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[quote=Anonymous]I’m at the tail end of child rearing- I have an only and he’s graduating high school soon. His dad has not been in the picture at all since DS was 18 months. Effectively, I don’t know what it’s like to parent with a partner or spouse because even when we lived together, it was pretty much all on me, and it was actually a relief to be living on my own after he moved out because there were no expectations of having another adult around to help then being disappointed and resentful.

I am not wealthy but I always got a few hours of childcare a week when he was young so I would have time to myself. My father has been helpful to some extent, but does not live close by. There was always an underlying stress of everything coming down on me- the sole breadwinner and provider, disciplinarian and nurturer, and so forth. But I can say that now that DS is almost a young adult, he has a lot of respect for me and for women in general, and I think he has turned out to be a great human being, so it has been worth it. I wouldn’t trade him or the experience for the world.

The hardest thing now is not having anyone to share DS’ accomplishments with, and to some extent it has been lonely to be the only parent on the sideline or in the audience, but overall it has been easier in some ways to be the sole decision maker, so there’s a trade off. [/quote]

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