Ahh, blimey where to start!! I was diagnosed with pnd about 2 years ago, Id been suffering with it for about 2 1/2 years at that point. DP left me around the same time (we are now back together). He says he left because he couldnt deal with my mood, and the fact that I rarely did any housework. (Awful I know, but thats how depressed I was). I still maintain, that while that may be partly why he left, he had another woman 'lined up'. Anyway, the depression got so bad that my so called sister, called social services on me, and they temporarily removed my 2 children. Trust me, I am so ashamed that my house got that bad, but heck I have to be honest. I am working with a SW and a family worker on orgainizing, and maintaining the house to an accpetable standard.
Anyway, fastforward to now, me and DP are back together, he says he has realized what we had etc etc. People have been really nasty to me about it, saying I'm stupid, and that I'm a 'mug' and so on. Then when DS2 started school this year, we had the teachers do their home visit, they reported back to SW that the house was untidy, but my family worker was there the same day, and was perfectly happy with the house. I was talking to a friend about it earlier, and she just said "well you do have lots of toy boxes in your lounge, you should keep them in the boys bedroom!"
I personally don't like my children having toys in their rooms, and dont see the difference between having toy boxes in a bedroom as oppose to a lounge. Just struggeling to understand what is genrally acceptable as a clean and tidy house, my house is easlily as clean and tidy now as most of my friends, and the house I grew up in.
Then today we were having a discussion about the school (me and other mums from same school I mean) and I said that when I would consider homeschooling my children if the school they were in wasn't good. (It is btw but was just discussing that kinda thing) One of the women there commented that I wouldn't be able to homeschool, as I'm not qualified enough!!!! She hardly knows me, and while I don't have any qualifications past GCSE, I am actually an intelligent woman, who, according to the college, would be welcome on any of the courses I am torn between doing (early years teaching, midwifery, or psychology).
Hope that all makes sense, and thanks x