[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

My parents checked out entirely before I turned 15, my mum died when I was 28 and I have a child with serious learning disability, no family support of any kind, no school system support of any kind, no NHS support of any kind (haven't even been able to get a paeds appointment since pre-covid) and we both work full-time.

Non-resilience isn't really an option ... if I have the worst day of my life tomorrow, I'll still have to get up and make everyone's breakfast on Wednesday. There's literally no one else. ... .

much the same my Dad died when I was 15, my Mum struggled financially so we all got jobs and helped her out, came to London with a friend, met Mr C had two kids, no family close by apart from and Uncle and Aunt but they werent babysitting material, bought and renovated numerous houses while working, bringing up the kids, reaping the benefits now but it wasnt easy and after saying I would never buy a project again, here we are in another project ...