How is everyone managing on maternity pay?

Been spending some time trying to cut finances down but going to struggle on maternity pay, any advice? It’s really not a lot🤍

in our community

Am I justified???

I have a friend of 12 years we met through work. We are both pregnant (2 weeks apart) . We have been supporting each other through the pregnancy. It has been great because she has kids and has done this pregnancy thing twice already and just nice to have someone who gets it. We live an hour distance from each other so we made a commitment to meet every couple of months.
We met last time in January end of 1st trimester celebration and we went to their place.
For our March meet up we agreed somewhere mutual to do some baby shopping and see each other on a Saturday.
I asked her about meet time several times and she kept on saying she needed to check with her partner
Last time I asked was Friday before our meet the next day at 8pm and she was still checking.
Saturday (day of the meet) morning I heard nothing but didn't want to come off nagging. Bear in mind I can see her posting stuff on socials. Nothing all of Saturday nothing Sunday nothing Monday then Tuesday 9pm I get a 2 sentence apology "sorry I forgot and sorry it took me till Tuesday to realise'

I have ignored the message because I am pretty angry. I just feel disrespected and that mine and my husband's time is not valued of theirs. She didn't even bother to give a good excuse ? Am I justified to be angry ?
I do hold a grudge so I can overreact

Hi mums so I’m 25 &
I have a two year old little girl and it’s only us two everyday … I have no friends myself so it’s hard to find stuff to do daily especially alone as I have really bad anxiety we are still waiting for a nursery place

I just wish I could find a genuine mum friend who doesn’t have a secret agenda towards me and we can just raise our kids together but it’s way harder for me because I feel like I don’t fit in anywhere at all anymore ..
I know there are some mums going through the same

would you stick around or leave

not about me personally or anyone i know!! but i saw this online on a different app and wanted your opinion, just for fun! i like seeing everyone’s perspectives! okay so, if someone you know and you’re close to (friend, best friend, or a family member) was in a toxic/ abusive relationship would you still be friends with them and try to help get them out or would you cut them off for your own safety and mental health?

Intimacy

I’m just over 8 weeks pp, and I have 0 interest in being intimate. Has anyone else felt like this?

Need advice on my partner

Me and my partner have a mutual agreement that he cares for our baby over the weekend (including the night) as in the week hes home at funny hours due to work. If he decides he wants to go out with his mates I happily look after our little one but this weekend we got into abit of an argument I went bed and at around 11pm and woke up to him not at home and our baby crying, he had snuck out to go clubbing and left me with the baby, I wouldn't be bothered if he had told me before I went sleep so I knew to wake up with the baby but he didn't he also lied to me when he eventually got home at 4 that he had been round a mates. I've chose to try and move past it but I'm just wondering what other people would do in this situation x

Surviving finances!

Does anyone have any tips on how to survive mat leave on just SMP?

Does anyone do any side hustles or self employed work?
Need a way of making some money on the side!