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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I should’ve made this clear earlier, everyone is making the assumption that there are two of us parents.  It is just me.[/quote]

Definitely all the more reason to have two. The single mom-only child dynamic is often a really unhealthy dynamic that puts way too much pressure on the child- signed an only child in this position who now has an arms length relationship with my mom as a result.[/quote]

Should add that with as the only parent I never felt like we were a real family. I gravitated to marrying a man from a big family and holidays with the in-laws are enjoyable/feel like real holidays whereas holidays with my mom are a somewhat depressing obligation.[/quote]

I’m sorry you didn’t have a happy childhood, but there’s no reason why a single mom would be less likely to raise a child with grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins, family friends. Probably more likely actually. It makes sense that the reasons you distance yourself from your mom are the reasons she’s distanced from others, but that’s a her problem, not a single mom problem.[/quote]

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