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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've been raising kids solo since my husband died when my youngest was still in diapers. I'm ok with single, solo, whatever and know that everyone is on the path they're on. However, my eyes rolled so hard when a fellow mom at a soccer game told me she was a single parent *this week* because her husband was working in Dallas. I really felt for struggle...poor thing was a SAHP of one 7 year  old. Imagine the horror.[/quote]

OP, I’m so sorry for your loss and I appreciate how hard it must be for you.

I’m not trying to be ironic, bur some people are more resilient than others. Some petiole have better access to resources, knowledge to those resources, employment and community support, etc.

Soccer mom may have never been alone with her children and juggling life ever. Depending on her life before children, she may have never really had huge adversity and not been taught a lot of skills to manage this one week. It sounds ridiculous, but this week may have been hard for her. She may admire you for doing it all, and have been looking for a way to connect, or commiserate. awkward as it seem(ed)(s). This may have been her way of trying to figure out how you don’t all the time, because she is overwhelmed or whatever in only a week.

Don’t always assume the worst in people, which is classic DCUM.

I get it, it’s frustrating to hear about these “single moms” who are cornering, but their issues may be bigger. They’re lonely part of the time, and doing it alone the rest. They’re lonely part may have been doing it 80% before but they felt they had someone else, even if it financial burden or occasional hours.

You did what you had to do, and these women are also doing what they have to do, unplanned and often unwanted.

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