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mopinko

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22. i raised 5 kids

Reply to Nay (Reply #20)

Thu Nov 13, 2014, 04:38 PM

Nov 2014

i admit i didnt do a lot of housework, but somehow people always had clean clothes and dinner on the table. and i homeschooled for 8 years. took care of chronically ill kids.
i also did a ton of the "guy work", like home repairs and remodeling, landscaping, snow shoveling and firewood hauling.
i went to bed exhausted every night for 30 years.
oh, and made it so the "man of the house" could climb the corporate ladder.

but ask my stbex, or the kids, they will tell you i am a lazy ass who did zip.

yup, completely w/o value.

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Teen Dads [View all] Triana Nov 2014 OP

Almost like? More precisely, exactly like. Took a second to process the term teen dad. seabeyond Nov 2014 #1

Isn't it strange? It's like: "wait, what?" - then: "Well HELL yes, has to be!" n/t Triana Nov 2014 #4

Very true. MineralMan Nov 2014 #2

single dads are heroes. mopinko Nov 2014 #3

Who says they are heroes? n/t YarnAddict Nov 2014 #5

well, all the ones i know think they are. mopinko Nov 2014 #6

Men calling it babysitting... excringency Nov 2014 #11

That's a perfect explanation right there. Not only do women do reams of Nay Nov 2014 #14

And yet... excringency Nov 2014 #19

Oh, of course it's important work. But because it's mainly done by women, it Nay Nov 2014 #20

i raised 5 kids mopinko Nov 2014 #22

They also all seem to get a girlfriend pretty quickly and saddle her with lots Nay Nov 2014 #15

while single moms mopinko Nov 2014 #23

I've heard it said many times. (nt) PotatoChip Nov 2014 #8

Oh yes, so true... Nt riderinthestorm Nov 2014 #7

Teen "dads" have the luxury of remaining anonymous... LeftinOH Nov 2014 #9

Boys will be boys brer cat Nov 2014 #10

Ain't no "almost" to it. They're totally absolved. Cuz, you know, men. nt valerief Nov 2014 #12

Huh. I can't speak for anyone else, but I've always had a more harsh Marr Nov 2014 #13

Guys also brag right up until they say, "It's not mine." Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2014 #16

Boys and men are responsible for their sperm. appalachiablue Nov 2014 #17

To all those teen dads out there trying to raise their children by themselves, I say: tclambert Nov 2014 #18

Some say unicorns exist, but I've never seen one. PotatoChip Nov 2014 #21

I was a teen dad. Not on purpose. Use birth control, kids. Comrade Grumpy Nov 2014 #24