This time of the year is starting to make me feel really sad especially for my son. My partners family has never made any effort with us and we always had to be the ones visiting them and they never reach out to us. My partner has two step siblings who his dad and step mother prioritise them over him and always have done so he’s basically be an outcast. Since we had our son they’ve made a little more effort but it’s died down and they now make no effort.

My family isn’t great and cause me too much stress so I don’t have them around.

I’m sad that my son won’t grow up having a lot of family around. It’s just my partner and myself. I feel guilty for not being able to give my son that experience especially around Christmas time.