So ended a long term relationship 9 years due to DV. Do not regret this at all was the right call should have ended it sooner. Hes around a lot due to kids prob too much but don’t have any other support NC with only living parent friends are scattered around the UK Nobody really local. My whole life revolves around the kids which it should but sometimes I want something more. Tried dating briefly.. wasn’t the right guy honestly. He was nice enough but very childish thought pranking was a good idea and yeah doesn’t align with me at all. I have a very sarcastic sense of humour but pranks are just irritating. There were a lot of other reasons as well we didn’t really have anything in common , weren’t sexually combatable it didn’t work. And maybe I’m not ready to compromise entirely, if too many red flags start showing up i know when to call it a day. . Most days I potter on sort my stuff out but sometimes I’m just so angry. I want to go do stuff and have experiences and feel butterflies. I want to go for coffee dates with friends and the cinema and watch bad horror movies. I am a mother first of course I am and wouldn’t want it any other way but it would be nice to feel like a person sometimes. Deep down I fear I will never ever make that genuine connection with somone again. No point in this but I can’t really talk about it with anyone. My friends either sing the be a happy independent woman song and never date again or basically accept anyone who you can half way stand. Neither of these seem like great options. Tell me im not alone here? is it unreasonable at 37 to think there’s still something better out there?
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It surely is tedious and tiring for you. Single parenting is very demanding. There are tens of thousands of other such mothers in other parts of the world. I wish the world became kinder to the mothers everywhere.