Just me and the wee girl...

[Hector]

Well I'm going out to my dd's first Christmas carols tonight alone. Her dad too useless to change his shifts at work (yet he moans to me that isn't there another carols he can take her too because 'He wants to do things with her too you know"

My siblings all too self-absorbed. My youngest brother was coming until my sister got onto him last night, told him it would be boring and he should come to her boyfriend's house for a party instead. Nice.

And my mother moaned from the instant I told her. When I pulled out the Ace Card (she NEVER comes to grandmother type things with me and my daughter and we're moving away next year) she finally said she'd come. Next day my brother tells me he's coming instead because mum is busy. Then when he tells her he won't come, she phones me to try and weasel out of it, so I lied and told her I was leaving first thing in the morning as I wanted to do Xmas shopping as well so she wouldn't be able to come.

Just so SICK of every single one of them. Looks like wee girl and I are going to be spending xmas day alone as well. Tell me again why I bother staying around here? And they wonder why I go on and on about moving back overseas (oh, how will you cope without us???).

PRETTY BLOODY WELL!!!!!

ok, rant over. Can't even be bothered going to the bloody carols anymore. What's the point? How many otehr mums are going to be sitting there on their own? and I know DD is going to act up and drive me nuts so I wish I hadn't gone..........

Merry Christmas to me! :no:

[MissieK]

Myabe turn it to a positive - a fun night with you & DD. A change of scenery and some carols, sounds like it could be a fun night.

I'm working hard to turn things that are negative (like going to things with the boys on my own) to a positive - time the boys can remember having fun with Mum.

Huge hugs & I hope you enjoy the carols tonight.

Melissa

[munchkin05]

this is our first xmas alone

tomorrow night we are going to the xmas padgent and we are going to carols next week and we iwll be doing it just the 2 of us

its hard but i just cant see why i should sit at home and do nothing just cause its only me and the little guy

you should try go to the carols ?
do you have anyfriends that may want to go with you ?

:tree:

[Mum2Bug]

Bug and I are going to the carols alone next week as well. Bugger it, some people just aren't worth the hassle but it doesn't mean you and your little one should miss out.

Ange - wanna join us tomorrow night?

[OneBabyBoy]

I'm working hard to turn things that are negative (like going to things with the boys on my own) to a positive - time the boys can remember having fun with Mum.


Thats a great way of looking at things MisseK, I'm going to start looking at going to things by myself as creating memories with my baby and not just being depressed that I'm alone. :thumbsup:

Hector I'm sorry your family is like that. My mum is a bit the same. she says "oh I love coming over to help you, I'm happy to do it" then in the next breath she says "I was late for work today because I was tired because I'm always over here". :thumbsdown: But it just makes me feel stronger to do more things myself. At least you know when you move away you will be able to cope fine without them cause you already do!

[MissieK]

:) I'm glad you like it. I have to admit, there are times (like tonight when the boys are being little so & sos) that it's hard to see things positively...

Hector, I hope you're having a great time at the carols.

Melissa

[munchkin05]

Bug and I are going to the carols alone next week as well. Bugger it, some people just aren't worth the hassle but it doesn't mean you and your little one should miss out.

Ange - wanna join us tomorrow night?


when where and what time ??????
if i dont see u on line tonight ill message you tomorrow :thumbsup:

[Hector]

ARGH! I'm terribly ashamed to say that I didn't go to the carols. We live in the bush and they were in our nearest city (about an hour away) and the last time I dragged poor dd out at night on my own I ended up going home again after 10 mins because she was a terror...and that was before she started walking!!!

So the thought of the night turning miserable and me snapping at her becos I felt let down by everyone else (hmm...that sounds like EVERY day at my place!) put me in such a foul mood...and then I thought about having to pack up all our kit and walk to the car in the dark in the city and then drive all that way home...

That's WHY I bothered asking my family to come, even though I knew I'd just end up being rejected. It's kinda too much for one person to cope with sometimes.

And now we've got local carols coming up this Thursday and bub's dad has been going on about them and that I never gave him notice last Friday (I did)...yet AGAIN he's working!!!!!!

I'm going rental house hunting tomorrow...staying near my family is bad for my health. :gloomy: