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AIBU to think life is just so much harder

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user9000 · 04/04/2019 17:50

when you grow up with/live with no support at all? No one to turn to if you lose your job or end up in hospital, no one to even take your dog for one day without paying them!

I know I am going to get some responses like you should only rely on yourself and such nonsense, probably by people who have people to help them. Or I will get the response I am supposed to make my own circle of support --- which I have found impossible because everyone else already has support and therefore doesn't need to trade with me.

I am just so sick of going it alone and anytime something happens there is just me, myself and I. I moved out at 20, paid my own way through university, every job I ever got was through my own effort, not through someone getting me a job, raised my DCs without help from GPs (who were disinterested)….

And yet all around me are people who lived at home to save up money or have GPs who help out or friends that get them a job or they got their job through nepotism.

Yes this is a big whinge but I am just sooooooooo tired of feeling so disadvantaged....

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gotmychocolateimgood · 04/04/2019 19:51

Most of my friends have family living nearby so I understand being envious of that. They don't need my help so much but they help me with pick ups from school etc. They know I would help them in return. Maybe your acquaintances could need help in the future--becoming ill or having to care for a relative, and I'm sure you would help them. If you ask for help you might be surprised.

chandylier · 04/04/2019 19:53

I agree with you
It’s not as easy as asking acquaintances or neighbours, it’s not about being unfriendly or living in a shit area
Sometimes it just circumstance.
And I’m sick of doing everything myself, I’m trying to teach ds to help, he’s trying

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