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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So all the men with kids who aren’t married are single dads regardless of how often they see their kids?

I think using marital status (single) and procreation (have a child) to equal being a single mother or single father misses the spirit of the word.[/quote]

What is the “spirit of the word”, oh great arbiter of language?

From the OP it sounds like “single mom” can only be used by those with 1) significant financial hardship and 2) no nights off.  By that rendering only poor unmarried mothers with no Nannie’s, relatives, or friends can be single moms.
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Ths spirit of the world is that the other parent is not in the picture at all, whether it’s because the father walked out of the child’s life, is imprisoned, on drugs, etc.; or  through sperm donation. SMBCs may be wealthy, have help, but they are single moms because there is no dad!!

It’s bizarre how many divorced, successfully coparenting women are trying to die on this hill that they’re single moms. The average person on the street will not see you as a single mom no matter how strongly you identify as such. You may try to control what other people think by manipulating language and playing petty logic games, but at the end of the day you live in a society and a reality that don’t have to conform to your own inner opinions.[/quote]

What's your marital situation? Because unless you're widowed, SMBC, or whatever else you think qualifies as a single mom, STFU. My guess is you're a bitter married woman with a useless husband and you're jealous of the women who say they're single because you want people to feel even more sorry for you. [/quote]

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