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Do you think, as a single parent, that you.....?

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would want any sympathy?

*Not me, I was a single mom for 6 years and am proud I held my own and raised pretty decent children.

Do not pity me when I am down but be proud of me when I get back up.

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  1. Are you kidding? I'm a single parent, by choice! No, I don't want sympathy, just the happiness of raising my daughter!


  2. I don't want sympathy... But I don't want people to look down upon me either.

    I work d*mn hard to try and get my bills paid and have the money to provide for my son.  

    I like your quote - 'Do not pity me when I am down but be proud of me when I get back up.'  If you don't mind, I'm going to print that off and hang it above my computer here at work.  It reminds me to keep my head up and things will eventually get better.  Thanks for saying that.  :)

  3. No, I hate people who do that too.  "I'm a SINGLE parent, help me"..It gets old.  Mom's are always single parents, married or not, they have all the responsibility.  I'm divorced, and the only difference is I have less laundry to do. My kids are fine and have a good relationship with their dad.  I love being single and would never get married again, I don't want the extra work.

  4. No

  5. Definately no sympathy.  You just want to accepted as normal in our society.  You should be proud of your good parenting.

  6. every one wants sympathy its actually a little pathetic I dont have any for you but I dont have any praise because ur did ok neither You should be a good parent regardless of single or not remmeber u chose ur childrens father noone else

  7. Nope but some respect would be nice!

    Too many women put other woman down for it without even knowing their situation or they became a single mom.(not all but alot)

    I am proud that I am raising my daughter to be a straight A, kind, all around great kid and doing it without any child support.

  8. More single mom's should think like you!! Positive outlook helps the situation a lot..

  9. no sympathy. well i did get some when i used being a single mom excuse for a raise at work...but I'm still having a hard time getting by. other than that..no tears.

  10. I am with you on that one, been there, done that. Have a partner now, but only cause i want to be with him, not coz i have to. Being a single mum was the best thing that happened to me.

  11. Wow, what a wonderful way to look at things! You sound like a strong, independent woman.

    I have to say that I'm not so good as you ... I've been a single mom for a year and a half to two little girls (now 5 and 15 mos), and while, most of the time we're fine, there are days when I want to scream into a pillow and cry my eyes out and wail "WHY ME!?!?!"

    But I understand your saying that it's a proud feeling. While I'll never say that I've raised my children completely on my own (grandparents help a lot and watch the kids while I'm at work), it does give me a certain amount of pride to know that I don't need a partner, per se, to help me raise my babies.

  12. I think that married women need our sympathy...

  13. Depends. Sympathy isnt always bad. If you HAVE to do it alone, then so be it. But if you have a sympathetic shoulder to lean on from time to time, then why not?

  14. thats a good attitude
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