Trying to balance your 20’s and motherhood (rant)

Heyy, so I had my daughter when I was 19 and her dad and i were in a relationship for 2 years. We split up around 5 months ago. Around that time I also went back to work and I work late nights in a busy part of London. He looks after her in the day once a week and never overnight and since I’ve gone back to work, she has been staying at my mums when I’m working, (3 days a week) so it’s a LOT of back and forth and it’s getting really hard on me and my family. I’ve also started dating this guy and he’s really good for me, accepts that I’m a mum, and it’s the healthiest dating/slow burn I’ve ever had. Atm I’m seeing him once a week and I just feel like I never have time for my friends to go out with and see and also now this guy I’m seeing, while also juggling being a mum to my lovely daughter. The late nights combined with early mornings and the stress of the mum guilt and the dad not helping at all is just too much atm and I want to live my life in my early 20s and have experiences and not fall out with friends becuase I never have time but it’s really hard to balance it atm. How does a single mum start dating?! If you’ve made it up to this point thank you and please lmk what you think and if you relate at all. Sorry this is such a rant btw…
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Hi I’ve not dated since having my daughter but I try to juggle my friendships and being a single mum. My daughter is 15 months and I feel like if you try to dedicate once a month to chill with friends if you can, it doesn’t even have to be a big thing. But I find planning in advance helps me look forward to something

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