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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm like your friend - totally and completely a single parent -zero support in any fashion or form. I don't begrudge the use of the term single parent by those with shared custody or support as i think is the more common situation and understanding, but their circumstances and mine cannot be compared. She has no idea what it is like to be in my or your friend's shoes at all. [/quote]

You chose to have a child WITHOUT benefit of marriage or committed partner.  Stop complaining.[/quote]

I'm not complaining. You are right, I chose to go through six rounds of ivf from a sperm donor to have my children.  All I said was that I have zero support. This is true and I'm not complaining.  I didn't say it was harder for me, that life is unfair, that i struggle to find a moment alone, that it is extremely stressful to know you are your child's only parent and that I have no one to support or challenge my parental choices.  i wouldn't change any choice that I have made. And I am extremely blessed to have the opportunity to be a mom and to have a job that allows me a,azing flexibility and pays well enough to provide a house, clothes and good food to my children.   But I don't think my experience as a parent can be compared to the OP's sister in any way.

Regardless, I don't care about who calls themselves a single parent. I know there ways in which my experience as a parent is much easier than some married parents and some divorced parents. And the reverse is true.

Get off your high horse and stop reading into other people's posts what you are hoping to see and, subsequently judge.  [/quote]

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