How DO single parents cope?

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She's 3 months old. When I shower - actually I only half showered today as she screamed the house down.

I poop, she comes with me 🙄. I cook something, well you get the picture. I have a husband who's awesome so all these things get relieved.

Single parents, you don't do you? I want to start a charity to support this. I'm upset at the amount of times I've read on here, single mums go through hell.

You get into a routine. It also gets easier as they get older.

The hardest part is the emotional part. It's even more lonely than living alone (especially before they start talking and, once they reach the age where they play Minecraft and don't want you to join in!) because you're essentially 'stuck' at home at times when your child doesn't want to go anywhere or I need to go somewhere alone.

Yes if I need to go shopping/Doctors/Dentist etc then DD must come with me of course. But there are times when if I was alone, I might have gone off somewhere of my own choosing but you can’t/wouldn't with a child for example. So you occasionally feel a bit trapped (not so much anymore but certainly in the early days).

I don't think I'm articulating my point well here but I hope you get the gist of what I mean!

Also I'm having to stay single until DD is an adult. This is because as her Dad walked away and she's with me 7 days a week, it doesn't really leave time for me to have any kind of relationship with anyone. Certainly not face to face! I only have my elderly mother for childcare who can’t really cope with nights so I wouldn't ever be able to be free on an evening & I don't believe in introducing DC to new partners before at least a year or two into a relationship so it's just not feasible for me to date.
These are the finer details people don't realise when they're judging & criticising single parents and looking down on us (trust me, people do regularly!) They forget that we (usually, mostly) haven't chosen to become single parents and most of us are making some kind of massive sacrifice for our kids.

And I just read on X that Labour are considering scrapping the single person Council tax discount. As if it wasn't hard enough!

This was me. Single throughout and kids are now 19 and 22.
Couldn't be bothered having to parent another "man child" to be honest.

I was the same and that is a bonus in my opinion. Men are usually just another burden.