Do you have single mom/dad?
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DeafSCUBA98 said:my mom was divorced when i was 3 months old in Arizona.. then moved with my mom to Minnesota.. grew up hare all my life with my mom.. finally my mom meet a guy when i was 11 yrs old.. got married.. then my dad adopt me
I'm single father myself growing my son alone since he's 2 months old.. now he's 21 months old...
Hard to be single father.. it's not easy.. I always struggle through time... cleaning the whole house... do repairs on house, mowing lawn, blowing snow.. full time Job... taking 1 class at college.. AMEN to that!
TWO months old baby on your own!! wow, its incredible! More and more single fathers around here!
My parents are still married for nearly 50 years in England, and I am married for nearly 17 years (it sound like ancient to me!!!!) lol
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My parents separated for 7 years, but sister and I never knew about that as they kept it hidden. Sis and I were at a boarding school during weekdays and came home on weekends, so whenever we came home - Dad'd be home -- then he'd leave when we went back to school during the week.
Mum and Dad reconciled after 7 years separation...Dad died just after mum and dad's 30th anniversary.
Mum and Dad reconciled after 7 years separation...Dad died just after mum and dad's 30th anniversary.
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Cheri & Angel, I admire you both to doing good job as single mother to your children. I read your topic with other subject from AD & also other forum,
too. I´m going to add it soon.
Anyway, I´m here to talking about single parents.
My childhood is not happy one!
My mother left my Dad to marry other man when I was 8 years old. My 2 siblings & I lived with her & that monster step-dad. They have 1 more child
after few miscarriages. She was being submissively dependent on him......
He was arrest for Bank Robbery & put in jail for 10 years... She feel lost without his "support". Few months after that the situation goes worst....
She can´t bear to being her own to cope 4 of us so she brought different men for the company & start to drink to neglect us until she married 3rd husband
& have another child with him. We felt that she only married him to rid of being single mother/lonely. He´s commit suicide at last after been suicide
tempt for several times. He´s sick man & suffered being depression.
After that this situation goes worst. She gave her 5th child up for an adoption because she can´t cope to being single mother to 5 kids. She is an
alcoholic. This situation goes more worst since she won´t let anybody the help. She drove her children´s love away. I have no love feeling for her.
It´s very sad because I wish to love her & try to understand her but I can´t. We can´t bear anymore & ran away to Grandparents (Dad´s parents) &
want to live with them but they choose me instead of my siblings, so they send them to children home. Honestly, I try to forgive her but I can´t until I read Angel´s other topic & realise how weak woman my mother is.
Therefore my 1 year youngest sister is the same as our mother! She´s not sister anymore, I used know & love. She also can´t bear to being single
mother to 3 children. She´s now drug-addict.... All of her children were put in care by Social Worker.
I´ll add more at other topic soon because we are here to talk about single parents.
too. I´m going to add it soon.
Anyway, I´m here to talking about single parents.
My childhood is not happy one!
My mother left my Dad to marry other man when I was 8 years old. My 2 siblings & I lived with her & that monster step-dad. They have 1 more child
after few miscarriages. She was being submissively dependent on him......
He was arrest for Bank Robbery & put in jail for 10 years... She feel lost without his "support". Few months after that the situation goes worst....
She can´t bear to being her own to cope 4 of us so she brought different men for the company & start to drink to neglect us until she married 3rd husband
& have another child with him. We felt that she only married him to rid of being single mother/lonely. He´s commit suicide at last after been suicide
tempt for several times. He´s sick man & suffered being depression.
After that this situation goes worst. She gave her 5th child up for an adoption because she can´t cope to being single mother to 5 kids. She is an
alcoholic. This situation goes more worst since she won´t let anybody the help. She drove her children´s love away. I have no love feeling for her.
It´s very sad because I wish to love her & try to understand her but I can´t. We can´t bear anymore & ran away to Grandparents (Dad´s parents) &
want to live with them but they choose me instead of my siblings, so they send them to children home. Honestly, I try to forgive her but I can´t until I read Angel´s other topic & realise how weak woman my mother is.
Therefore my 1 year youngest sister is the same as our mother! She´s not sister anymore, I used know & love. She also can´t bear to being single
mother to 3 children. She´s now drug-addict.... All of her children were put in care by Social Worker.
I´ll add more at other topic soon because we are here to talk about single parents.
