Let's all celebrate the GREAT things about being single parents (and have a change from the usual grumblings and difficulties)

[OverMyDeadBody]

I'll start:

1. Never having to consult with anyone else before making decisions

2. Being able to do things with DS on a whim or spur of the moment without having to factor in someone else coming home from work/needing supper/needing to be informed

3. My decisions on discipline are final. DS can't use the "but dad said I could/always lets me.." arguments that I used to use with my parents

4. There's enough room in my big bed for DS to cuddle up to me in the early hours

I'm sure there are more, I'll add them as I think of them...

What are yours?

yes , i actually really like being a single parent, i only wish i had done it years ago

A huge cognac on the side of the bath
a damn good book
slowly dripping hot water tap
Kids all in bed
No one asking how long you'll be.......

Those were the days.

Me too, I love being a single parent.

Another great thing: No inlaws!!!!!!! Horray!

I can have my DS's undivided attention and he can have mine. And we always do what we want - we do lots of silly dancing together and no one takes the piss

I only ever have to do my stuff - I don't have to join in with anyone else's obligations (of a family or work variety) and once my DS is in bed, my time is all my own and if I want to eat chocolate biscuits and miso soup for dinner, I will.

Best of all, I can take all the credit for my DS being lovely and I'm very, very proud of him

I love this thread! Xh only left a few weeks ago and i've been pointing the positives out to myself (less washing, less mess etc) and it's nice to have even more pointed out.
My top 2 are not having testosterone mood swings for me and kids to tip toe around and knowing that nobody is going to tell the kids off when they are just being excited or cheeky.

the only downside I have is having to get a babysitter EVERY time I want to go out
otherwise.....

eat what I want
telly count down at the weekend (thats the kids in bed with me watching tv drinking coffee & milk)
go on MN when I want
less ironing
messy house if I want it
no bad cop good cop - I am super mummy!

Mess mess mess yesssssss no dirty looks if house not tidy in morning Loving this

I am a lot happier tidying up as I am not seething with resentment. Its my mess so I will tidy it up (eventualy).

I like the idea of being Super Mummy!! I can look at my kids and be so proud and thin I did that .

Well my ex spent a lot of time lying on the sofa with the remote in his hand, so its nice to get them to myself again!
Also I like that its just me & DS when we wake up and everything else that everyone else had mentioned

i dont have to walk into a bedroom that stinks of beer from the night before

Not having to have a bike in the living room

Not being accused of sleeping with my male friends

Being able to budget without anyone moaning about lack of beer money

Going out and coming home to find house as I left it

Always having coffee in the jar because I never put the empty jar back on the shelf

Being able to have a girly night in whenever I want without any complaints about the "shrieking and cackling"
Having a bedroom that doesn't always smell of fart!

~shamelessly bumping~

Being able to decorate the house in my style and not have to put up with his horrid weights bench in the kitchen taking up all the room.

I can watch whatever reality crap on telly I want without him moaning he hates Peter and Jordan.

I can eat creamcakes without anyone looking at me like I am a total pig.

I don't have to make polite conversation anymore with MIL.

I can flirt/ogle shamelessly any bloke I fancy and put my Heat pic of Rav Wilding up on the fridge

I could go on...............

Not going into the loo to find just the 1 sheet of loo paper left so HE does'nt have to change it!
toothpaste in the sink.
Me dancing round the living room to TOTP.
wearing slightly warn at the crutch leggings while watching tv.
Me indulging in my shopaholics lifestyle.
Nobody moaning when you go shopping.
nights out with girls.
more nights out with girls.
oh i quite forgot the good points being a lone parent best not tell my new partner

Thank you for this thread. I'm soon to be a single mum and at the moment everything looks bleak. (Will have to move house and can't even bear the thought.)
But reading this has reminded me that I'm already feeling the benefits of being in control, when DH is working away, and not having to cope with someone else's moods/ignoring me.
Have been reading lone parents threads and getting upset because it all seems to be so dreadful so this is good to read.
Being a child of a broken home I didn't have illusions of happy ever after, but am heartbroken that we are splitting up when DS is only just two.

I am in control of the remote!

I can cook exactly what I want

I can go to bed early without having to stay up with the ex,bored to tears!

I don't have to feel obliged to have sex when I don't want to!

I am sooo much more relaxed knowing that he doesn't come back in the evening

Don't have to be treated like a skivvy no more

I can decorate and furniture the place exactly the way I want it!

I can have exciting sex again with a new man,not the same old,same old that I had for 12 years(and tried to avoid like the plague towards the end!)lol

I am in control over my life!

Shaving my legs doesn't mean-Oh,she's ready for some action! as the ex used to think!lol

Me and dd5 doing what we like when we like.

Co sleeping, and there being enough room(just)!

Having each other to love is just fine.

I don't have to listen for hours when he's had a bad day at work (although he still seems to think I want to!)
I don't have to listen for hours when he's had a good day at work
I can go on my dance mat without him moaning that he wants to watch the tv
I don't feel compelled to give him the nicest bit of the dinner I've cooked.
I can stencil girly stuff all over my bedroom.
I can fill his part of the wardrobe with new shoes

Not having to talk to anyone when DS in bed is a good one. Being able to cook what I like when I like for my own supper (and pretty much what I and DS like for lunch). Oh, and having a regular free babysitter in the shape of DS dad so I can go out a couple of times a week.

The best part of being a single parent...

Yakking on the phone for hrs and noone complaining they are waiting for a phone call.
Noone hogging the pc, remote control, or 3/4 of the bed.
No snoring at night.

I can make as much mess as I want to and my DDS' will never complain.
I call drunk dance across my living room and act like a total nonce. If I fall, the kids laugh...no endless moaning of being a lush old drunk anymore.

Noone moaning about the finances, housework and all the other rubbish that a relationship entails. If I want to sit up til 4am surfing on the pc with a beer...I will

No one uses my stuff without my say-so now.

I get the bed to myself.

I do less laundry.

The house doesn't smell bad anymore.

When we go on days out no one is standing there telling us what time it is and shouldn't we be getting back?

How is that for starters

At parents night when the teachers said they were a credit to us, I know it was all down to me me me !!!!.

I said "see that is what I have been doing for the past 10 yrs and I am not finished yet, what have you achieved?"