Advantages of being lone parent are ...

[Snugglesrock]

Evening all

Saw one of these a while back and now I can't find, so I thought I'd start another

Let's all share the advantages

First one is star fishing in bed for me :)

Not having to be kept awake at night because of his heavy breathing/snoring. Used to drive me mad.

Not having to smell his smoky breath/clothes/hair/hands.

Not cooking a lovely meal only for him to be late and for it to be ruined/cold when he bothered to show up (for some reason he could not call in advance to tell me he was going to be late).

Not having to go to his family's house and see his awful, whining mother and his thuggish brothers and their respective miserable girlfriends.

Not having to hear myself nag him to do stuff. I got sick of my own nagging towards the end.

Being able to focus on my DD and knowing that she gets lots of attention and love and that she is the centre of my universe.

I don't have to watch football.
I don't have to have things rearranged to fit around football
I don't have to listen to the bloody crowd roar of football that is audible no matter where I am in the house.
I don't have to put up with his creepy best mate
I don't have to put up with his bloody sister
I don't have to watch snooker
I don't have to watch darts
I don't have to watch shitty films with no plot
I don't have to remember which veg he doesn't like (pretty much all of them)
I can read in bed
His alarm doesn't wake me at stupid o'clock
I don't have to shift him off the sofa where he has fallen asleep so I can watch late night tv
I don't have to let anyone know my plans for the weekend or plan things around him (well, aside from the children's arrangements)
I can diet without having to support him on his diet too - so much easier than trying to sort out two people's calorie requirements

getting stuff out the attic and taking things to the tip when you want and not having to remind and nag and get annoyed.

Whoever said not using up energy trying to save a relationship - that!!!!

Not really dealing with any negativity. Ok I tell off dd1 now and then but it's nothing like arguing with exh.

Being able to have my house exactly as the dc and I like. Just those alone are enough for me

No shit food in the house (ginsters FFS )
No dirty clothes left on the floor for days.
Not having to organise everything.
No grumpy, abusive shit trying to wangle going to the pub before the dc's are even in bed.
No grumpy, hungover lump to deal with the next day.
No one dipping into the joint (ie; child benefit / child tax credits account) to go to the pub.

Ok, I have the DC's all the time so am sleep deprived and burnt out, but at least I know the buck stops with me and I don't have a 6 foot manchild to deal with too.

Oh my God Daisystone you have hit the nail on the head with 'I got sick of my own nagging.' Except 'nagging' is a term made up by men to pass the blame for their own uselessness! So true!