To say this is the worst part of being single?

[MovieQueen12]

You are never anyone's number 1 or first choice. You just slot in wherever.
I don't envy any of the relationships I see but this is hard at times.

Yup. Mind you when I was married I wasn't my husbands top priority either!

You have to make yourself a priority, don't relegate yourself to second class just because you don't have a partner.

Not the worst part for me but I’m a single parent rather than just single

The worst part of being single for me is only getting a 25% discount on my council tax bill!

I totally disagree tbh. This is only true if you have shit friends who have to be joined at the hip with their other half.

I've been single for long period of my life and have always prioritised having good relationships with girlfriends. There are tons of things I will do with them that I won't do with my partner.

It's just about developing strong relationships where people won't relegate you. And also about how you see yourself. If you see yourself as a second class citizen because you're not in a LTR other people will pick up on that. Focus on the positives of being single (and there are many of those).

That's a lot easier said than done. It was very apparent to me during lock down I was no one's priority - and that's completely understandable when other people have partners and children.

Trust me, you can not be single and still no one’s top priority. They don’t go hand in hand with each other sometimes

All I can suggest is find some new friends who are single and no support bubble. Many people have relatives though. I only have 18 year old ds and no other family as no siblings and my parents are deceased. It is also easier said than done in this location to find single women or single parents as most cannot cope on their own and needi ly find a new man almost as soon as they become single. Very difficult to be honest. The lockdowns were a killer for me.

Finding a single person my age is in my experience like finding a needle in a haystack. Doesn't bother me being single but what I said still stands. It is hard to feel you have worth as a single older woman at times.

I hear you