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

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MeMySonAndI · 29/11/2008 22:41

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

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IllegallyBrunette · 21/12/2008 13:51

Ahem, that is exactly where I am going lol.

ShyBaby · 21/12/2008 13:56

They're evil in there at the mo I tell you!

IllegallyBrunette · 21/12/2008 13:57

No no, don't say that.

I was having it delivered tommorow but they cancelled my order for no reason

ShyBaby · 21/12/2008 14:00

They only give you the crap anyway, I tried it. I got screamed at in Asda a couple of weeks ago!

IllegallyBrunette · 21/12/2008 18:27

Urhg, well I am back and knackered and spent far more than if i'd done it online.

Kids trashed the living room whilst i was gone and I have a splitting headache, but otherwise it was good fun lol.

IllegallyBrunette · 21/12/2008 18:28

Who did you get screamed at by Shybaby ?

ThisMUTTIsJustForChristmas · 21/12/2008 18:30

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IllegallyBrunette · 21/12/2008 18:45

ROFL no definatly not .

IllegallyBrunette · 21/12/2008 19:58

God I am so pissed off. I am runing around like a fucking headless chicken and my dc seem to think it is ok to just pile more and more on for me to do.

Have just gone to get some washing to put on and dd1 has walked into my room with a huge pile of dirty clothes and said 'oh i suppose i better give these to you'.

I am so fucking sick of being taken for granted and treated like a fucking slave.

IllegallyBrunette · 21/12/2008 19:59

God I am so pissed off. I am runing around like a fucking headless chicken and my dc seem to think it is ok to just pile more and more on for me to do.

Have just gone to get some washing to put on and dd1 has walked into my room with a huge pile of dirty clothes and said 'oh i suppose i better give these to you'.

I am so fucking sick of being taken for granted and treated like a fucking slave.

IllegallyBrunette · 21/12/2008 20:12

Blimey that was a bit of a rant, sorry. Just feeling a bit unloved and taken for granted this evening.

Oh well, back to it I go, need to wash up and tidy the living room.

ShyBaby · 21/12/2008 22:47

You feeling better now ?

IllegallyBrunette · 22/12/2008 15:44

Felling lots better today thanks. Went shopping and got the last few bits and bobs i needed and went ot the job centre to sort out paperwork for me coming off benefits.

Oh and, I won a MN comp

ShyBaby · 22/12/2008 21:38

I bet that felt good didn't it!

Im still not finished and spent more time tonight on here than I should have. Im having to really make an effort not to think about the things I dont have and appreciate the things I do...but I think im winning (I hope). The kids keep fighting though, Im getting really irritated with them already.

IllegallyBrunette · 23/12/2008 14:16

Oh mine are fighting too, and dd1 is refusing to tidy her room again.

I am just going to ignore them i think.

IllegallyBrunette · 23/12/2008 17:24

How is it going everyone ??

It is slightly calmer here now. I have cleaned my room and the girls have done theirs so thats a few things out of the way.

Oh and i cleaned the oven too

Just waiting for some pasta to cook and will then dish up the spag bol we are having for tea

Pinkchampagne · 23/12/2008 17:28

Happy Christmas to you all.

Pinkchampagne · 23/12/2008 17:32

I am thinking of going through the boys toys tonight with a black sack (while they are in bed) as there is so much plastic rubbish that doesn't go together/get played with, and we need the space for all the new bits. Have so much tidying, washing, ironing etc to do, but keep putting it off!

IllegallyBrunette · 23/12/2008 17:37

I am going to do exactly that in ds's room tomnmorow PC. He will be at his dads in the afternoon so it is the prefect time to do it.

Merry Xmas to you also xx

wotsitallabout · 23/12/2008 19:12

My dd nearly 13 has gone on holiday with her dad for 2 weeks so feeling pretty lonely. She does not speak to me at home so at least she is phoning me every day to say hello.

IllegallyBrunette · 23/12/2008 19:21

Oh that must be hard for you wat. Do you have any other dc ??

I have just gone slightly nuts and sent all 3 of minje to bed after they ignored several warnings to stop fighting.

It is now lovely and quiet but I feel slightly guilty.

PurpleOne · 23/12/2008 21:32

My DD's are making a mandarin cheesecake in the kitchen. Then they will no doubt argue over their DS's at bedtime. (that's a NINTENDO DS, not a DS lol)

Me? I'm totally knackered. I've been in 3 supermarkets tonight, on the prowl for TWIGLETS. Greedy mummy ate the last stash at the weekend, and I'm buggered if I can find any Cheeselets anywhere!

Have to work tomorrow and then last minute pressie shopping in town centre. Having turkey tomorrow and duck on Thurs. 2 roast dinners in 2 days...why do I do it?
I've had the family worker on my case this afternoon about DD2 going to bed too late. WTF? It's the holidays woman! sighs

Exh said he would give me £40 to help out with Xmas, but no show on that.
All this fuss just for one day is just beyond me. Dreading Boxing Day though, and New Years Eve. No doubt get a bollocking off family worker for keeping DD's up too late yet again.
How's everyone else doing? x x

popcorn123 · 23/12/2008 22:37

This is my first christmas as a single parent and finding it hard. Ex is using it all to mamipulate me.
Feeling a bit lonely, my sister is staying with my parents, who life 5 minutes away. They all make an effort to see dc's during the day but ignore me as an individual person. All do things as a family in the evening but no one offers to babysit or come and visit me. My sister was babysitting for me for worl yesterday and had to be here for 7am. Initially she was goingto stay overnight and was quite exited about adult company in the evening but then my gave her a lift in the morning.

It is my birthday today and my family came round at after work to have birthday tea which was nice but then they all had other things to do (shopping and seeing friends) and I was left with 2 over-exicited children who wouldn't sleep and lots of tidying to do.

Have to spent christmas day with ex and worry that he will ruin it at any minute (is abusive).

Self-indulgent rant, sorry. I know I have lots of people around I just feel a bit sad and over-whelmed.

ShyBaby · 23/12/2008 22:46

I have to see my ex too tomorrow popcorn and im dreading it. He is a manipulative idiot.

I will be upstairs wrapping dd's presents with ds on sellotape duty, hopefully I wont have to look too much at his beautiful arrogant face. I have to sit on my hands when he walks in so I dont "accidentally" slap him

elastamum · 24/12/2008 01:25

Have just finished wrapping presents for the ds's feeling just a bit sad about xmas now