I couldn’t think where to ask this so thought it might be an idea to put it here. I have two children, 6 and 4. I found the early days of motherhood difficult and struggled with my mental health. Now my children are a bit older I am moving on from that but I do often find motherhood hard (as I know many people do). And really since my children were born I’ve longed for more help from my mum. She’s always helped as much as she can or certainly as much as she wants to. I’ve never felt like I’ve asked for too much. She lives over 2 hours drive away and we only catch up every few months. I recently asked her to help for an event I wanted to go to and she said “no. She’s getting older now and doesn’t feel she could cope” The rational part of my brain says “ok she’s told me clearly how she feels and I need to accept that” but for some reason I feel so rejected by this. I think it might be because I recently asked another family member for some help so I could attend a funeral and they said they could at an absolute push but not very convenient. I am suddenly feeling so alone and unsupported. So often you see instances where your told as a mum, ask for help if you need it and then when I have it’s felt like a closed door. I don’t know what I’m asking on here really but I think I needed to get this off my chest. Thanks for listening.
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