I am strong. I am brave. I am a survivor. I am usually empathetic and kind. But…… Sometimes I’m an angry whiner. I wallow in my self-pity and the life that I now exist in.
I realize that life is a gift and that we must be grateful for the amount of time we spend with our loved ones and upon this Earth…..But there are times I can’t help myself but to gnash my teeth and spew angry thoughts of self-pity.
Such as:
You find “single parenting” exhausting? Try “sole parenting”. Being the only one to dry tears, the only one to prepare cupcakes for the bake sale, the only one arranging childcare, the only one there to get up in the night, the only one….it’s especially fun when you are sick!
You were heartbroken when your grandfather died? Yes, it IS awful. But it is NOT the same as losing the love of your life when you were supposed to grow old together and BE grandparents together. It’s an entirely different grief.
You find making your pay cheques spread across all the bills difficult. Do it with onecheck while needing to pay for the same amount of things as if you were two – hydro, gas, groceries, laundry detergent, etc. You wish you could find someone to fall in love with and share your life with? How about finding that person, loving them with all your heart, warts-and-all, and then unexpectedly having them drop dead. Now you’re lonely, sad….and still in love. But with a dead person.
I know that these thoughts are horribly belligerent and one-sided. I realize that I am being a jack-ass. But sometimes, I don’t want to hear their shit. I want to wallow in my own well-earned self-pity and flip the bird at any other person’s troubles or griefs.
*Please admit I’m not the only one with these thoughts…..