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Met this lady today

She was telling me she feels like a terrible mom because she works full time & when she gets home she just wants to rest & feels too tired for her kids 馃ズ

She's single so her mom keeps the kids while she's at work.
She said how the kids do all this fun stuff with their grandma & she's grateful for that but she just wishes she could do more with them too.

Even on her few days off, she accidentally rests too much or will feel lazy, so she worries she's not a good mom or that her kids would rather be with their grandma.



If you ask me, the way she felt about it & everything she said, told me she's a great mom 馃枻
I've heard a lot of mom's put themselves down at times for not being enough & that ALWAYS makes me realize what a great mom they are.
If you weren't a great mom, you wouldn't worry about that stuff. The reason it hurts you so much is because you care so much. You want the best for them & you're working your ass off to do more than you're capable of.. & in the end you'll succeed. Because mom's like that always do when they want it that bad 馃檹

Idk... I can't help but always think "damn I wish I had a mom like you". Mine walked away when I was too young to understand any of that. So I respect TF out of a trying mother 鉂わ笍 You can't give them the whole world, but YOU'RE enough
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Jenny123451-55, F
i went through the same thing. I wasn't a single mom but my husband worked 16 hour days so he was almost never home so I was always alone with my five kids. I took them to daycare and school each morning and picked them up from daycare or the after school program after I finished work at 5pm. Went home made dinner, homework, baths, bedtime. I have alot of guilt feeling that I never had enough quality time with them but I don't beat myself up over it anymore because looking back, I did my best and I did a good job because they all turned out okay and they always had everything they needed. I think moms will always have that guilty conscience that we never did enough but actually we do and we have to let that go
ChiefWalksWith40oz26-30
@Jenny1234 that's amazing that you did so much 馃檹 I guess it's easy to look at the things we wish we could've done & forget just how much we HAVE done & still are doing. It does sound like you did an amazing job & I'm proud of you for that 馃槍 I'm sure your kids are too
Jenny123451-55, F
@ChiefWalksWith40oz I recently had this conversation with my 20 year old son and said I had alot of regrets and guilt about not being able to do more for them when they were younger and he said I was the best mom he could ever have asked for and that i gave him everything. it was the nicest thing he could have said

It definitely wasn't easy. in fact it was hard af. But they are my kids and I would never have left them or walked away from them for anything in the world. I have always put them first. My parents did the same for me.
ChiefWalksWith40oz26-30
@Jenny1234 what a wonderful son you raised. He's appreciative & he probably has every reason to be 馃槍 good on you for that 馃憣
I feel like when I have kids, I'd pretty much do anything for them. I'd give up anything in my life for them. I hope I live up to that
Jenny123451-55, F
@ChiefWalksWith40oz I believe you will!