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Well let me say on this subject.....
Me wife was a single mommy to a 11 month old baby boy back in '99 when I met her on the 'Net. I was a care-free bachelor having all my fun to myself at that time. We continued the relationship on the 'Net for a long time by then.
3 years later and another child (my stepdaughter) for the wife made her single family grow to 3 and I was living with Pongo (my dalmatian) in a trailer and still carried on my bachelor lifestyle until May 2K2. On May 18th 2K2 I made the fateful trip to Indiana and it did change my life for sure 6 months after that.
Her son is still living with his daddy in Indiana and we're raising the girls (my stepdaughter and my own daughter) together.
Me wife was a single mommy to a 11 month old baby boy back in '99 when I met her on the 'Net. I was a care-free bachelor having all my fun to myself at that time. We continued the relationship on the 'Net for a long time by then.
3 years later and another child (my stepdaughter) for the wife made her single family grow to 3 and I was living with Pongo (my dalmatian) in a trailer and still carried on my bachelor lifestyle until May 2K2. On May 18th 2K2 I made the fateful trip to Indiana and it did change my life for sure 6 months after that.
Her son is still living with his daddy in Indiana and we're raising the girls (my stepdaughter and my own daughter) together.
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Wow, some sad stories here. I sympathize.
My dad was a single parent, raising me since I was 11 after the divorce - he often went on business trips, leaving me in the care of my grandparents. My mom took care of my other siblings as a single parent. In a big way, the divorce benefitted all of us - my parents were bad together, and believe it when a kid tells you their parents' divorce was a good choice - it was that bad.
My mom is still a single parent, but my dad married 2 times ever since they were divorced. Now I hope he will stay with his 4th wife (mom was his 2nd) for good because I have a beautiful new half brother out of their union. I intend on spoiling him for the rest of his life!
Now I am married myself, and I have learned so much from my parents' mistakes and my own mistakes in other relationship - I take the foundation of marriage seriously for myself with my husband as a best friend and partner through sickness and health. I do understand if some of you had to get a divorce because the ex was so bad. Same thing with my parents. I know your beautiful kids will understand if they don't now. They love you anyway! I am an example of that.
My dad was a single parent, raising me since I was 11 after the divorce - he often went on business trips, leaving me in the care of my grandparents. My mom took care of my other siblings as a single parent. In a big way, the divorce benefitted all of us - my parents were bad together, and believe it when a kid tells you their parents' divorce was a good choice - it was that bad.
My mom is still a single parent, but my dad married 2 times ever since they were divorced. Now I hope he will stay with his 4th wife (mom was his 2nd) for good because I have a beautiful new half brother out of their union. I intend on spoiling him for the rest of his life!
Now I am married myself, and I have learned so much from my parents' mistakes and my own mistakes in other relationship - I take the foundation of marriage seriously for myself with my husband as a best friend and partner through sickness and health. I do understand if some of you had to get a divorce because the ex was so bad. Same thing with my parents. I know your beautiful kids will understand if they don't now. They love you anyway! I am an example of that.
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illustrator said:
True, from what I understand - it is very difficult to be a single parent. It just makes me increasingly admire those single parents who are very determined to give their kids a good home!
Also, keep in mind - in olden times, we also probably had single parents due to the husbands often being killed off in wars or something like that.
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My parents divorced in 1990, then a week after divorce then my mom got re-married to a guy I really hate very much (he had drinking probs, abused me), then they were in process of divorce, somehow my stepdad killed himself in 2001. I don't know much about my dad because he never been around and didn't pay child support at all. My older brother been single dad to many kids since 1990. Now my boyfriend is single father, if I am married to him in future, I would be stepmom to his daughter who is 6 years old now.
In My Opinion, compare between childless people and single parents. I say single parents (not included deadbeat parents) are more sexier than childless people. Because of love their talking about their kids with concern, affection, and more.
How do i know? I have been relationship with a person with children before and dating several single parents. That's how I learned something.
How do i know? I have been relationship with a person with children before and dating several single parents. That's how I learned something.
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My mother has been a single parent for the past 9 years - she's currently living in melbourne and raising three kids... at this time last year, she raised 4 kids (that included me) till I moved out.
She's a strong-willed lady and always tries her best to give her kids the best they can get.
She's a strong-willed lady and always tries her best to give her kids the best they can get.