Are single mothers lesser for being single?

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  • WildChild4487
  on Jul. 3, 2009 at 1:51 AM

• Some of us single moms (or in my case mom-to-be) aren't single by choice we are single because the father has his head up his ass! I was raised by a single mom and she did an awesome job with 3 girls I hope I cando half as good a job. And lets try and encourage all the single moms! Keep up the good job ladies and stay strong!
  

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  • Kissybratzmom
  on Jul. 3, 2009 at 1:51 AM

• Heck no!!! I AM a single mom and I know I am not lesser then other ppl. I take better care of my 2 my kids then some familys that have 2 parents do. It's not the number of people involved, it's how you care for them...and my children are very well taken care of!

  A little off topic..you can walk down the street and see a family with 2 adults in it and still have a nasty disgusting house, or you could walk into mine and see a nice clean place that is cleaned daily, and I don't have any help. It's not the number of people, it's the motivation to do it.

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  • DejaVooDoo
  on Jul. 3, 2009 at 1:51 AM

• So come on women?  Speak up?  If you can vote on a poll then you can speak your mind.... Let me tell you my story.

  Im a physical abuse victim.  My partner beat me and was jealous of my income.  I tried to meet half way and he got nasty.  So he hit a phone across my head while my kids were present in the room.  Ever since I have seen single parenting as different.

  No story is the same and not every one is like this.... but how can we class single parents as trash because we dont know their circumstance?
  

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  • HeatherMae55
  on Jul. 3, 2009 at 1:51 AM

• You know it's funny that some are calling them lesser, they do more work and sacrafice more than nearly any married or attached mother, so how can they be less? 

  Makes no sense to me. 
  

  Quoting DejaVooDoo:
  
  

  Ok ladies.  For the 13% you just said that single mothers are trash... why is that so?  Why are single mothers less than you?  And this is not an attack.  Its a general question and please ladies dont jump on the opposition until we hear it. At least.

  
  

     

  
  

  
  

  
  

   

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  • Gwynyth
  on Jul. 3, 2009 at 1:51 AM

• I am going to be a single mom in a few weeks.  I am single by choice.  I am educated, self-sufficient, own my own house, have great friends, great family, a lot of faith, a desire to reach out to others in need, I love my baby, and nothing is more important to me than being the best mother I can!  If that makes me "trash" then so be it!
  

  

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  • GothyMama
  on Jul. 3, 2009 at 1:52 AM

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  Quoting mrsjedwards:
  
  to those who voted yes, what about when you meet a single mother at the park or somewhere and assume she is trash because she hasnt got her ''baby daddy'' right there with her.. then she goes home with her children to an empty house with photos on the wall of her kids & husband who was KIA..
  
  people make me sick.
  everyones situation is different. especially every single mother's. they deserve all the respect in the world..
  
  
  except skeezes like octomom. shes single right lol??

  LOL, she's single and trash, but not because she's single, but because she blatantly tried to cash in on her kids.
  

  
  
  

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  • amourepropre
  on Jul. 3, 2009 at 1:53 AM

• We can't.
  

  Quoting DejaVooDoo:
  

  No story is the same and not every one is like this.... but how can we class single parents as trash because we dont know their circumstance?
  

  
  

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  • sagi6666
  on Jul. 3, 2009 at 1:53 AM

•  Being a single mom of 2 for 14 yrs of their upbringing...I have to say, it makes you stronger than most...You take on the most toughest jobs that you don't even dream of taking on until you've been there yourself...Your not only mom, but your dad too...I went to college while working full time and became a pretty good role model for my kids, now, my older daughter is living on her own and is working full time and just signed up for 5 classes at the vo-tech for accounting and book keeping...I have always worked since I was 11 yrs old...My older daughter started working at the age of 12...It was fun to see her fall right into the foot steps I left behind...She has definately made me proud...:) My younger daughter, I am still in the process of working on, she's a bit slower, but she will get to where she needs to be in due time...She just needs a bit more work...Single mothers are FAR from being "trash" as you put it...I thought that was a bit RUDE to even come up with such a word towards your fellow women...

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  • mrsjedwards
  on Jul. 3, 2009 at 1:53 AM
• i really want to know who voted yes... what a VJ.
  
  

  21 and on my 2nd marriage. not ashamed. SAHW, i cook i clean i keep my man happy. soon to be SAHM as well. first baby is due AUG 20. first wedding anniversary SEPT 14.  support divorce when its needed. dont cheat, dont lie, dont disrespect. very opinionated but at the same time very open minded. married couples argue. its normal.  dont love obama. dont hate obama. support the war (mostly the men and women fighting it).  i live my life. your opinion/judgment/approval isnt needed.

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  • Luna091306
  on Jul. 3, 2009 at 1:55 AM

• It was me! ha ha ha

  Okay not really.
  

  Quoting mrsjedwards:
  
  i really want to know who voted yes... what a VJ.
  
  

  
  

  
  

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