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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I think some people here are missing is that it's a jerk move to compare your situation to someone else's and say you understand their struggles.  Period.  THAT's what's getting everyone so upset.

It's particularly a jerk move when the person with the objectively easier situation looks at the person with the objectively harder situation and says, "Yep, I'm there too.  I can relate."  BECAUSE YOU CAN'T.  And because what's the point in saying that?  The idea of "relating" is to connect and if the person you're trying to connect to is offended, you haven't really connected![/quote]

This.  I am a single mother by choice (but not the prior poster).  I have a good income and was able to save and plan for the baby before I had her, take a long maternity leave, hire a nanny, etc.  She was welcomed by my whole family and there is no second-parent drama.  I would never, ever go up to a teenage, lower-income, single mom who wanted her child's father to be part of her family but he chose not to parent and say, "I can relate.  I'm a single mom too."  Oh my gosh no![/quote]

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