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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.

OP posts:
reytmardy · 05/08/2019 21:00

Tired of always being on edge, tired of being stuck in the house when we should be out in the sunshine, tired of being utterly bored

ChateauMyself · 05/08/2019 21:02

Kids not wanting to hang out with DS and the kids parents not bothered about it. Even though they know DS is on the spectrum and they ask me about it.

One birthday party invite in 5 years. But don’t let that stop you accepting DS’s invite for your child when I organise a party for him.

School not bothered about helping him forge friendship groups / encouraging others to include him - group activity type situations.

There I said it. Grown ups who could help me/DS with his social communication problems turning the other cheek. Where’s the compassion? But no, kids are entitled to be friends with whom they want to be and the parents are entitled to facilitate their clicky groups.

I hope senior school is better...

managedmis · 05/08/2019 21:04

Tired of cooking
Tired of email

WindsorDuchess · 05/08/2019 21:06

I'm tired of explaining to my husband that the reason a certain item of clothing isn't washed is because he kicks his dirty clothes under the bed instead of putting them in the wash basket.

troppibambini · 05/08/2019 21:08

Tired of picking up after everyone. My mum had my four dc for a few hours today and I cleaned and tidied everywhere down stairs. Ten minutes after they were home I thought why the hell did I bother.
Tired of the washing, sorting and ironing it's just never ending.

ToLiveInPeace · 05/08/2019 21:14

Health anxiety and horrible symptoms. And the doctor who told me to take up tai fucking chi.

OldUnit · 05/08/2019 21:21

I'm tired of SO MANY other people, of sitting in traffic jams where there didn't used to be one, of being bustled left, right and centre any time I go out, of the constant noise of life.

SO MANY PEOPLE!

OldUnit · 05/08/2019 21:22

And everyone's just breeding and breeding and breeding. Agh!!!!

scarbados · 05/08/2019 21:22

Tired of having osteoarthritis and being in pain all the time and every step I take being hard work. Tired of walking a couple of hundred yards and feeling as though I've run 10 miles. Tired of not daring to go for a coffee with friends because if I sit down when I'm out of the house, my knees don't want to work when I try to walk again and I'm so slow that I'm scared if I'm out and need to pee I won't be able to get there in time. I usually 'just get on with it' but I've got a cold and it's making everything more difficult. I think basically today I'm tired of fucking living.

ZenNudist · 05/08/2019 21:22

Today I'm just very very tired. I am meant to be doing some work to get ahead of the game tomorrow, but the kids have worn me out. I can't face moving. Lying here after showering.

I spent the last few weeks of the term looking forward to the holidays so they could have a rest. Now two weeks into the holidays they seem even more tired and they've been much spoilt by grand parental care.

So im tired of five-year-old DS crying all the time. I'm tired of my nearly 9 year old refusing to do any piano practice. I'm tired of not being able to enjoy family life.

Oh well two more weeks to go and then we go on holiday abroad. Then yay back to school!!

foxyknoxy30 · 05/08/2019 21:22

I am tired of tidying up the same shit everyday with my kids and husband

toffeeapple123 · 05/08/2019 21:24

I'm tired of feeling old, fat and unattractive and invisible to men.

Be glad you're invisible to men. I dream of the day I'm invisible to men. I experience unwanted attention and harassment on a daily basis and it's highly unpleasant. Read this: www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/woman-old-enough-to-be-invisible-to-men-actually-quite-pleased-about-it-20190129181879

MrsGrindah · 05/08/2019 21:26

I’m tired of bereavement. Want to turn the clock back every day

darkriver19886 · 05/08/2019 21:26

I am just tired.

Tired of my mental health. Tired of my trauma dragging me under every day. Even though I sleep I never wake up rested. Tired of pain and tired of the heartbreak of my losing everything.

I am tired of being out of work but know that I can't cope with life at the moment even though I have been in therapy for a year. I am tired of slapping on a smile even though I just want to cry.

I am just tired.

DontDribbleOnTheCarpet · 05/08/2019 21:27

Being everyone's default adult. Including other adults. Family politics which apparently I must care about despite it not being my family. Working 105 hours a week and still being the person everyone wants to sort their trivial shit out.
Also, the weather. It's hot here but hasn't the basic manners to also be sunny.

Mummoomoocow · 05/08/2019 21:28

I’m tired of not knowing what I’m doing. I don’t know how to cook. I don’t do washing properly. I don’t know diy. I can’t do anything well but I’ve no motivation and no access to resources.

I’m tired of having no parents. I’m tired of relying entirely on my half-arsed man-child partner and his family for all kinds of support.

I wish my mum taught me something about this fucking world worth knowing.

WizzyBee · 05/08/2019 21:29

I'm tired of having to make all the decisions all of the time.

Tired of never having anyone do something nice for me.

Been a single parent for 10+ years and I want someone else to think of and organsie FUCKING EVERYTHING for a bit.

FlamedToACrisp · 05/08/2019 21:31

I'm sooooo tired of asking my stepson to do a simple job and finding he has done SOME of it.

Or none of it and decided to go to bed instead in the middle of the day.

U2HasTheEdge · 05/08/2019 21:31

Fucking GERD and IBS.

GERD has kept me awake for nights and I am so uncomfortable. My GP didn't even give a crap about how much I am struggling.

The GERD then sets off my health anxiety. The anxiety makes the GERD worse and around it goes...

And I am sick of the bloating and nothing really helps.

800msprint · 05/08/2019 21:33

Oh all of this. I'm tired of feeling like I'm the only one thinking 'is this it?'

formerbabe · 05/08/2019 21:36

I'm tired of constantly preparing and cooking meals, then clearing up...on a loop.

It's constant in the school holidays..."muuuuuummmmm, I'm hhhhuuunnnngggrrrryyyy" on repeat!

yellowallpaper · 05/08/2019 21:37

Fighting for every single thing my disabled child needs. Too tired to vent to be honest.

HazelBite · 05/08/2019 21:39

I'm tired of being supportive, my DC's are all adults but they feel the need to involve me in their lives and problems.
I am distraught at what is going on in Ds1's life at the moment, Ds4's DP has MH prob;ems and I'm tired of being "there" for them all the time.
My Dsis is in a nursing home with dementia, my neice phones me in tears , my DBIL is in pieces.
I love all my family dearly, but I am so tired of being supportive

gluteustothemaximus · 05/08/2019 21:43

Tired of brexit. Every single day.

Neoflex · 05/08/2019 21:47

I'm tired of my daughter bringing back minging diseases back from nursery and infecting us all.
V&D 3x this year
Conjunctivitis x 1
Colds x 2
Hand foot and mouth
Head lice
Ear infection
Chest infection
I bet it will be bloody worms next

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