Feeling kind of bummed out! (37)
CLLGEGRLSan Antonio, Texas USA465 PostsIm in a similar boat. Dont worry about it sweetie. Theyre are more than lucky to have you as a mother. Everything will work itself out. 
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Hmmm..I guess that might explain why you were not sleepy in the wee hours of the morning? You’re absolutely right. Some day it will happen.
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keep the chin up....
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I know that they have me. It just hurts that everytime a father/daughter even comes up or a father/son event happens, my kids tell their teacher that they don't have a dad so they don't need to take home the announcement. Father's day is no better either. I think my kids are the only kids in the school without a dad. There's a father/daughter bowling night coming up with my daughter's brownie troop and she already told her troop leader she can't go because she doesn't have a dad.
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Keep your head held high girl and be proud of the job you are doing alone. The rest will fall into place.
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I am proud of my babies. I just wish their father wasn't such a loser and they weren't missing out on having a dad. I grew up without my father around and I didn't want that for my kids.
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Just to put a little perspective on it. I am a single dad with a daughter and I deal with the same, only a little reversed. Her mom hasn't seen her since July. She works only 5 or 6 blocks away, lives in the same town. Good luck and hang in there.
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The last time their father saw them my son was only a month old, he's now 7 and my daughter is now 8. I was alone when he was born except for the medical staff and the anesthesiologist held my hand while I was on the operating table during the c section.
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Sorry to hear that, but us Dads that do care about their children are out there too! I was the first to hold all my children!!
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He was there when our daughter was born, but neither of us got to hold her because there were complications during the birth and she had to be put in an incubator and on oxygen as soon as she was out. He wasn't much help during the birth though, just kept saying" I didn't know it could stretch that far!"
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I think the greatest moments in my life were being watching my children being born. Both girls! I even got to cut the cord.
I have a hard time too, with deadbeat dads, but I guess not everyone is cut out to be a parent! I would also like to add that I have 4 step children that I love just as much as my own 2 girls. Even though their moms and I are no longer together.
I guess what I am saying is 'Hang in there, there are guys out there that are willing and happy to be step parents. I know that I'm one!!'
I have a hard time too, with deadbeat dads, but I guess not everyone is cut out to be a parent! I would also like to add that I have 4 step children that I love just as much as my own 2 girls. Even though their moms and I are no longer together.
I guess what I am saying is 'Hang in there, there are guys out there that are willing and happy to be step parents. I know that I'm one!!'
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Unfortunately you've never seen me bowl. I'm lucky if the blasted ball doesn't end up in the gutter! I think my average is 78.
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May I ask you a question respectfully?...if the dad is such a loser, why didn't you recognise this before you married him and had kids...???...Surely if you had experienced that as a kid, you should have been hyper-aware of the issue and really been careful..??....I'm really interested...
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I got married for the wrong reason. I was pregnant. Unfortunately his bad habits didn't surface until 6 months into the marriage. He was really good at hiding his flaws.
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I know how you feel, I've been in this position myself years ago when my son was small, also when it used to be fathers day and they used to make the cards at school.
Schools should be a bit more sensitive about these things and consider that not every family has two parents.
I think I actually complained to the school about it and told them they should make sure the kids have a dad before making them make a fathers day card
Schools should be a bit more sensitive about these things and consider that not every family has two parents.
I think I actually complained to the school about it and told them they should make sure the kids have a dad before making them make a fathers day card
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They make cards for their granddad on father's day. So on father's day they give their cards to PaPa. Unfortunately my stepdad doesn't see them all that often.
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You'll bowl a 300 in your childrens eyes!! Dragon is right on here, just be the best mom and dad they've ever had!! You'll be the winner in the end!! 
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That's not too bad then, but still bad if any kids without a dad also didn't have a grand dad which my son didnt have one at the time.
Also, the school was located in the grounds of a childrens home so a lot of the kids didn't have any parents at all. So god knows how they must have felt when they were surrounded by kids making cards.
Schools should still have more tact is how I see it whether its to do with cards, father/mother and child trips out etc.
Thank goodness my sons grown up now so my days of massive arguments with schools are nothing but distant memories
Also, the school was located in the grounds of a childrens home so a lot of the kids didn't have any parents at all. So god knows how they must have felt when they were surrounded by kids making cards.
Schools should still have more tact is how I see it whether its to do with cards, father/mother and child trips out etc.
Thank goodness my sons grown up now so my days of massive arguments with schools are nothing but distant memories
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twinkles, i know how you feel.....being a single mom or dad is bad when u have those opposite holidays or plans................i've known some dads out there who are really caring and great and who do it all.........but unfortunately my 2 boys didn't have dads like that.
i sympathize with you
i sympathize with you
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Heres a hug from me just to say i care.... as i was left to answer 8 kids when their dad decided to take his life....But we have struggled on and are living life to the full....You are a star twinkle so your day will come when your kids will make you shine.....I know its a bad day but you are allowed them as no one on this planet is perfect...even me and i like to think i am.....lol
Kids only get one childhood and its how us parents whether it mam or dad take care that they have a good one with lots of love and hugs.....
as i was left to answer 8 kids when their dad decided to take his life....But we have struggled on and are living life to the full....You are a star twinkle so your day will come when your kids will make you shine.....I know its a bad day but you are allowed them as no one on this planet is perfect...even me and i like to think i am.....lol Kids only get one childhood and its how us parents whether it mam or dad take care that they have a good one with lots of love and hugs.....
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