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LynseylouParticipantHi I’m a single mom of 4 who has recently separated from her husband who is been with in total for over 23 years .. so my question is what now ?? How do I make new friends, meet new people,, find people who are leading similar life styles .. thanks in advance for any advice x
KathymumofoneParticipantFor me, the answer was through after school club and holiday club. Most of the mums there are in the same situation, so they need wraparound care.
Plus I do park run on Saturdays – my sane hour – and plenty of the other runners are doing the same. But my son is old enough to be left for an hour.
After 23 years I can’t imagine what that feels like. I had the advantage of being relieved to be single again so coming home to a calm house was such a luxury that I didn’t mind being on my own for a while.
GirlFridayParticipantHi,
I have been lurking this website since my husband left on the Aug bank holiday getting lots of help & useful advice but finally took the plunge & signed up today to reply to you. My husband and I had been together for 23 yrs married for 15 and it’s come as a complete blow to me. I swim and I have downloaded the ‘meet up’ app which shows activities near you but haven’t quite got the courage to try any of them out yet! I am really lucky I have a small group of extremely patient and loyal friends, it’s the evenings/weekends I struggle when my daughter is off doing what 14 year olds do as I am trying to keep things as normal as possible for her – She doesn’t want to see her dad at the moment.
Happy to chat
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Ginger1002ParticipantHi,
I am exactly the same boat as you. Mum to 4 boys and husband walked out 4 weeks ago after 23 yrs together. Still trying to get my head around what is happening but finding it tough. I have no family/friends where I live so feel incredibly lonely. I am not very confident so find it hard to meet new people and make friends which is what I need to do. I am lucky in that my kids keep me busy but I need to start building a new life for myself again which is incredibly scary!
LynseylouParticipantThanks for the reply’s I’d be very happy to chat and make some friends going through similar xxx
Ginger1002ParticipantHi Lynsey,
Would be good to chat with you too and make friends as our stories are very similar x
GirlFridayParticipantI came home to the divorce papers for signature today and thought I was doing well as it didn’t make me cry (everything else seems to!!).. Just makes me sad that one little signature and the life I thought I was going to have will be wiped away …
chrisoxonParticipantHi All
Been told this website is good to meet new friends also list loads of different things you maybe interested in:
Good luck all 🙂
Abbottpip36ParticipantGosh, so sad to read these. We were married for 14 years, and he ran out on me to be with my kids teacher!
It is such a shock, I believe we go through grief, the 6 stages of it, shock and sadness being the first 2. I literally found it hard to breathe some days with the pain in my chest.
Know this, you will be fine, we all will, in the end. I started running, my first run was 0.7 miles, but I kept going and then joined a ladies only run club, I am now branching into a both sexes run club!!
It is scary, your whole future is uncertain. But you will be fine.x
GirlFridayParticipantHi Abbottpip36, I know what you mean about the shock for me it feels like he is dead.. He walked out & other than 1 horrid visit for him to take stuff out the garage & another phone call that’s really been it for contact. I am having to email him at the mo as the house is sold but having a mare with a missing piece of paper! Once I am out of here that will be another chapter closed.. I do seem to have managed a week without crying but it all still makes me feel sad I thought we were going to be married forever 😕
MariamazzyParticipantHi im maria im in the same boat my daughter has been in out of hosp last 18 mths having brain surgery i got back one day to a note he left took our shih tzu dog never heard off him since hes left me in big mess and having to leave my home too. I wud love to chat to make new friends x
MariamazzyParticipantHi id love to chat my husband walked out unexpected and its hit me hard x
JaRuParticipantHi ladies. New to the forum. Can relate to all your stories ladies, but mine didn’t walk out I chose to end it for various reasons about 2 years ago. We were married for 15 years. I’m mum to four. And it is so hard to keep everything going. Some days I feel so overwhelmed with everything I am dealing with that I want scream.
I work and that’s whats keep me sane at the moment, it gives me time away from the madness which is my life.
I get what some of you say about the uncertainty about the future, this is not what I had pictured 20 years ago. But it is what it is.
Most days I feel I’m not a good enough parent, I feel like I’m letting my kids down. And maybe I should have been the one to have left.
MariamazzyParticipantHi jaru its really hard i feel the same as u some days i never expected my life be like this x
JennyaldcParticipantHi. I found a social life again through work. Not even the job I do now (teacher) I took a part time job as a barmaid at my local pub when I was newly single and it’s amazing how many old friends I reconnected with and how many new friends I made.
My boys go to their Dad’s every Friday night until Saturday night and I’ve got a lively social life. Never realised how isolated I became thanks to my ex when I was married. In hindsight I didn’t have a night out with friends for 5 years…youll find people through work, hobbies or your children x
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