Struggling a bit today

[Ghostsgowoooh]

I've been feeling ok for weeks, had my down days but I've always managed to cheer myself up a bit but it hasn't worked today.

I'm tired, tired of everything. I've got ungrateful kids and my 13 year old ds's chip in his shoulder is growing into a potato, I seem to spend my life shouting at him.

I'm cold. I don't feel well and I've got another cold, house is a tip, my ex is unreliable over the kids, yet again he's let us all down over tomorrow.

I'm exhausted and I'm broke! Sorry for the whine I just feel so low today

i feel the same. your son is a bit older than my daughter but she just can't give a monkeys about anyone but herself it must be their age. i am in a similar situation with my ex messing me about too. i keep telling myself the kids will come out the other also when i have a low day which is quite often i remember a s saying my mum used to say . life is a bowl of cherries if you make it x chin up you may feel different tomorrow x

why don't you put a bit of money a week away and forget about it it will soon build up. i have threatened to go on strike but i can't cos i have a toddler and a baby but i feel like i too am always having a go at my olds girls. we have to pick our battles though or they just stop listening. sod the house til you feel better and think happy its infectious you know x

sorry for typos bloody phone

Hi thanks for your reply, it does sound like we are in similar situations. I am still feeling ill, I think that's got a lot to do with my low mood and ex hasn't helped matters this evening. In bed mumsnetting and a day of dance classes for me and the kids should cheer me up hopefully!

Like your idea of putting money away for a rainy day, bit broke at the moment though but something to think about after Christmas I think.

Ds has gone away for the weekend with his dad, not the dad of my younger two though. He shares the same dad as my eldest girl. So got a bit of a break from the constant attitude!