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To ask you to tell me what you're tired of?

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Scratch22 · 05/08/2019 20:29

Just wanted to create a thread just for people to vent because I really feel I need to.

I love my child but I'm so tired of everything parenting brings. I'm tired of the endless grind of cleaning, nagging and tidying that is my life. I'm tired of having a poorly paid job I hate where I'm not valued just because it fits in with school. I'm tired of having to be sociable so that my child can be. I'm tired of having no money and absolutely nothing for myself because my child needs uniform, swimming lessons, days out etc none of which she appreciates. I'm tired of having a body with endless problems since having a child - the latest one being painful haemorrhoids. I'm tired of feeling old, fat and unattractive and invisible to men. I'm tired of feeling guilty about never really being good enough at anything and not being as happy as I should be. There - now I don't have to go outside and scream! Thank you.

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growlingbear · 05/08/2019 20:32

I'm tired of lugging two stone extra weight around and lacking the energy and motivation and self discipline to do something about it. I'm tired of not having the money to do up our lovely but falling apart house. I'm really tired of having low motivation and low energy and low mood.

bigchris · 05/08/2019 20:33

I think I'm just tired , I'm 44 , and I find myself thinking near Christmas, what again another Christmas, I have to do all that shit again , my dad is 84 , so many Christmases

And working full-time, the alarm goes off and i think no again ?? You're kidding me...

Meal preparing, kids moaning about what we're having

tigger001 · 05/08/2019 20:34

Rude people, I just can't understand why people think they have the right, or even want to be rude to another, unless you were dragged up, you know basic manners, so why not use them.

Andallofasuddenitsover · 05/08/2019 20:36

Life! Really tired of it!

tigger001 · 05/08/2019 20:36

I'm also tired of tidying my home and is still looks like we have been burgled by about 11.00, no matter how much I do

HouseworkAvoider10 · 05/08/2019 20:37

Work.
Always work.

Graphista · 05/08/2019 20:37

I'm tired of being ill.

I'm now 19 months housebound due mainly to mh problems.

I'm tired of my stupid brain bullying me.

I'm tired of not getting the help and support I need to fix it or at least get me to a point where I have a life.

I'm tired of being in pain all day every day due to my physical disability, I've had treatment and I have painkillers but the side effects are rotten so I only taken them when things are really bad.

I'm tired of being tired. My health issues mean I don't sleep much and even when I do the quality is shit so I'm permanently knackered!

I'm tired of being skint while also being vilified for being a "benefit scrounger". I didn't plan on being sick and unable to work

megletthesecond · 05/08/2019 20:38

Pretty much the same as you Flowers.

I'm utterly over repetitive food prep. If it wasn't for the fact that dd has a meltdown if I don't get something ready then I'd leave them to make their own lunches.

hidinginthenightgarden · 05/08/2019 20:39

I am tired of being a grownup. I hate going to work, wrestling Kids, paying bills and being with fuck all to show for the slog.

PennyPitStop19 · 05/08/2019 20:39

I’m tired of consumerism - everywhere just seems to be all
About shopping and people wandering around I’m a bovine way buying rubbish.

PennyPitStop19 · 05/08/2019 20:40

In a bovine way.

CarolDanvers · 05/08/2019 20:41

My ex H who never fails to make a smarmy dig at me in front of my dc whenever he sees me. Today's was about how a photo he'd seen looked like me - same chipmunk cheeks apparently. My children looked confused as clearly I don't have chipmunk cheeks so there was lots of back slapping and "it's just a joke!" Then I told dd not to drink too much water as we had a long journey back with no access to a toilet and he muttered loud enough for me to hear "not rationed is it?" then pretended he hadn't and said "dd it's hot you can have as much as you want!". Sure enough on the way back she was desperate for the toilet and we couldn't get to one so was very stressed - she's autistic.

Sometimes I wish he'd fall down the nearest manhole.

castlecutie · 05/08/2019 20:42

life. my DP leaving me in the shit all the time.

Whatelsecouldibecalled · 05/08/2019 20:42

Tired of worrying. Especially worrying about things I have no control over!

