I have great respect hearing from all you single Mama n Papas that have written on this thread. It is a tremendous thing what you are doing, making selfless sacrifices for your kids. I am sure that at times it must be quite overwhelming, but the rewards you reap whilst raising your kids single handed must be great and I am sure that your kids must adore you / are very proud of you for all the things you do for them!
As an expectant Momma myself, I too am faced with the situation of single parenthood. I am not where you guys are at yet but the prospect of becoming a new Mum and juggling my life around a new baby is really daunting (I have always been extremely ambitious and sociable) and I feel as though my life has come to a bit of a halt!
I guess that this is the price that you pay for bringing a child into the world and no other experience could match being a ‘parent’ but I am hoping that there will be the help and resources out there to help me (and all single parents) so that I don’t feel lonely or like I am in a rut and that if I needed help- or company I can reach out rather than feeling isolated and sad as it must be hard enough doing it alone! In other words I hope that my life/happiness doesn’t ‘stop’ when a baby comes along- I really hope that it will begin!
so very lonely said:
"I just wish I had some adult company. "
Me too. I have no-one to talk to at all. Not even online. I was initially happy when I found this site. I found a few people to message with but then the messages stopped. Don't know why. Now I feel lonelier than ever. I'd like someone to talk to.
Hi SVL,
I am new to this site. I initially asked myself 'what do I want to get out of this?' and my answer was the same as yours. 'I'd like someone to talk to.'
I am a great believer in talking about things and getting things out into the open. I never used to be! I used to bottle everything up and not say a word!
All the different people on here have different expectations of this site- different work schedules or things that tie them up so they use this however little or often suits them, some respond to threads and others may only read. I am sure that a lot are simply too shy to start a conversation (me!) but I am just gunna have to reach out again.
You say you feel lonelier than ever
Wanna join me? I am good to conversation with. I may not write every day but I will write! So I will PM you a little about myself and perhaps there will be 2 less lonelier people in this world?
Joseph said:
I've always said this and I will maintain it to my dying breath:
There is nothing sexier than a woman behaving maternally. Instinctively, men want a woman who can care for our young. Mommies rule! That's why we all think pregnant women are beautiful.
I actually dumped a girl once after I saw the way she treated her two-year-old daughter. I couldn't look at her the same after that.
Hey, you're cool!
I am almost 5 months pregnant and alone.
Yes, I am behaving maternally whlst I put on wieght and go through all the hormonal and emotion changes that pregnant women do.
I wish that I had someone to say that I was beautiful because I feel so 'dumpy!' Do men really think that?!
I would love someone to stroke my ever growing belly (and ego) by telling me that 'Mommies rule!' Lol!
Yeah, I too would dump a man if I saw that he mistreated his child. That sucks!