My DS will be 3 in a couple of weeks & will start pre school in April. I've been a single mum for 2 and a bit years. Since I've had DS I've worked twice. The first job I have to leave as DS was 8 months old and I felt he was too young to go to nursery. My mum was looking after him while I worked but she was admitted to hospital with MH problems, and wasn't able to look after him anymore.
About a year later DS was going to a nursery so I got a part time job. However I was there 5 days a week, and by that point my mum was home from hospital, and I was her full time carer. Trying to work 5 days a week, be a single mum & carer was all a bit much, so I left and haven't worked since. (I took DS out of nursery as I could not justify the cost as i wasn't working)
I've been offered a position at my last place of work, and although I haven't set anything in stone with them I'm hoping to work only 2 full days a week, and have DS in pre school for those 2 days. But I've just been diagnosed with depression, which comes from issues in my past, and I'm stressing about how I'm going to juggle caring for my mum, DS & work again.
I feel like I SHOULD be going to work as DS will be going to pre school anyway. And I do want to work but I'm so worried about wether or not I can cope. I don't know wether to turn down the position, wait a few months & find something else or go ahead with it & hope for the best. It doesn't help that I really don't particularly like the job I'll be doing, but I know plenty of people work because they have to, regardless of wether or not they like the job, so that doesn't worry me too much.
Financially I could survive as I have done so far, and I'm not receiving carers allowance. But I HATE feeling like I'm sponging off of the government and feel like I should be out earning money.
Argh!
I'm sorry for the long ramble! Can anyone talk some sense into me, or have any similar experience?
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ShhBoom · 24/02/2013 19:24
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