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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a widowed mom and member of several widows' online support groups. Quite often a thread will be started, titled "Don't Call ME a Single Mom!". The discussion that follows is always along the lines of "we didn't choose to be in this position". Which of course is true, but there's always the underlying attitude that divorced, never married, or SMBC parents are sometimes "lesser" than us poor, widowed, sainted moms. Can you tell those discussions always make me crazy? And yes, I miss my husband who was killed in a car accident when our youngest was 14 months old. I miss him. Every. Single. Fucking. Day. Identifiers are useful. You're attending a Mommy and Me swim class or standing around a playground, getting to know other children and their parents. It can be helpful to know what's what. The narrative is important, but the story doesn't end there. [/quote]
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