I broke up with my ex a few years back, we have children but he has chosen not to see them or stay in contact, I am really regretting the decision to break up with him as life is really tough on my own (I have no family help) and I feel like I’m just about getting by day to day, no break, no time to myself, my children are hard work and not getting any easier, I feel like I’m not a good mum as I’m constantly frazzled, exhausted and stressed, everyone says being a single mum gets easier but I haven’t found this to be the case, I don’t get the weekends to myself like other single mums do it’s just day in day out the same thing, relentless. But what I resent most is not being able to move on with my life or meet anyone new (no chance of that when you are with your kids 24/7) I feel like I’m stuck in a time warp like I haven’t moved on with my life.. I know meeting someone new isn’t the be all but I do miss having someone that cares about me, someone to chat to, someone to share problems with etc, then there is the loneliest of it all. Has anyone found leaving doesn’t actually get better? Been on my own for a good number of years now so it’s not like it’s a new thing but I’m still waiting for when it actually does get better?