it's getting beyond a joke now. late 20's, everybody is getting engaged, married, buying houses together, going on couples holidays and i'm still in the same position I was 8 years ago- single parent, no other half or even brief romances. exp left 3 years ago and met his now fiancée 3 months after we split, they've bought a house and are getting married next year. people I know have split up and met new people in a matter of months. how? i'm aware my situation doesn't help- I have no cash to go out socially, I work by myself, for myself so no colleagues and I rarely meet my clients, I have very few friends and those that I do have have as little money as I do so we don't go out- we sit in. I tried POF for about 6 months but it was actually costing me quite a lot of money just to even get to the 'dates' as there doesn't seem to be any people near to me, or at least none I was interested. and then when I got there there would be no chemistry or the person wasn't as they said they were or just not my type or I wasn't theirs. I never got a second date. so I deleted the account, waste of time and money for me. I got up the courage a few months ago to let someone I fancied know I was interested. they reciprocated, we went on a date and then nothing. when he did get back in touch I asked him why he's gone no contact and he said he didn't want a relationship so why start out as if you do? or maybe he was sparing my feelings? I don't even trust my own judgement now as clearly I cannot read the signals. how the hell am I supposed to meet anyone? I am so crap at this.
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YoureBeingADick · 11/09/2013 11:18
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