Anyone out there a single mom and is happy about it??

Question

I'm going to be a single mom. Im 19 weeks pregnant now. It is in the baby's best interest not to be around the father because he is abusive in every way shape and form. Just looking for your words of encouragement or how you feel about having your baby all to yourself.

Answer 1

I'm a single mother of two teenagers.  I work two jobs to support us because their deadbeat dad likes to pretend they don't exist.  On the whole though, I'm very happy with the way things are.  Our household is peaceful and we communicate very well together.  If their father was living with us, it'd be nothing but tension and arguments.  However, my kids are teenagers, which means I'm able to go to work without having to worry about day care.  I doubt very much that I'd have been able to manage nearly so well when they were babies/toddlers.  Good luck though.  It's a tough job being a single parent.

Answer 2

My mother is a single mom to me and my brother, we both have different fathers. I am 15 and she was 17 when I was born. Sometimes things are tough, and there are moments when she struggles. But we've never not had what we needed. We've always gotten attention, a roof over our head, food, school clothes and supplies, etc. In fact she just bought a housee all by herself.

It's also especially hard for her because my 9 year old brother has Asperger Syndrome which is a disability of the Autism Spectrum Disorder.

My mom always tells people how, without us, she doesn't know where she'd be. Her biggest fear in life is something happening to one of us.

I know she sometimes wishes she weren't alone, but she's content with the family that we have.

You're doing a good thing by keeping the baby away from the father, he/she does not need to grow up in that sort of environment.

I'm sure you'll do great as a mother, you're already making good decisions for your child [=

Answer 3

I'm a single mom...

I'm happy that I don't have to deal with the idiot on a day to day basis, that's for sure.  

However, I do hope that my son will get a chance to know his dad at the same time.  It's not my son's fault that his dad is an idiot.  

I should also add that I'm currently in the process (again) of taking the idiot back to court for child support.  It is VERY expensive being a single mom.  I make really good money, but with daycare, rent and all my other bills I am not making it.  

So it is hard... But definitely worth all the pain.  :)

Answer 4

I was a single mom for about 3 years with my daughter. i ran the  husband off when she was about a year and a half, and it was SO much relief it just wasnt funny. sometimes  no dad is better then a S****y dad.