Fed up - that's all really. Really fed up. On my own with 2 DC's - DS 13.5, DD 9.5. Have been single parent for 8 years. No family nearby - only my mum who neither of my 2 have a lot of time for :( My dad who they worshipped (and so did I) died suddenly 4 yrs ago :(
Trying to keep them both amused/entertained/happy is draining me. To be fair my DS is no trouble (apart from bedtime!) but DD is hard, hard, work. She has a terrible relationship with her dad, won't go to his anymore or even out with him anywhere. She is stroppy, argumentative and prone to hissy fits. Wanted to go out today, just the 3 of us, but she doesn't want to go as what we had planned scares her!
Fed up with watching my friends, who are all 'happily' married, off on days out as 'normal' families, then moaning because their husbands/DPs have gone back to work and the days are long!! Every day is long for me - I have no one arriving home for some welcome adult conversation/company. I have plenty of friends but they don't want to hear me moaning + they don't understand how it is for me.
I know realistically that I am much better off than other parents but feeling sorry for myself today!
Thanks for reading/letting me rant, if you've got this far!!