Loneliness is not speaking to another adult all day long. Every single day.
Loneliness is having a loud house full of kids but having no company every day.
Loneliness is living far from home and having no familiar faces or places around you.
Loneliness is seeing other mums chatting and laughing at the school gates.
Loneliness is having no friends to call and have a chat with.
Loneliness is being worried about your child and having no mum friends to talk it out with.
Loneliness is seeing other mums out shopping or having coffee and you are alone.
Loneliness is taking your child to a playgroup and being left out.
Loneliness is living far from home and knowing no one and feeling excluded.
Loneliness is the dull ache of sadness in your chest every day.
Loneliness is being shy and not knowing how to put yourself out there.
Loneliness is when your child has additional or special needs.
Loneliness is wishing you had friends nearby to go see a movie with or have a night out.
Loneliness is wishing for laughs, fun and chat.
Loneliness is experiencing post natal depression and keeping it to yourself.
Loneliness is wishing you had more friends so your kids could have more friends too.
Loneliness is being the first out of your group to have had kids.
Loneliness is when your phone stays silent and no one calls.
Loneliness hurts.
Loneliness is the reason I created this website……..kill the loneliness today:) Use this site to put yourself out there and end the loneliness:)
Amanda xxx
5 comments:
Grainne
October 17, 2017 at 6:25 pm
That rings true with me on so many levels, I was a SAHM for over a year and a half and found it so difficult. I moved during this time and knew no one in the new area, I tried mum and baby groups but most were minders/au pairs who knew each other or polite but not chatty. I now find the school run very daunting but take some solace in knowing I’m not the only one who feels this way. Just ish I was chatter and no so shy.
No real point to this other than to say, I know how this feels and I’m sure I’m not the only one ❤️
Ellen
October 18, 2017 at 8:54 am
When you clean the house but wonder what’s the point , who will see anyway, when you appreciate just the staff at local shop for taking the time to talk to you and ask how things are , when you go to playgroup and parents aren’t dealing with issues you are concerned about and you are struggling big time and feel more isolated , when you don’t have a car and it’s pouring rain outside …I have met food moms friends through an app Im sure everyone familiar with ,
But to see an Irish website you are facing the hard honest talk with yourself and to admit loneliness is so horrendous and embarrassing to admit but we need to talk about it ! friends good friends are so precious , it’s that sense of purpose when you become lost being a mom , the motivation to buy new clothes ,
Make up to look forward to meeting people who also genuinely care about
our kids and are proud as we are of theirs when something is achieved or they recover from an illness , friends aren’t a bonus in life they are essential 😊
Susan Hutchinson
October 21, 2017 at 7:20 pm
Feel like this everyday.
Ive always been shy and find it hard to make friends.
Suffered with depression and anxiety for many years and told know one not even family.
Ive a little boy only 17 weeks so try to get out but even found going to play groups very daunting and then all the mums had toddlers.
Im a stay at home mum, livin in a new area with no family or friends around so I know what its like to be lonelie 😢
Its hard.
Deborah
October 23, 2017 at 9:44 am
I can relate to nearly all of this on so many levels. The worst part is having no adult conversation all day every day. I sometimes forget what it’s like to chat with someone. I am originally from Dublin and I moved to the south a few years ago and I find it so hard not having all the amenities on your doorstep. I gotta travel for a couple of miles just to get some milk. So a lot of the time I just get my partner to get some on the way home from work. This the results in me being stuck indoors all day and I feel like the walls are closing in on me and I get cabin fever. My 7 week old twins keep me on my toes but it would be nice for someone to say “how are you today” or “can I help you with anything”.
Sole
November 7, 2017 at 1:20 pm
Hi mammies!
I see we’re all on the same boat. At home all day everyday, maybe not going outside for days (weather doesn’t help either!), talking only to our husbands…
I know it’s hard to get out, specially with young babies.., but what do you think about making the effort and getting together?
If there’s a few of us it’ll be easier for the shy ones. I am very chatty but am finding it difficult making friends as mothers at groups are very polite but that’s it… I guess they have enough friends already? 😂
I live in Dublin 4 and would love to meet you all and your little ones!