To ask you how many single parents you actually know

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And age(s) of their children?

I was thinking today, I don't know any. I know a couple who split from their kids' dad and have a new partner and child(ten) though.

So how common is it?

lots - it's not that rare surely

I know a few

If you look up 'Gingebread' online it is the charity for singke parents in the UK.

They have plenty of stats which set out how common it is.

I'm surprised that you are concerned if ypu don't know any though. Any particular reason?

I'm not saying it is ghosty :) but personally I don't know any.

I know some who split with a partner and then got with another, though, so they must have been single at one point.

I know 7. Next question

Giant, I'm not exactly concerned but just wondering if own DC will feel a bit 'odd one out'.

Is it important? I know many and the age of children ranges from babies to in their 50's.

It's not important, no; I'm just interested.

1 - it's me

Including myself

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Not that rare in my experience, are you still quite young? Twenties?

Ah. Better that than live with two miserable parents imho.

I'm one and I know quite a few, none of us have, or particularly want, new partners.

4 including myself, I'm the only one who hasn't got a boyfriend though.

I was a single parent to one moved on had two more no one noticed that she wasn't his

Now I'm a single parent of three I'm taking it personally now

People who remained single? Including myself, only 3 actually. Unless we're counting the annoying fuckers who tell me their partner is working away for a week and so now they're "single-parenting". I seriously want to slap those people.

I know one couple who are separated two single mums. Also I used to be one (have a new dp and baby with him)

Oh I see.

I am one. I know 4 others.

II it helps, DS was the only one in his class and didn't feel like the odd one out. But now one of his ffriends parents have split.

TBH in my experience, kids care a lot less about this stuff than we do!

Lots.

More through divorce/separation than from off IYSWIM (though a handful in those too) and as time goes on, some from bereavement.

Ages if DC, from babyhood right up to upper teens.

I know a fair few, yes. One or two where the father is completely absent through his own choice, two where it's shared care (50/50) and the rest with "traditional" access for the NRP - i.e one overnight a week and every other weekend.

Why do you ask?

In my current circle I know 8 single parents.
Theyre all women.

Of my FB friends 72 are parents with a partner and 14 are single parents / not living with a partner.

I don't think it's that unusual in most school classes, though a bit less common if you're at a private school or very posh area

I've double counted a bit there though as I often know both halves of a couple or sometimes even an ex couple

Of the 13 family members of my generation who have children, only 3 are still with the partners of their first child. These 3 all have children under 8 at present and 2 of these partners have children from a previous relationship, so only 1 couple out of the 13 of us where they are still together and the child is a first for both of them.
Of the others, some have remarried or have live in partners, but we're single in between. 4 of us are single resident parents currently. So I would say it is quite common!

Actually loads all of a sudden ☹️ Which is shit for them as it's mostly been horrible breakups. All people working in London.

I feel like I'm running a counselling service (obviously it's far worse for the people involved)

Oh I don't know why I'm asking to be honest. Just that everyone I do know who split from one partner now has another so I wondered if staying single was common or unusual.