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kelpie10 · 19/07/2017 11:18

Hi I'm a single mum working 20 hours with a 4yr old and a 18yr old who is currently not working. 2 different dad's, my 4yr olds dad comes over for the day every Wednesday where we hold a weird 1 day relationship no contact any other day. I do absolutely everything myself with no help and it's all getting to much. I have no real friends no social life and I feel I'm spiralling into a rut I can't find no way out of. I want my days off to spend quality time with my kids but instead I'm catching up on housework and stressed. I'm even contemplating deleting fb as seeing everyone else's life having partners doing things together is really getting me down I want a normal life but feels impossible.

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MrsMortified · 19/07/2017 13:15

Kelpie big hugs to you matey. I'm in a similar situation and know what a weird existence it is. I'm working 30 hours over 4 days with an hour and a quarter commute either end of the day, my 3 boys are 3 9 and 12 so all at different schools/nursery and I just feel like I'm on a treadmill of tidy up, feed family, uniforms lunchboxes dropoffspickupschoolplayshousework and then sleep until it all begins again tomorrow :( Do you ever have child free time at all?

kelpie10 · 20/07/2017 18:14

Not really no the odd 2 hours while he's at school

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FV45 · 20/07/2017 18:18

Why doesn't DS2s dad see more of his son?

scurryfunge · 20/07/2017 18:18

Can the 18 year old pitch in?

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