To put on my happy mom face. Getting increasingly difficult.
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That’s what I said!
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Are you having a hard day? What’s going on?
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Just so much stuff. Flat broke. Dad has cancer. My house is barely livable. My knee is buggered up. Other stuff I can’t even talk about. I feel like a complete failure. I’m so depressed. Thankfully I see my pdoc tomorrow morning.
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I’m so sorry. I think it’s ok to be real in front of your kids. Aren’t they grown? Being sad and stressed is part of life. Your kids can handle the truth now that they’re grown.
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I’m sorry things are rough for you right now. I hope things turn around for you soon.
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Yeah the youngest is 16. I just hate making them worry. I don’t want to make my problem theirs. They should enjoy these years.
But life gets tough sometimes. They might think it’s weird that you aren’t stressed under the circumstances. Growing up, my mom was regularly and severely beaten by my dad. But right after she’d put this smile on her face and act like nothing was wrong. It really messed with our heads. It was like she was psycho and on another planet from the rest of us.
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Coming from the kid of a depressed anxious mother, they almost certainly already know.
Teach them it’s okay to ask for help. They love you. Let them know you’re struggling and could, at the least, use a hug. You don’t have to make your problems theirs to get support from them.
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@LED said it better than me. I agree with what she says completely.
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