Morgan12 · 05/08/2019 20:43

I'm tired of social media.

Apparently I don't clean my house anymore. I hinch it.

Fuck. Right. Off.

Laiste · 05/08/2019 20:45

I'm tired of my routines. All of them. The running of the house and looking after the family routines. And yet i need them, i couldn't live in chaos. I love my family.

I sometimes feel like i've been alive too long - and yet and at the same time i'm acutely aware that life is short and i'm over the half way point and i find that terrifying.

Gladiolus45 · 05/08/2019 20:48

So many things! Teenage DD who treats me as if I am the most boring thing on this earth, nothing I do is right.

My job - I moved to a new one 4 months ago which looked good on paper but there is not enough work to do and what there is is very dull. I'm going to have to start job hunting again and I'm really down about it.

Where I live - bored with that too but stuck here for another two years waiting for youngest DC to finish school.

Waiting for abusive exH to have a pop at taking me back to court again.

Nothing to look forward to!

PeoniesarePink · 05/08/2019 20:49

I try really hard to be positive and cheerful, but dealing with the general public is so draining at work. I literally cannot believe how rude some people are.......... someone hung up on me today as I tried to explain far more politely than they deserved that we couldn't do what they had enquired about. I have to take a deep breath and count to 10 far more than I should. And I really really want to say "were you born this rude or has it taken years of practice" but can't.

EatDessertFirst · 05/08/2019 20:50

My mother judging EVERYTHING I do, especially after my recent seperation. Apparently, working 13 hour shifts, both days, every other weekend while the DC are at their dads is me 'living the single life' Hmm. According to her I shouldn't be working as benefits will support me and I should be at home all the time. For the record, I work full time shifts around the DCs dad as I always have. He and I are happier apart and parenting seperately but amicably. Noone else involved as yet.

I dread talking to her on the phone as I can hear her cats bum face in every word she says.

Chocolate35 · 05/08/2019 20:50

I’m tired of never having enough money. If we treat the kids we literally have to pay a bill late or work extra hours and forget spending money on myself or DH. We socialise at home or at friends houses and even then DH will try and do some overtime to cover the added cost of extra food/drinks. Oh, and I look like shit because of course I can’t afford to get my hair cut more than once every couple of years and my make up is cheap shit that I wouldn’t have touched before having kids (I had money then).

TheGlitterFairy · 05/08/2019 20:57

I’m tired of always being tired - no matter how much sleep I have, I’m always tired.
Also tired of seemingly everyone I know being able to get pregnant/ have a baby: have several. And no, I don’t need to relax about it as there are medical reasons I’m not able to and now after 4 unsuccessful IVFs are looking into donor eggs - but I’m just tired of waiting for that too and want to just get on with it and have a family. Thanks for allowing my rant.

IDontDrinkTea · 05/08/2019 20:57

Breastfeeding. I’m really tired of breastfeeding.

In the beginning, it was so bad I had blisters about 4cm in diameter across my nipples. I’ve never even had blisters like that on my feet when I’ve done 20+ mile runs. Funnily enough they’ve healed with a scar. Now she’s older, she bites. Or she gazes round the room whilst feeding, dragging my nipple with her. She’s not old enough to be weaned yet. She refuses a bottle. I’m sure I’ll miss it one day, but right now I’m tired of it

Wer2Next · 05/08/2019 20:57

Life. Tired of the repetitiveness of it all. Have a dc I can't enjoy because I am not happy.

I'm tired of everything and it's not physical tiredness.

happytoday73 · 05/08/2019 20:58

Waves at BigChris... You sum it up so well.. I'm a similar age to you and that's exactly how I feel.
Very repetitive.. Life on a hamster wheel.. I feel like I have to remember and organise everything in house...
I'm also tired of being stressed & 2 stone overweight which affects my confidence and my health... But sorting it feels like such hard work WineCake on top of kid stuff

Shannith · 05/08/2019 20:59

@PeoniesarePink "were you born this rude or did it take years of practice?" Is perfect. Better than "did you mean to be so rude?"

They probably were and probably did. Which makes them wankers to be laughed at.

Easier said than done I know. But fuck em.

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