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A single parent is a single parent. There is no need to differentiate between those once married, those never married, or those who were proud recipients of a highly screened stranger’s sperm.
Single is single; we all, in one way or another, made that choice. Whether it was explicit or implicit, we made it. We were part of the failure of a relationship or the conscious decision at the onset to go it alone.
We are all single by choice. So what!
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If only it was as simple as making a choice. We’ve already had the discussion but it is important that, throw-away byline in parentheses aside, there are many people for whom “choosing to go single” was the only option for survival.
Correct. The issue is not in whether you choose to go single or not. The issue is with those that think “choosing” to go single makes them better off or puts them in a different category than those that “end up” single. There are women who wear their “Choice” to be single as a badge of honor. That is what I think to be ridiculous. Thanks for the comment.