I’m a single parent to DD 8. She has no contact with her father and hasn’t seen him in years. The only person who really watches DD for me is my own mother, and that’s maybe one or two overnights per month. DD has autism therefore struggles to attend activity groups outside of school, I also don’t have any other mum friends from the school or anything because DD goes on the school bus (as do most of the other children in an SEN school) and my own friends wouldn’t cope with DD’s needs on their own to look after her.
I have been properly single for around 6 years now, and sometimes I miss that contact and companionship with another person, but I’m starting to realise that dating in this situation is near enough impossible. I’m also not one to introduce DD to anyone anytime soon, which I strongly believe in, so that also restricts the time I would have available to spend time with someone I was seeing sort of thing.
I don’t even know what this AIBU is, I think it’s just a bit of a rant because it brings to light again and again, how hard it is being the only parent and the things you almost have to sacrifice when the other parent is such a shit human being. I wouldn’t have it any other way though, as we are both much better off without him for sure!
Does anyone else have any experiences of dating as a single parent? Has it ever worked out?