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[quote=Anonymous]The pros of single mom-hood are that it can be better than having a weak co-parent dragging you down.  It can be easier to pick up after one kid vs. one kid + one lazy spouse.  It can be easier to plan for you and your kid vs. you, your kid and one disorganized spouse.  You can make all decisions yourself instead of having to discuss them and maybe compromise.  You may not have a mother-in-law relationship to finesse.  Single moms with no co-parents always get their kids on holidays, which is a huge plus in my book.  Sometimes you can have a tighter bond if it's just the two of you against the world.

The cons for me are mostly financial - running two households instead of one is expensive - and loneliness.  I haven't been able to date much since I had my child, and it gets lonely sometimes when it feels like everyone in the world is paired up except me.  I don't have much free time for dating, and I don't really want to find more free time by prioritizing my daughter less.  And you can feel sometimes like you're trapped in a no-man's-land between single child-free friends and married friends with kids because you don't 100% fit with either group.[/quote]

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