Hello
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I have been feeling really depressed lately
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You
Ok...What's going on?
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I feel like I'm failing at being a parent. I don't have any friends
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No boyfriend. My family makes me cry
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How many children do you have?
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2
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Fairly young?
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But I feel like they misbehave to much.
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8 and 2
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And their father is not in the picture i take it...?
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My two year old got sharpie on her and the living room chair today
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No he's not
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They are with me 24 7. I never get time to myself
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I can understand your stress
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What do you mean by your family making you cry? Are you talking about your own parents?
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And I babysit my nephew on top of that. Now my sister is pregnant. So I will be watch the baby to
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My mom tells me I'm a bad mom
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You
I'm sorry, but that is quite an unfair statement from your mother. Being a single mom is hard work
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You are trying your utmost best I'm sure
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I feel like whatever I do. It's not good enough. I have been a mom since 17
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The new baby is going to put more stress on me
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My sister pays me to watch her child
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is that your main source of income?
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Yes. Than I get child support for my kids. I live with my sister
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I see...
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The unfortunate reality of today's world is that there are way too many single moms out there who have no support and they blame themselves
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And that is not fair to women like yourself
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Is there ever a time where you get a break?
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I got disconnected
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Like time just for yourself?
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8 never get a break. My mom takes my kids Wednesday night but I still have my nephew
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That is tough, how old is your nephew?
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My mom said wanted a break makes me a bad parent. But it's ok for my sister to get constant breaks
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what would you say is your biggest challenge as a single mom?
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16 months
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My children don't listen to me.
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I'm curious, which country do you live in?
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USA
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Texas
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So is there any man in the household at all? Like your dad or your sister's husband/boyfriend?
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My sisters husband
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How does he treat your kids?
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They both work the same hours
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He's yells at my daughter a lot
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That is unfortunate
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I cant trust anyone to watch my kids
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No wonder you are so stressed, you have no one to support you and there is no positive father figure for the children
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I cry after everyone is asleep.
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Like right now...?
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I feel your pain. No one deserves to live like this. You need time for yourself too
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My child is awake. Because I had to watch my nephew late because my sister needed rest
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You also said you have no friends..??
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Yeah. No friends
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So if I were to ask you.. How would you like your life to look like... what would you say?
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What would be an ideal situation?
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I think if I got a break once a week and made some friends
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Do you watch your nephew 7 days a week?
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And my brother in law treated my kids better
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It's suppose to be 4 a week but I always end up watching him more.
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You need two days to yourself, at least one to start off...
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I don't know how I'm going to handle it when I'm taking care of the newborn when my sister goes to back to work
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Have you tried to talk to your sister about taking Wednesdays off for yourself when your kids are with your mom?
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My sister works Wednesday
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What about on the weekends?
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She's off Thursday Friday and Saturday
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So one of those days, is it possible that you can drop your children off at your mom's and do something social for yourself?
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My mom works weekends.
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Tough situation...
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I agree with you that you need to have some "me time" for yourself and take a break from the constant stress...
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So in your mind, what do you think is the best way you can do that..?
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I can ask my sister to babysit my children one day
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That is great idea
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Yeah
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And what plans do you have for yourself on your day off?
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I like to read
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What kind of books do you like?
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did you get disconnected again?
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Mythology romance
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Yeah, so it would be great if you could get at least a day off for yourself and go to the library or a coffee shop and just get a mental break
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That sounds like a good idea
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So you're going to have that chat with your sister then? :-)
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Yes. Thank you for talking to me
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It's been my pleasure
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I hope everything works out well for you
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I'm going to go to bed now. Bye
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Cheers
