Elmoish said:My comments are not out of context. There is a huge population of single mothers that wear the ID like a badge of honor. It is my opinion that they should be ashamed, not proud....and certainly not proud to have no father for their child/ren and expect help with the basic needs.
Your mom sounds like a smart woman who made questionable choices when she was younger.
You must know that if she had made better decisions while dating...her life and yours would have been much easier.
I'm glad your life turned out well, as well as hers.
I have a step daughter whom I love. I don't think I will have bio children.
Still am put off by the single mothers who want a pat on the back for doing a very wrong thing. Don't you see that it is not a service to the child for making very bad choices?
My mother was with my father for 13 years until... Well I don't know what happend, my father got into alcohal I guess. You serve a point though Elmoish, but under certain circumstances and certain single parents, usually they are the deep minority of single parents that have done major wrong. also tizz and angie I deeply commend you for your words! Smart women