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 Helen of Troy (original poster member #26419) posted at 1:48 AM on Thursday, September 12th, 2013

I am having serious issues with single motherhood. No details. I really don't know what my goal is for this post.

Validation maybe. I'm not sure if I want to feel ashamed of that or not.

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shiloe ( member #1224) posted at 2:22 AM on Thursday, September 12th, 2013

((will get by))

I understand. Yes, it is hard. I struggle everyday. But, look, your kids are worth it. I think I only stick around this earth for my kids, they need me. (my dog, cat and old horse need me too, lol)

Mothers really get the sh@t end of the stick in divorce in more ways than one.

I try to remember all the other mothers out there in the same boat as you and I are in and it give me encouragement. It is the way life is. Sucks

But remember, good love is hard to find . . -Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
BS - 58 Dday 03/2011
Cheater -58 Married 26 yrs
DD - 23 DD -21 DS-19
A#1 2000 with married ho-worker/neighbor ow#1
A#2 2007-? OW#2 LTA- new MCOW D-2/17

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jjct ( member #17484) posted at 2:33 AM on Thursday, September 12th, 2013

Please don't feel it's shame for just needing validation as a single mother - please!

The struggles are immense.

I say this as a one-time single father.

Sending strength to you.

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tryingagain74 ( member #33698) posted at 2:34 AM on Thursday, September 12th, 2013

I know how you feel. Don't feel ashamed. Raising children can be a struggle when there are two loving, committed parents involved. And while most of us have adjusted to our circumstances, this still isn't what we signed on for, and it sure as heck isn't what my kids deserve. My XWH has NO idea how much his behavior continues to impact the kids on a daily basis. They don't talk to him, so he thinks that everything is hunky-dory.

What's going on, wgb?

(((wbg)))

FBS; now happily liberated!
Two DS and One DD
It matters not how strait the gate,/How charged with punishments the scroll./I am the master of my fate:/I am the captain of my soul.--"Invictus," William Ernest Henley

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Williesmom ( member #22870) posted at 2:35 AM on Thursday, September 12th, 2013

((Wgb))

You can stuff your sorries in a sack, mister. -George Costanza
There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women. - Madeleine Albright

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PurpleRose ( member #33129) posted at 2:44 AM on Thursday, September 12th, 2013

Ditto what tryingagain said...

Single motherhood is freaking hard! It's exhausting and frustrating and scary to do it all- especially when you never planned on it.

Hang in there. I understand. I wish I could help...

divorced the Dooosh 8/13
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Dance like nobody is watching,
Text and email like it will be used in court someday...

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hexed ( member #19258) posted at 4:24 AM on Thursday, September 12th, 2013

((WGB))

Nothing but hugs. Sometimes things just aren't right.

But that's just a lot of water
Underneath a bridge I burned
And there's no use in backtracking
Around corners I have turned

“Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear of the future.” -foulton oursler

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Thelastknight ( member #21851) posted at 4:28 AM on Thursday, September 12th, 2013

To be honest my kids forced me to keep it together. I stayed focused and worked through a lot of shit.

"Pain is weakness leaving the body"

Reformed BS 39 xWW 34
Two kids 5 and 2

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Iamhappytoday ( member #39051) posted at 4:53 AM on Thursday, September 12th, 2013

(((Will get by)))

You know, you WILL. I think all divorcing primary caregivers experience this to an extent.

I called my mother upset because I just felt I was dropping the ball with the kids because of the raw shock of discovering the affair and him choosing to leave. She said during her divorce when we were young she called it "couch parenting."

Trust me, when I was in HS she went through a baked potato for supper phase

As in three weeks of baked potatoes and nothing else...

We all fail our expectations, but we MUST pick ourselves back up. Sometimes I have stayed low when I didn't need to because I felt so ashamed for being unable to connect. That is getting slowly better.

I don't know if this identifies with you at all. I just know I struggle with it and related to your post.

Maybe instead of guilting myself and setting my self up for more self-recrimination when I fall short, I should say, "I will not be a baked potato mom today!"

(Seriously, you should have seen the condiments my brother and I dished out by week 3).

BW 39
WH 34
2DD's 15 months at start
Together 10 years, M 9
OW 22 CW, 2kids by 2 men & youngest less than 1 when affair started.
Dday 1 8/16/12 "just texting"
TT, gaslighting, denial; was always PA; he left me for her. Divorced 8/11/15

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InTheRabbitHole ( member #19319) posted at 5:54 AM on Thursday, September 12th, 2013

WGB, I am struggling and I don't have any children. You have every right to feel like you do.

I have no advice just lots of hugs (((WGB)))

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 Helen of Troy (original poster member #26419) posted at 11:45 AM on Thursday, September 12th, 2013

Thank you all. I appreciate your kind words. Oh and the baked potato mom gave me something to smile about as an extra. Now that's a skill to have; being able to find humor in a situation that feels miserable.

It cheered me up.

These days I go take few minutes to cry in private. It feels like couple years ago only not infidelity related.

This too shall pass.

Right?

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Bluebird26 ( member #36445) posted at 11:49 AM on Thursday, September 12th, 2013

Yes it will pass Some days are much much harder then others. I've had my extremely low moments trying to do it all. But it does pass.

((Will get by))

Me: BW

Best thing I gained in my divorce - my freedom.

Life's good.

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NaiveAgain ( member #20849) posted at 12:22 PM on Thursday, September 12th, 2013

Validation maybe. I'm not sure if I want to feel ashamed of that or not.

No, and validation is important. Single parenting is very difficult! There were days I felt like giving up and also days I wondered why I thought having children was a good idea! (I do love my kids and would take a bullet for them, but that doesn't mean they can't make you crazy sometimes!)

((((more hugs))))

Original WS D-Day July 10, 2008. Kept lying, he is gone.
New WS (2 EA's, no PA) 12-3-13
If you don't like where you are, then change it. You are not a tree.

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