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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am kind of getting sick and tired of all these women complaining about taking the kids to birthdays, to sports etc..... My ex-wife is busier with yearly plastic surgery and rotating boyfriends than taking care of our kids. She gladly handed over full custody to me and I love it. She still sees our kids; she does her best to get involved and I think it's just fine. The kids love both of us. They are dads who step up and they don't complain as much as some of the women here do.[/quote]

I’ve actually never seen a mom do this.  
Of my kids’ friends with divorced parents, it is ALWAYS the dad who won’t take the kids to birthday parties, sports, etc.  
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In our area, it's usually the dads going to the parties, sports, etc.  You are overgeneralizing.  [/quote]

Sorry.  I don’t mean to over generalize.  Obviously, there are a LOT of really wonderful dads and stepdads out there.  I have seen them, and I know them.

What I meant to say is that, of the very few difficult parents who will NOT bring their kid to a play date or soccer game when they have custody, it’s ALWAYS the dad.  
I have never hosted a birthday party or coached a kids’ athletic team or scheduled a play date and had a kid who did not show up only when mom had custody.  Usually, it’s not an issue who has custody what weekend and both parents are taking care of the kids.  But when it’s an issue, it’s always dad.

I’m not even saying that the dad’s are wrong.  It is very possibly insane to schedule your whole life around soccer and play dates.  I’m just saying that the pp’s assertion that it’s women who do this is wrong.

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