Anyone watching channel five tonight?

[ScruffyTeddy]

"So you think you can be a single parent?" 8pm. Some celeb is a single mum for a week, 3 kids I think. Could be good for a laugh if nothing else

Yeah I will be - still think they should do it for a couple of months at least but hey ho - no one in their right mind would choose it!!

I am, but I agree with Lewis, it's not really going to be a true representation of life as a single mum is it, as it's not long enough and won't show all of the ups and downs etc etc.

I am worried they might show it as being easier than it is.

Yes I will be.

Which sleb?

She was on gmtv this morning saying how much she loved it..ooh

Think it is Jane Middlemiss (sp?) first.

nutty, my sentiments exactly!

Oh here it is, am off to watch it.

did you hear the bloke

"I hope Im not being snobby but when I hear single mum, I think mum to 4 kids by 4 different fathers on benefits"

gone off him already

hope they run him ragged.....she is a single mum of 2 who works

Arsehole

you see - a week won't get them the looks/comments etc we put up with each and every day. It won't give them the screwed up money when the benefits office decides to not play ball.

I am worried they will show it easier than it really is - as only babysitting for a week would really; there is so much more to being a single parent than just keeping house and getting the kids to stop squabbling.

Totally agree Lewis.

quite - I have the same old conv at lunch with my collegues re going out & night courses and have to explain time & time again that EVERY time I want to go out, I need a babysitter

just annoys me

like having both children wanting to go to bed first & they cant cos I can only read to one at a time - thats not my fault and makes me sad for my DCs

Oh I hate him already - "women mature earlier" - WTF has that got to do with ANYthing???!!!!! He is a complete arse

lets see how he manages

widower of 4 kids seems a lovely bloke
aaah

its making me fill up with tears!!

just glad the program makers seem to have got a good representation of single parents ie. those that work, widowers etc.

So if the celebs are not staying there overnight, how do they get to experiance the , crying in the night, ill child in the night, etc etc ??

They are - they had one night off, two days "training" and from tomorrow morning they are on their own - for 3 days

THREE DAYS?!!! How are they going to learn ANYthing?!

I might try that 'I've had enough, I want to go home'

oh poo, I missed it
is it repeated?

I so identify with the mum of 3 who said that the loneliness is the hardest thing.

yeah, me too; I was just thinking to myself earlier actually how I can change my evenings a bit. All I do is come home from school, have dinner, DS goes to bed at 6 3 or 7 and then it's just me and the pc/tv!! It is really boring after a while!

I didn't realise it was to be continued! So what do we think so far?

Nice to see its not the old stereotypical dirty bird in a dirty house with snot faced kids

I think so far so good, but can't wait to see next weeks. I think Rhona will not cope at all.