Anyone else struggle with loneliness?
I love my kids more than anything, but I feel so lonely. After I get them down at night, embarrassing to say, but it would be nice to have someone to hold and just sit on the sofa with. I had a conversation with a male friend recently who mentioned all these things he would do if he dated someone even though he is single. It was really hard to hear, honestly. Having someone to be with would be so nice. I have done a lot of work since my marriage ended 7 mo ago. Lots of therapy, rediscovery but realizing you were married to someone emotionally abusive for years that didn't put you first is hard. It's hard when you realize you were alone in a marriage for years. It doesn't help that my ex does not want to have the kids on the weekends because he " doesn't think I should date and be a mom like I wanted." Sorry for the rant...any other mom feel this way?
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I feel lonely too I have 3 girls I’m a single mum and I don’t have any friends and not many family only my mum and a grandma who doesn’t live near, don’t really speak to much family as they don’t live near so just my mum that lives near and supports me with my kids but I’d love to have friends or a supportive partner but the past two relationships I’ve had weren’t healthy ones and it’s put me off having another!😔x
@Leah and @Sophie I am sorry we are going through this. I have been trying to keep myself healthy and do things for me but that only takes it so far. Stay strong 💪 I know we are and I hope those feelings of loneliness fade for all of us.
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I get this. It’s been 13 months since I had my baby boy and probably in the last month I’ve really felt this loneliness. I’ve been on a few dates here and there but I struggle with the evenings just having someone to sit on the couch with and chat, plan what we would do on the weekend etc. I have no family were I live and all my friends have parents with their young kids.. I’m like the forgotten third wheel friend with a baby. How inconvenient. 😔 Weekend after weekend I’m just sitting at home doing nothing and it gets a little repetitive and lonely. I keep remembering what my ex said to me.. “who would want to be with you now, you have a kid”. Feels very real.