I have been a single father now for about 2 years. It has been a very difficult time getting adjusted to this way of life. I lived on my own for about 1 year due to military service and when my children came to live with me again it was like running into a brick wall. I have 3 children and my first was born when I was 19 and I am now 30; I never really had the life of a young man and when I was alone for that one year at first I was lost but then once I had a taste of that freedom it became addicting, so when my children came to live with me I started to get extremely depressed. I didn't think that it would effect me as greatly as it did. Some days I feel so pathetic because I will get down over the silliest of things, like not being able to keep up with the pop culture crap that the single and childless people at work are into. I've learned more about sponge bob and hannah montana than I ever wanted to know. The funny thing is, I was never into being like everbody else before, but for some reason now I feel so lost in this world. I'm sure this sounds very pathetic, but I just can seem to get a hold of my life and live it for me and most importantly for my children.
Has anyone else felt as though they lost what freedom they had overnight? ↓
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