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"Single mom"

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How do you feel about BMs saying this?

I personally think that if you're single and you're a mom, it's fine to say this. People call celebrities like Bridget Moynahan, Denise Richards, etc. single moms. And while they have loads of money, I think it's accurate, because they are single.

If you disagree with bm saying she's a single mom, what else could she say instead?

BMs respecting our marriages

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Just to be quite clear...BMs do not have to like or agree with our marriages. I know my SDs bm doesn't.

And I don't expect her to. I don't expect her to give a flying f$ck about my marriage. I don't expect her to respect it. You know why? She's not the person I'm married to. I expect her to leave me alone. That's the beginning and the end of what I want from her.

Asking bm to respect your marriage is useless because, unless she's a sane person, it likely will not happen.

What I think when I hear a "grown man" say "she trapped/tried to trap me"

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Is as follows: "Dude, you're a grown man. You had sex ed classes in high school. You as a grown man ought to know that condoms aren't 100% effective, and neither is birth control. You chose to sleep with a girl you don't know/a girl you don't want to stay with. If you didn't consider that there is a possibility, however slim, that she may get pregnant, your main talent is thinking with your little brain. Don't sleep with someone if you know or feel that your relationship with them will end soon. Don't sleep with people you don't know.

When I think teens DO need to be held accountable

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I do not think they need to be held accountable for being hurt, angry, confused, disappointed and pi$$ed off when they get taken off the pedestal and "dethroned." I do think that the parents need to teach and give them healthy venting outlets and unconditional love and support to get them through it, and take full responsibility for the anguish they are causing their kids, both to themselves and to their kids.

Someone said something about this being a site to vent, and it is.

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But, (there's always a "but" in life Smile )

This is a public site, and the Internet. Nobody's going to agree on everything.

Most of us are strangers. As with anything, when we put info out there about ourselves, or our feelings, we are opening ourselves up to the good chance of people disagreeing with us and forming opinions about us. Nobody's going to see eye to eye all the time.

Sorry to be a blog hog but I have to say this- I consider putting kids on a pedestal and giving them no limits to be abusive

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Or at the very least, majorly screwing them up, and it takes them YEARS to recover from it. After reading so many stories here, and re-examining my past with DH and SDs, I have come to that conclusion. DH has complained to me about how bad things were when he didn't parent. He got disappointed in his kids even after he did start to parent. My SDs are doing much better but it has taken them YEARS to improve.

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