Single Motherhood Is a Bitch

It requires the patience of Mother Teresa (who, by the way, it should be noted, had NO children), and it requires near sainthood to maintain sanity beyond the child’s age of about two.

Wait. Let me rephrase. Single motherhood is a thankless bitch.

Whether you’re a professional single mom with a job away from your kids, or you’re a full time, stay-at-home mother, being a mom is a huge job, even when you have the help of a spouse or significant other.

Being a single mother is, without a doubt THE biggest job in the world.

As the custodial parent after a divorce, it comes with the most responsibility, has the longest lasting good or bad effects, yet we land in it without training of any kind.

There’s no handbook, no pay to speak of, it’s not something that we ‘volunteer’ for, and the costs are immeasurable.

It has the longest hours, requires a skill-set like no other job on this planet (or any other), and has a massive learning curve that’s a challenging, never-ending son-of-a-bitch to say the absolute least.

It requires the patience of Mother Teresa (who, by the way, it should be noted, had NO children), and it requires near sainthood to maintain sanity beyond the child’s age of about two.