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Bank holiday rant (sorry)

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usgirls · 26/05/2008 15:10

Split with xp four months ago and he sees dd (11 months) one day a week (with me) and has her on his own for a few hours every Sunday. Yesterday he had a little party at his house where he took dd. When he bought her back he came in and insisted on telling me all about it (I had spent the day gardening and missing dd ). In the end he got the message I wasn't interested in his great day and left to go back to his guests. This morning at 5.30, dd decided it was time for her and mummy to get up and practise walking (love her heart). Ended up with us both going back to bed at 10am. I never sleep during the day when dd naps, but just had to today and now I feel all out of sorts. The bloody weather doesn't help and now I'm getting myself all wound up thinking about how much fun xp gets to have when I don't, although I know I'm the one who's better off as I am with dd all the time and she's an absolute joy. What a horrible bank holiday though, have spent the day so far talking to dd and nobody else. Roll on wine o'clock...

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Eve34 · 26/05/2008 15:23

Hang on in there, I am sure things will get better. Get your wellies on and go and jump in puddles. Don't stay in it will drive you nuts.
You're doig a fab job.

usgirls · 26/05/2008 15:39

Staying in is driving me nuts, but as soon as dd wakes up, we're going round to my bf. Dd loves it there as bf has two lo's. Have cheered myself up a bit by thinking how our day would have panned out if we were still with xp. Something like this:
Get up at 5.30 with dd while xp stays in bed nursing a hangover.
Have to run around after his ds while looking after dd and clearing up all the party debris.
Be obliged to have unsatisfactory sex with xp at some point.
Get annoyed as he tops up his alcohol levels by opening a bottle of wine around 11am.
Stay in listening to xp's son moaning about being bored and watching xp get ever more incoherent and not be able to do what I want to do or devote myself properly to dd.
End the day with xp passed out on the sofa again
I guess I am better off. It better to be lonely when you're actually on your own than in a relationship. Dd has just woken up so we're off out now

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Eve34 · 28/05/2008 21:58

Glad your day got better. It can be frustrating when you geel things getting on top of you. Fingers crossed the weather will soon pick up x

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