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Posted on 04/11/08, 01:30 pm

Please tell us your story so we can get to know you.

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Reply #21 05/27/08 2:26pm

mom22jcz

My name is Theresa, single mom, two boys. At this point of my life, I am a little tired and frustrated that I have no support emotionally or financially. The father is in the kids lives, but we live quiet a distance from each other he is not able to be there when needed. Even if it was just one week of helping out with getting them up for school, homework, bathed and bed. I am hoping this doesn't seem like complaint central for me. With raising boys, work, and house chores I am limited to contact of other humans who have been or going through this. God Bless
Reply #22 05/28/08 4:19pm

Thespian

I'm Michelle and I'm 31. I'm not married and I don't have a child, but I do want to get married and have a child. I've been told that I give good parental advice, even though I'm not a parent yet and that I'm going to be a great mom someday. I believe that I can help other mothers. I really want to help. Keep In Touch.
Reply #23 06/01/08 6:05am

movingfwrd

Hello. I have been a single mom for 14 years. My childs dad left when he found out I was pregnant. I soon found out he fathered another child while we were together and another only 6 months after I had our child. It took years to recieve any kind of child support even though it was court ordered at a ridiculously low amount. Times were really hard when she was younger because I had to work all the time. Now she is older and I have gone back to college. We are now very close and have some great times together. I really try to give her as much advise as I can now while she still listens to me. I have had to learn so many lessons on my own the hard way and have dealt with some harsh reprecussions. I want for her to have a better and easier life.
Reply #24 06/01/08 10:48pm

Thespian

I would like to say what I think, but I'm scared to. I dont want to get kicked out or banned.
Reply #25 06/04/08 12:58pm

JKirk

I'll try to tell my story in the short version but I tend to ramble a bit...especially when I feel like my life is falling apart. I met my husband, the man who I had every part of me wanting to spend the rest of my life with, almost eight years ago. We were crazy about each other and got engaged very quickly with a quick wedding and a quick baby to follow. I had also just moved away from my parents failing marriage and was trying to wade through all of that at the same time. Basically that all adds up to a pretty tough setup for a young marriage to make it through. I love my husband with every part of me, but he has now decided that he wants to separate himself from me and our family. He says that he needs to re-establish himself as a person. So here I am sitting wih our two babies , six year old girl and three year old boy, and am playing over in my head every beautiful memory and every mistake that I have made. I just want the family that I always dreamed of with him, and I can't accept that he doesn't want it. I am trying to be strong for my kids. He is moving out this weekend and I don't even know what I am going to tell them. This is supposed to just be a separation, but I am afraid it will become more than that. I am praying with my every breath for him because I don't want him to feel so alone, but he says that he is alone and nothing I say or do can change that. I miss the connection we used to have, and will do anything to get it back. I feel very pathetic at this point and feel like I have let my family down. All I ever worked to be was a good wife and a good mom, and when you fail at the thing that is the reason why you get up every day then why get up. I am so sick of having a pity party, but I have tried so very hard for a long time now and with him still wanting to move out I feel very hopeless. I think it is all starting to crash down on me and I am sinking. I have to pull myself back up, and I keep asking God to do that for me, but I feel very heavy and sick.
Reply #26 07/11/08 9:57pm

stillcruzn

Hi. I am a mum of a 9 year old daughter. It has just been the 2 of us since she was nine months old. My husband had been having an affair since I was six months pregnant so I later found out, and he moved in with his mistress and now they have a happy little life together - but I'm not bitter. Anyway, I work full time so that I can make sure she doesn't miss out on anything as her father sees very little of her and pays only minimal child support by finding loop holes in the system. Sometimes I think it would be better if he just went away and left us alone forever, I don't want his money.

Some days I struggle with guilt over missing out on important things at school that she wants me to attend and some days I get jealous because my Mum can do those things for her and I can't. My Dad and her have a great relationship and he takes her fishing which she loves and I hate so that is great.

After all that's said, I wouldn't change a thing, we are a team and we have a very strong bond that hopefully will never break. I love her to bits as she does me and we enjoy each other's company.
Reply #27 07/11/08 10:38pm

Thespian

aww thats a nice story. I'm here if you ever need to talk about anything. I wish my mom and I got along as well as you do with your daughter.
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