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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you people seriously fighting over whether divorced parents with an ex who makes some financial and time commitment to a child deserve to be called single parents?  That is just sad.  [/quote]

This and I'm not a divorced, widowed and I didn't have a child out of wedlock. Generally, those people have the same types of issues. My husband is gone for work about 21 days a month...as in across the country, for years and years like this. I have these same issues.  [/quote]

Does "I have these same issues" mean you have the same issues as the divorced be widowed parents because your husband travels for 21 days? FFS.[/quote]

Yes, I do. Let's see: older kid is in a play at school at 2 and younger kid has the flu and needs to be home. Issue is no one can watch older kid. Two kids have games and I can't get them to both. I have a migraine and kids have homework. I have zero...zero...help with dishes, laundry, banking, discipline, childcare, transporting, sick visits, dental visits, etc 3/4 of each month. Maybe divorced parents don't have those issues...I do. I have no one else to rely on...no one...the majority of the time. Ie younger kid broke arm at recess. Do you know what that was like for me to figure out who could get older kid? It meant older kid missed soccer tournament and instead went home with another family (my emergency contact friend) who had to bring the kid to her kid's karate class. Would that happen at your home or at your home do you have a second parent that can pitch in much of the time when you're in a bind?

"Out of wedlock" was just a way to describe it. [/quote]

But do you ever worry about money??  Didn't think so.[/quote]

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