to be in desperate need of completely uncritical sympathy?

[Goddammit]

I've had a bugger of a day. DS has tanked his a levels (hey, who said everyone gets As these days - not in our house!) and now has disappeared off with his Totally Unsuitable Friend on what looked to me like a spliff and booze bender in the rain. Meanwhile younger DS who has Asperger's and possible ADHD has been kicking off so much that by 8am today I had had a total mummy meltdown and screamed at him like a fishwife, which of course brings out the best in him, ahem. Took the younger kids to toy story 3 this afternoon and just slept through it I was so knackered. The house is a bombsite and I have just had to cancel this weekend's visitors as I truly cannot cope with them. DH is being a twat and to top it all I think all this crying, yelling and ranting on my part might be the beginning of the menopause. I feel pathetically sorry for myself...

SECONDCOMING wins i think

bumpsoon your posts are hilarious

dear god im sore laughing at that bouncy castle piss and mop story

Hello everyone, thank you thank you THANK YOU, it all really, really helped. Also, secondcoming, congrats on:

1. the new baby
2. v v funny post

Though I can imagine in RL it probably wasn't that much of a laugh. You were good to fess up to the wee coming from your toddler - was it not tempting to turn a very blind eye?

Update:
DH has cleaned the kitchen amid much huffing and puffing. I just ignored it and at one stage even read the paper while he swept the kitchen floor for the first time in about a year. Perfect.
DS "the genius" is going to a festival this weekend, no he hasn't got a ticket cos that would have meant he'd earned some money and saved it up (not he) but is going to climb through the fence or something. On a more positive note, he is going to FE college to do a vocational course for a couple of years, which hopefully will allow for some growing-up time.
Master Asperger is marginally calmer, I have had a reasonable amount of sleep and yes, weird truffle-style chocs and a small bottle of cider (it was all we had) did the trick!
Big hugs to you all, thanks girls. I reeeallly appreciate it.

First time Dh had swept kitchen floor in a year, I should say, KF has been swept by me the odd zillion times, obv...