how long have you been a single parent?

[AMAZINWOMAN]

ive been a single parent now for oevr 7 years
i chose to be alone

i cant imagine myself being settled again and sharing the parenting responsibility-its been so long

but i dont want to be alone for the rest of my life! im worried that i will be though as we are very close and for someone to come in our lives it would affect the dynamics

lol @ fiver a pic!

can you tell i am bored?

Very.

teehee

A funny from yesterday's accident....on another thread.

Yesterday, I managed to break two fingers and disclocate one of them in a biking accident.

Went to A&E. Stood in the cubicle with nurse. I am wearing a biking top, biking gloves, tight legging type things, and biking shoes.

She looks at hand, winces and says "Did you do it whilst biking?"

I allowed the realisation to dawn on her......and then said, "Does it show?" .

And she was lovely...if you are reading.

lou...surely you've something to do!!

i do but i am avoiding it, i just made a bacon and egg toasted sandwich

ow about your fingers, how on earth are you typing?

with the remaining digits - all on my right hand!!

Beginning to see the ordinary jobs that will be a nuisance..cooking, dressing............damn. My buddy took great joy in taking piccies of my hand before it was yanked back in place. Very supportive.

and it's dd's Sports Day on Wednesday!! she thinks I'm going to win the 100 yards dash..
though I am giving some dads a 20 year start!!

i sympathise, i used to dislocate my knee a lot

it bloody well hurts!

oooh!! big joint.

A&E tell me it will be liable to popping out again. Oh deep joy!!

thanks flowertot

yes once mine went it kept going, until 1995 when i had an op to prevent it, now i cant bend it as much as my other leg!

cor you two would make a lovely pair gammy limbs

dont think mine would be worth a fiver

ok cc. so how's trade?? And do I get a cut of this at all?

im delboy fgs, you get NUFFIN, lol, ive changed back, it was ODD.
I am playing scrabble on facebook. I seem to have spent the whole day doing so.....what you been doing?

Cooked tea...did washing up....watched a film..did a couple of emails...everything takes twice as long to acheive with one operable hand. By the time I had shelled the boiled eggs they were stone cold!!

Oh you have been busy, put me to shame, ive watched my washign get wet on the line, collected the kids, thrown some stuff in the oven to burn, added a fryed egg for liquid to dip the burnt bits in and played scrabble...sigh...im so tired LOL

I split up with exh back in February, but he only moved out 4 weeks ago. So far I am enjoying my new found freedom. I go out a lot as ex has the kids most saturday nights.

Have had a friend for a few months now but its more of a physical thing not a relationship as such. I am not really ready for one yet, enjoying my freedom too much although I do seem to attract much younger men, not sure how!!

I have 3 kids and live in Middlesex. I thought I would jump in and say hi as I have been lurking for a while now

just read all of the thread.

There does seem to be alot of 'passivity' going on. And pessimism. Undrstandable. And a sort of 'consumerist' approach. A sort of 'demand' to be entertained, beguiled by some shockingly interesting man, a 'front' that is likely to wear thin fairly quickly?? Just an impression.

AND..reading one or two posts, there ARE chaps out there who would/do prefer to date/be with a woman who has children. I know this. Mothers know about things that other women don't. Have demonstrated qualities that are so admirable. And, lets be honesty, they are a damned sight more interesting as well!!

A while girly? You are an oldie according to your profile.
Im not looking for anything Pan, id just like to get naked with a certain local bloke while he parks his shears elsewhere...but hes at it with a married woman so im steering clear.

I LOVE the feeling of the chase, and the first bit of oh oh oh...lovely, anticipation etc...and would I think have been content with xp had he not been so damn negative and miserable.
I didnt expect much from him, honestyy, but he wouldnt make me a cup of tea Thats how much he thought of me, happy to eat the dinners I made, happy to wear the clothes I wash, happy to sleep in the bed I made, but wouldnt make me a cup of tea
I am very easily pleased, he was making me MISERABLE. "God, What have you got on?" "Why are you wearing make up- You never used to." "You look right nick in that"
OH FECK OFF...
You get one life. I wasnt going to spend mine with him putting me down CONSTANTLY. I have no idea how he became like that, neither has he.
But all I expect from whoever next is a cuppa tea really, and a smile. Not a sneer.
Sad really.

hello girly

pan, i dont demand to be entertained or beguiled, i just wouldnt mind meeting someone who had some ballsiness to them

they have all been dullards

and i wont apologise for not wanting that, i am quite a strong character, i need someone equally as strong

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PMSL Rickman

I had pleurisy and was in bed thinking I was dying, I felt like I was....and for 3 weeks I carried on...getting up every 30 mins spewing liquid out of lungs that was drowning me, so no sleep and gettin up and looking after a toddler and taking dd1 to school evert day for 2.5 hours...standing about in the cold waiting to collect her ocz it wasnt worth walking home.
And 3 weeks into it on a friday I asked him to take the day off...2 kids...ones 5, first time ive asked him...I feel like im DYING..PLEASE take the day off so I can rest...
at 6.30 am he shoves me, hes putting hes jeans on asking if I REALLY need him to stay off Fucker.