Bored of life

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Just that really ,

im just completely fed up of life and people in it , I don’t know how to turn this around .

I have a toddler and feel like weekends used to be enjoyable and now I prefer work , they are just filled with tantrums and me being fed up and tired of life .

I currently don’t want to see any friends I feel like I just get annoyed with their constant gloating of how much money they have and how they are loving the gym , and I just feel like I’m just rotting away miserable at home . (Yes I know I sound like a jealous cow, I kinda am)

when I do see them I fake my happiness and by the time I get home and I’m exhausted from pretending for hours - hence why I have avoided them for a while.

dont know what will make me happy , maybe a lottery win, but any advise welcome.

Do you have a supportive partner?

hiya , yes I do but he is just always worried about money , we’ve been together a long time , and since having a child we feel like we just exist ….. obviously we adore our child but I seem to be constantly low and depressed , our child is literally poorly from nursery every other week as well

Does he do his fair share of childcare and domestic drudgery?

I remember those early years with young children as being unrelenting. Being constantly knackered, no down time, barely any disposable income due to childcare costs....

It did get easier and I'm sure it will for you as well.

What helped was:

• taking turns with your OH to have a lie in at weekends.
• all of my annual leave went on the children, but I gave myself a couple of days, just for me, to do something I could enjoy.
• regularly plan things to look forward to eg a nice meal, a day out.
• find a hobby you can do around your home life eg read a book, knit etc ( have something you can do for you).

Op, do you take your child out at the weekends? If you're staying in, that might be why you're bored.

I feel the same OP. I'm currently laid on my bed with the curtains drawn after a full on day of my two kids fighting which is relentless, it's all they do, they can't be in the same room for 5 mins without fighting and it's really getting me down. My DH is an utterly miserable fucker who is happy one day and a moody twat the next, he's just thrown an electric scooter across the garden as he tripped over it. I have £4 in my bank, I'm in debt with every bill we have, literally nothing is up to date. I don't know what the point of being alive is. I don't even have friends to moan to. Life is shit and pointless

Welcome to parenthood. They all lied. It's a bit shit.

Can you try and make simply plans for the weekend that are free, and get you all out of the house a few house to entertain toddler and hopefully reduce toddleR tantrums

Life with young children is a hard. It's boring and stressful in equal measure. I love my children fiercely but sometimes I fantasise about running away and starting a new life where nobody knows me.