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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This whole thread feels like a SNL skit. I’m a single mother and do all of that by myself. And I also find time to just unwind with a glass of wine and a movie. [/quote]

It’s easier being a single mother, PP.  Honestly.  Your idea of cleaning standards and nutritional standards are your own.  You have no other equal adult to compromise with.  I could eat and serve scrambled eggs for dinner but DH needs a full balanced, vegetarian meal.  I could live with crumbs on the floor but DH has to vacuum daily.  There are a million things that I would let slide without DH.  [/quote]

+1. This really is true.  Without the commitment of marriage and another relationship to tend to, I would have a lot more time!  [/quote]

+2. Thank you!  I am so sick of the single mother whine.  Being married and in a healthy relationship takes work, planning, and commitment.  I could eat cold cereal for dinner and be happy with the quiet after the kids are in bed.  [/quote]

Are you all really trying to say a married life with fully contributing spouse is easier than a single parent.

Every single time you leave the house without kids ask yourself these questions:

If I was single, could I even be making this trip out the door (gym, meet with friends, shopping, spa, run, walk, etc).

Even if you can make it past that first question with a yes (grocery shopping, quick trip for a missed ingredient, forgotten school assignment purchase ask yourself this -

Would it be easier to do this trip with or without kids.

In some very specific ways, being a single parent is easier, but in a tremendous amount of others, it is not.

Op, batch cook your meals and lower your cleaning standards.  [/quote]

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