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In reply to the discussion: Study Finds American Women Delaying Motherhood Because The Whole Thing Blows [View all]panader0
(25,816 posts)My children's mother left when the twins were in diapers, eldest daughter was three and
step son, her son, was 11. She said when she left "I don't want 'em, I only had 'cause you
wanted 'em."
So I was a single dad. The mother, at her mother's insistence, came back for her son 14 months
later. After a while she paid me child support. The two girls did college and are successful, one
of them gave me a granddaughter in 2020. Step son and I are close, he is Coast Guard, almost 20 years.
My own son just got his Green Beret.
I know the article is satire, I'm well aware of the Onion, but many of the comments here indicate that
quite a few people are less than enamored about having children. Yeah, it was pretty tough when
they were little, but they are the joy in my life, more than anything.