The Lone Parent Christmas Support Thread, if you are lonely come and join us, if you are not... come and help :-)

[MeMySonAndI]

We are in the countdown to Christmas and I wonder how many of us will be on our own for the whole/part of the Christmas period.

Obviously, being away of the people we love in Christmas is enough to get down even the bravest of us, so, if you are starting to feel the Christmas blues, please come and join us, so we can go through this together. If you have gone trough this already and are in company this year, come and join us anyway. The idea is to try to go through this together.

Lets help each other not to feel alone this Christmas

I will drink with you Skrimbo, am on my 3rd glass, have been wrapping some presents

No drinking on a school night for me, well unless I am away at uni workshop then all bets are off and its student drink offers anynight I can find then .

No I tend to stick to a couple of bottles on a friday and a saturday, and perhaps sunday too.

I hope your wrappings are not too squint elasticmum .

Who mentioned David Tennant? Spandex yummy emo He will be the highlight of my Xmas, apart from the bottle of Bucks Fizz!

Watch DD's open pressies. Nice roast dinner, some vino and Twiglets...and I'll be here once DD's are glued to Eastenders

Just found this board and this thread. I'll be with my dds and parents Christmas Day but then on my own from Boxing Day til New Years Day . Not quite sure what I'm going to do with myself

Ex is supposedly having the kids overnight on the 23rd and bringing them back 4pm xmas eve, so i'm planning a lie in and some last minute shopping (that's if he bothers, hasn't seen them for 10 weeks!)
Xmas day will be at my mum's for lunch, and the family are coming here for Dinner. It's the night times i'm dreading, even though i spend every night on my lonesome now
Will also be spending nye alone, though should be used to that when i was with the ex, he used to go oout and leave me at home

Groan. Im struggling with Christmas. I normally love it but just cant seem to muster up any enthusiasm for it this year. I cant wait until its over and done with actually.

Even the cheesy christmas album we put on every year isnt doing it for me.

h left a month ago so its going to be the 2nd worst xmas i've even had, the 1st being last year when he was a complete and utter t**ser.

Still doesn't stop me from loving him, I will be lurking on here most of the xmas period even though I am supposed to be studying.

Feel a kind of solidarity with all the other LP out there.

Merry xmas!!!!

I'm about to start a list of imaginary friends I want to be with me on Boxing day... and the two following weeks.

How is everyone on here getting on ??

I am doing ok, too busy sorting bits and bobs out to be grumpy about xmas at the mo.

I'm doing fine, trying to be as positive as I can about the absence and trying to fill the days with other interesting things.

Christmas in our house will just be me and DS (age 3). I'm slightly nervous that I'll have that "everyone else is having a perfect chocolate-box Christmas" feeling, BUT then I remind myself that actually they're not. Very few families have the idyllic harmonious Christmas we all fantasise about. Most people have relatives they don't like, bickering over what to watch on TV, inevitable family rows, loads and loads of washing up, and that horrible frazzled fed-up feeling by the end of the day.

I'm going to take DS to the carol service in the village church in the morning (I'm not particularly religious, but I like singing carols, and it's a very friendly place), then we'll just potter around and play.

It's only a day, so I'm sure it'll be fine.

Hi guys, until i came on here wich was only a couple of days ago i really didnt realise that so many people are in the same situation as me. That we spend xmas day on our own with the kids they then go the the ex etc. I just want to wish eveyone a very happy xmas and fantastic new year and i bet everyone will be in fantastic relationships next year

Spending the whole xmas and new year with my children and that's all.

But I'm really looking forward to it.

Just bumping this as xmas day is getting closer and the stress levels are most likely on the up.

How is everyone managing so far ??

I am doing ok apart form a small disaster with Asda cancelling my online shop due tommorow .

Are we all pretty much done an dusted with the shopping side, or are there some who still have to do a mad dash ??

I am suddenly on the verge of having a wobbly/bursting into tears for no particular reason.

Noooo, dont do it. Im trying hard to be upbeat and I have so much crap going on. It wont always be like this!

I still haven't got my ds's presents. I've told them this year they wont have much as i've bought them a WII between them. I have cards to write, presents to wrap and I still have the flu. Will remain calm..honest

I was very down yesterday, I'm feeling a bit better today...

I managed to stop myself by sticking some loud music on to drown out the noise coming from upstairs.

When are you going to brave the shops then shybaby ???

Glad you are feeling a bit better notmyname, may it continue.

God i still need to clean my oven

I've got most of it online but i'm thinking a trip to Toys 'R' Us is in order...I hate it, that shopping centre is a nightmare. I have plenty for dd but ds is so awkward these days...he's not yet a teenager but close enough! I've booked tues and wed off work so it will be a real last minute rush. I should be cleaning my house right now...but....

Oh blimey toysrus, I certainly don't envy you.

My dd1 sounds like your ds, she is 11 so kind of inbetweeny alot of stuff.

I have just got my outside table and chairs in as we need it for xmas day and it needs to dry out a bit. My dinning room now looks a bit erm messy and the daft cat is doing her best to get the whole lot to fall on her.

Lol, yes ds is 11...what the heck do you get them? dd is at a good age (nearly five) so I can get her nice stuff rather cheap. No expensive baby toys needed and no expensive gadgety things needed.

Ds mainly sulks, walks around the house in his pants and complains about anything and everything. He just got dumped too so he's not impressed, although he did only go out with her because she was the spitting image of his gf from primary school.

He's started hanging out in his room too. I feel old!

LOL, dd has just got her first 'boyfriend', which was rather alarming as she went from hating boys to loving this one overnight.
Only trouble is, her little sister likes him too .

Dd is having a new DS. She already has a very old one that I brought off my brother a few years ago. It plays up alot now so have got her a new one.
She is having wii fit to share with her brother and sister too, from my dad and brothers.

It seems that as they get older, the presents get smaller, but more expensive.

Tell me about it!

Oh I really need to go clean now but I cant be arsed.

I have to go food shopping in a little while. I feel like I shoudl have a stiff drink first lol.

Trolley rage at its best...dont go to Asda whatever you do!