Chatting to someone, say I need to go to bed because I will be sleep deprived. Their response..
'At least your not in jail.'
'Haha, yeah..'
'Wait hang on, what?'
'Well most single mums I know in your area are stabbing people or in jail..' (I live in a quiet, nice area)
Then i think... what single mums does this person know HERE? probably barely any, so probably more of an attack if you ask me... He has never even seen me with my son!
Why do we get such bad press?? The only other single mum I know of from around here is lovely and wonderful with her kids.
So we do things slightly differently?? We have to! There is only one of us to do it all! It is so much harder with only one it is hard to desribe!
I don't get it... I really don't. Becoming a single parent made no difference to me in the sense that I still have the same love, care and responsibilities to my son that I had before.. the only thing it changes is that I am doing it ALL myself! Why does that mean I am going to become a nut and end in jail or be a terrible parent? I don't want to sound up my own backside but I KNOW I am a great mother! I will not allow my child to become a thug as it seems is expected of me.. He will have discipline and morals/ prnciples as well as a fun childhood I hope. Why do some people try to make a job that is already so much harder even harder than that?!
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meltedchocolate · 26/01/2010 22:24
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