Oh catseyes how shit.
This is when being a single parent can be overwhelming! It’s hard to describe the fear of everything being on you! Every fucking thing!
But you’ve done before and you will do it again. Deep down you know this!!
I’ve been in a similar position as you. It’s shit, in fact more than shit. But you do you have options.
Some that people in here will sneer at. I’ll tell you what I did.
— Put my 2 teenagers in the same bedroom and got a lodger for the third bedroom for £750 a month!
Did teenagers like it! Hell no! Did I like it? Absolutely not! But did it get us through a tight spot? You bet it did!
—Got a job as a Care Assistant. In fact got offered several positions. Chose a private one who had much better terms and conditions. Worked 40-50 hours a week on minimum wage. Literally crawled upstairs to get to bed as was so tired. Volunteered for every shift going. And even though it was zero hours contract, I quickly become a reliable employee. In fact they offered me a promotion a month in.
I used to lie quietly sobbing in my bed, exhausted and frightened, as I filled out another application form.
Nobody to confort me, give me a cuddle and say “there there there, we can get through this”
Because there is nobody just you!
BUT cats 3 months of hell and I got the bloody job of my dreams. I’m 60 in a few months and can’t believe how happy I am in my new job. Just got another promotion and will be on £70k! Which I know isn’t a high wage for mummset 🙄 but it’s a lot for me!
You can do this cats you bloody well can!