do you ever just like miss yourself?

I miss being Nat instead of almost always being only muuuuuuuuum

shudda used a johnny then init m8

Why?

You think any parent enjoys 100% every aspect of parenthood? You're very naive if that's what you assume.

I lose myself sometimes, yep, and I dislike that, yep.
I also dislike nappy changes, being bothered at 6am, having to deal with sibling squabbles, and the arguments at mealtimes when one child or another dislikes their dinner, and countless other things about parenthood.

BUT....

the list of things I like about parenthood is longer.

If that's the advice to dish out to people simply because they have the odd grumble about being a parent, then you know nothing jon snow!

why not just go dancing in the rain?

y not just get a nanny to do all the nasty grunt work?

you gonna pay for one for me?

whut

i've heard of good girls going bad, but never bad girls going good.

genuinely confused here

Bad girl is a bit of an exaggeration I was just really rude and pretty much failing school. I dunno the person I was being wasn't really me to be honest - life's so much better now without all the fighting and crying

I know what you mean, sometimes I hate you too.

So why were you pretending to be someone you're not?

I wasn't really ever pretending, 'tis a little hard to explain. People around me and things that happened to me resulted in me into the person I was being it was like some weird sort of protection or something so really I was being myself but in a sense I wasn't totally me

I am pleased that I am more confident, more capable and more capable of standing up for myself than I used to be and in many ways I wish I had learned those lessons sooner in life.

When I was going through a rough time earlier this year, however, I looked back at my younger, carefree self and all I wanted was to be a happy little girl again.

Generally, though, I am happy with who I am and who I'm developing into.

Yeah i miss myself! All those memories and good days with such less stress and responsibilities. I don't wanna grow up!

oh so you're like Piper off Orange is the new black then?