• @[email protected]
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      My father has worked in a different country than the one i live in for longer than i was alive.

      I have seen people cry when talking about their divorced parents

      Which parent is missing doesnt matter

      Are you saying that my experience and the experience of people with a single parent are wrong?

    • @[email protected]OP
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      32 hours ago

      I won’t deny that there are elements of a mildly conservative worldview in the post (mentioning the necessity of a “stable male figure”), but you go way overboard with your interpretation. If the post really was in line with such ideas, I wouldn’t have posted it here.

    • SharkEatingBreakfast
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      Man. I’m a single mom. It be like that sometimes.

      Not the whole “you need a man around”-thing. It’s a single-parent thing. It’s hard as fuck to do all the work yourself and not have someone to help out when you may be at your limit.

      Not to mention single-parent households deal more with poverty, housing insecurity, poor mental health, overworking, etc.

      I watched it happen to a lot of my friends growing up. It’s fucking rough.

      It’s not every case, but it can be a lot.

      • Track_Shovel
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        I’m a married parent now, and grew up with a single mom.

        I have no idea how she fucking did it. Seriously. She worked a retail job, maintained an acreage and raised two kids. I can’t even imagine doing half that on my own let alone on less than half the income I make now.

        Ya did good, mama. Ya did real good. I ended up with a graduate degree, make decent money, and have a stable household to raise my boys.

        Thanks, mom