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Are all of us divorced or single moms? Is this a factor?
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<blockquote data-quote="PennyFromTheBlock" data-source="post: 635928" data-attributes="member: 18271"><p>I've never been married and raised both of my kids on my own without help from their other parent. I've long said that my difficult child should have been a single FATHER'S child at the very least- as he is or always has been more in tune with a man around. I only had one 'real' relationship during their lives (that was not their father) and when he and I were together, difficult child was BETTER. Not great, but BETTER. That time period was when difficult child was 7-10 years old. He was always more apt to listen to my 'boyfriend' than to me, and didn't even argue back with him like he would with me. I've often wondered if the boyfriend and I had actually stayed together and maybe even married, if difficult child would have turned out better.</p><p></p><p>But you know, in all of that- I still did the best I could. I know that I did not raise a child to lie, steal, destruct property, fight, be disrespectful, or any of that. I gave them an example of a work ethic and "if you don't work for it, then you don't get it". </p><p></p><p>And yet, he chooses- even to this day (I've not laid my eyes on him in over a month) he'll text me and ask for money and LIE LIE LIE about his situation. </p><p></p><p>His sister was raised in the same environment and circumstance as he was and she's nothing like him at all. She's a wise one, that girl, and has told her brother MANY times that it is what it is- now it is what we make it. He listens to no one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PennyFromTheBlock, post: 635928, member: 18271"] I've never been married and raised both of my kids on my own without help from their other parent. I've long said that my difficult child should have been a single FATHER'S child at the very least- as he is or always has been more in tune with a man around. I only had one 'real' relationship during their lives (that was not their father) and when he and I were together, difficult child was BETTER. Not great, but BETTER. That time period was when difficult child was 7-10 years old. He was always more apt to listen to my 'boyfriend' than to me, and didn't even argue back with him like he would with me. I've often wondered if the boyfriend and I had actually stayed together and maybe even married, if difficult child would have turned out better. But you know, in all of that- I still did the best I could. I know that I did not raise a child to lie, steal, destruct property, fight, be disrespectful, or any of that. I gave them an example of a work ethic and "if you don't work for it, then you don't get it". And yet, he chooses- even to this day (I've not laid my eyes on him in over a month) he'll text me and ask for money and LIE LIE LIE about his situation. His sister was raised in the same environment and circumstance as he was and she's nothing like him at all. She's a wise one, that girl, and has told her brother MANY times that it is what it is- now it is what we make it. He listens to no one. [/QUOTE]
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