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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I guess it just depends on how you look at it. I’m sure unemployed people would love your situation. Ditto for parents of kids with health issues/special needs. I’m a single parent so I to what you go by myself 24/7 on one meager salary.

Remember to stop sometimes and feel grateful for everything you do have. Today I felt grateful that I was able to get outside and take a walk in the sunshine. The laundry and errands and negative bank balance will always be there but a 60+ degree sunny day in February is what I choose to be grateful for. [/quote]

I mean, sure, my own parents were war refugees, so there’s always someone who was a worse situation. But it doesn’t really help when my house is too messy that my kids don’r have friends over for play dates because they are put off by the mess because their parents all stay home and and have homes that are immaculate magazine ready.  Or that I am just too tired to go for a walk with them in the afternoon.[/quote]

We are all tired. I spend all day at school in a very overstimulating environment. Constant decision making, constant demands for my attention, etc. It is draining in a huge way but my kid didn’t ask to be born. Even when I’m tired, I’ll be taking walks with him while he scooters or bikes alongside. In a week, we will get another hour of daylight to be able to do this when we get home. That’s next weekend’s gift.

I’m a single mom living in a crappy one bedroom apartment with bugs. The washer/dryer in the basement is broken probably half of the time. I haven’t done laundry in 2 or 3 weeks. My kid’s friends don’t care about that when they come over. They care about playing with my son. If your kid is friends with kids whose parents won’t let them come to your house because you have too much dirty laundry, maybe you need to make new friends. [/quote]

We have daughters, that’s part of it. Do you live in an area with SAHM or working parents?[/quote]

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