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Feel like people are rude to me because I’m a single parent?

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Clumsy12345 · 08/08/2024 12:57

I’m starting to feel like people are rude to me because I’m a single parent. I don’t enjoy being a single parent anyway and feel like I’m looked down on because of it like people wouldn’t be so rude to me if I had a man with me. For example I took my children out to eat yesterday and the kids eat £1 thing and I could clearly hear the table opposite ranting loudly so I could hear about the kids eating for £1 thing. I was the only one with kids so clearly aimed at me and no they weren’t being loud of noisy or whatever we was just eating but I won’t be using anything like that again because it was extremely embarrassing but I can’t help but feel that they wouldn’t have said it if I wasn’t on my own with my children if I had a man with me there is no way he would have been ranting so loudly like that. This isn’t the only time it happens all the time even my children are always asking me why people are rude to us so much outside, it happens at least half the time we go out we will have a rude encounter. (Didn’t experience any of this before children or with my ex)

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theleafandnotthetree · 08/08/2024 23:10

Im a single parent and I honestly can't say I've ever noticed this. I don't do massive amounts of worrying about what anyone thinks of me and wouldn't care too much if I did know. I on the other hand spend plenty of time thinking 'glad I'm not in that couple/with that guy' etc. but I hope that doesn't come across. We all have our thoughts and occasional judgements about people, that's no problem so long as we are polite and don't show it.

Babbahabba · 08/08/2024 23:20

I think you're being extremely paranoid. I was a solo parent to DS till he was 9 and took him out for the day/on holidays and now share custody of DD who is 8 and frequently take her out alone and took her on holiday last year and have never encountered any differences to how we were treated in comparison to when I'd take them out with ex DP 🤷🏻‍♀️

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