ive raised someone else's son along side my own, as if my own. (From the age of 9 - 19, he only sees his mum for about 2 afternoons per year). And he has just gone to Uni and is a thoroughly nice and well adjusted young man now.

Really proud I overcame terrible PND and learnt to love my son. He's the love of my life now

I was always shy and socially very awkward growing up and found it hard to fit in and make friends. I'm in my 60s now and have a wonderful network of kind, caring friends. I am so grateful for them.

I didn't do well at school but at 50 I found my passion and went to uni for the first time. I now have an MSc

I make my bed every day - that's huge for me. It's a habit I began during the first lockdown and it seems to have stuck.

Left home at 15 with £1.20, horrible mum.
Failed most exams that year.

40 years later, I've worked so hard taken every opportunity and now own lovely homes have 2 lovely kids and have a very nice life 😀

My children.

Both our DDs are genuinely lovely teenagers who have rarely given us even a moment of stress or trouble. They're beautiful girls, both inside and out. They're both very clever, funny, kind and generous. Not surprisingly they're both very popular and have lots of friends, and both their boyfriends are genuinely lovely young men too. I am incredibly proud of them both