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This is just my opinion, but if you were in our situation, there would be nothing for you to feel guilty about. In fact, I feel guilty a lot of the time because I'm not bringing any money into our home. |
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My dad was a single parent from the time I was 6 until today. He raised me and my brother while also holding a full-time (12 hour+) job at a power plant. He also took a major cut in pay (he used to travel and work in nuclear plants, when mom moved out that was no longer possible so he took a job at a semi-local coal plant (the largest one on the east coast)). He was able to do this because unlike most people these days my dad's side of the family all live within a square mile of each other. In other words my grand parents, great grandparents, and uncle spent just as much time raising us as he did. It was hard on all of us of course. For 10 years I had to wake up at 4am every morning when dad left for work so I could be dropped off at my grandparents house where I always had a home cooked breakfast waiting on me. In the afternoon I was also there from 4pm til around 6pm or 7pm depending on how late dad had to work. I spent most of my summer vacations there as well. My point is these days people seem to move away from their extended family...and that's a bad thing imho. We were a lucky bunch though.... Compared to most of my friends I have "young" grandparents (I have friends with parents that are older than my grandparents! But then again I'm the oldest child in my family). My dad has also worked the same job since he left high school, so he's had plenty of time to work himself up to "good pay". This is why I throw things at the TV when I see "dead beat dad" commercials. They should really change that to "dead beat parent" or something.... |
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<i>Dear, dear Brad...I dumped The Child Support Agency in Sheboygan, Wisconsin on their asses because they treated my kids' fathers so poorly! When I told them I wanted to drop both support orders, they tried to tell me I couldn't do that. Wanna bet?! My kids' dads are GOOD fathers, and deserve to be treated with respect. Major kudos to your dad!!</i>
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Thats good stuff Brad and your father and family are to be commended! I will agree that anything is possible if you make it a priority
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I don't mean to paint her in bad light or anything, I love mom the same as dad and my step dad. We had some rough spots in our relationship over the years but that's every family right? These days I'm happy my parents split up when I was so young...I have a little sister and a very cool step dad as a result of it. |
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I am a bench tech / tech support for a computer consulting company (which is growing very very fast). My wife is a homemaker and homeschooler of two children. How she does it, I'll never know (and I won't question it either).
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