feeling lonely Anyone else get like this?

[CandyCreeper]

Its half term and I want to take my kids to the fun fair but i hate that im always alone, im alone where ever i go. everyone else seems to always be out with loads of friends and family and its just me with my kids. The couple of friends i do have never want to do anything and my sisters boy is 14 so again not interested in the same things. atleast when ex was around i had company. anyone else always alone.

This is me too, OP. It's not just you though, there are loads of single parents everywhere, we just tend to notice the happy bloody families everywhere when we are feeling lonely. It still sucks though. But I prefer being alone and free to do what I want with the kids than be with him.
Hope you're feeling ok x

Btw I came on here intending to start a very similar thread about loneliess. I get chronically lonely and I don't know what to do about it. When you are with your kids you don't have time to socialise and don't have money for babysitters AND a night out. When you are apart from your kids you don't know what to do (well that's me, anyway). Dads who work full time and only see the kids occasionally have no idea how easy it is for them to have a more balanced life than us.

Me too. And I only have one dd, so for her it's just me, no siblings. We can go whole weekends with only each other for company

I'm not a single parent anymore but is for 3 years and felt exactly the same as you. But you're not alone, they'll be plenty of other lone parents walking about the places you visit, but you just don't notice.

I joined a Facebook group called Gingerbread and they run lots of single parent groups. I went on lots of social activities and met lots of new friends. Even though I'm in a relationship now, my partner works away all week so I still see myself as being on my own 90% of the time. So I still attend these groups. I also still take my children to places on my own, I guess I'm used to my own space and independence and I actually enjoy it!