DH said I was nasty to the DC - I am so wound up

[PCNASWM]

He is taking DC away next weekend. They were winding me up at bath time and I said something like I was glad they were going away because I had had enough. DH said 'oh what a cruel and nasty thing to say'.

I am so wound up.

He has just gone out and I dont know how to deal with my ffrustation

Two months I meant... too much editing, not enough proof reading.

When you read an OP like that, without knowing who the poster is, it's very hard to judge.

PCNASWM, you sounded depressed and you also sounded as though you had overreacted and were taking offence rather too easily. Yes it's the first thing that springs to mind, depression, because so often that's what the cause is.

But you have to understand that a brief OP like yours, with no other info, it's a hard one. I for one, didn't know if you just wanted to scream or if you wanted advice. A bit of both perhaps?

I'm glad you sound a lot better. But please don't take offence at posts that are merely trying to help, we don't have background info to guide us.

I said something vaguely similar to my dd a while ago. I was so horrified with myself I went to my GP and told him I was an unfit mother! He did the questionnaire for depression on me, found that I wasn't, and then had a nice chat with me (chewing the smile from his face!) about how hard children can be and how exhausting they can be, and that parents are not perfect and that it doesn't do kids much harm to realise that mum or dad can snap. He was wonderful and I love him

It's easy to beat yourself up for being human. As long as you're not doing it all the time, they know you love them, I think they'll struggle through

"He did the questionnaire for depression on me"

LOL, my doctor did that on me once when I went. I wasn't depressed, just really anxious, but I was like that before I had kids so it was a waste of time really.

It's so unnerving when they make you do it because you don't want to look like you're really thinking about the answers in case they think you are not doing it properly.

My friend made me laugh by telling me to be careful they didn't put me on their 'one to watch' list

Oh, the joys of parenthood hey

No offence taken - just not the reactions I was looking for at the time.

Maybe ther should be a 'rand and vent' thread - where judgement on all sides isnt necessary?