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Taxis ARE available pretty much everywhere. Even small towns. They might not be available 24 hours a day, but in an emergency, they do have ambulances.
I walk, even when something is five or six miles away. I've even walked 20 miles before. Took me a while, but I did get there.
Wrong. I live in a small town, with another small town between ours and the nearest city. There are no taxis in either town.
Taking a taxi to work every day would cost far more than a car.
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Originally Posted by TKramar
ANd they FAIL. I believe you fail your children if they are NOT in a two-parent home, with one being available to the kids at all times. That's why society is going to Hell, because parents aren't consciously raising their kids any longer. They're not there for their kids.
Single parenting is an abomination.
So, by your logic, if one parent dies, then the other should give up their kids?
For the love of god, I hope you've been neutered. If not, you should be. If you have sex with someone, you are equally responsible for any child that is created. If you're not willing to be responsible, then get fixed or don't have sex.
You can't force someone to have an abortion any more than you can force them to have a child. You're talking about telling someone what to do with their body, and you have no right to do so.
Society isn't going to hell because of single parenting. However, misogynistic, sociopathic attitudes certainly don't help. Neither does abandoning your kids because you can't be bothered with them. No matter how loving their current home is, they will always know that their father didn't want them - and that may be something they never get over.
And when child support goes directly to the child, you'll have a point. Instead, the mother uses that money to pay rent, or buy a new car, or buy herself new clothes. If you pay out money, you can't guarantee that it goes directly to the child. If you think child support is necessary, it should go into a trust for the child to draw from when they turn 18.
It does take two to tango, but there isn't a risk of the man getting pregnant. IF the man were the one getting pregnant, it would be HIS responsibility, and not hers...because he's the one with something to lose.
And how in the hell is the kid supposed to have his financial needs met when income that should be supporting him is gathering dust in a trust fund for those 18 years????? That is singularly THE most idiotic thing I have yet to hear on this forum ever.
And how in the hell is the kid supposed to have his financial needs met when income that should be supporting him is gathering dust in a trust fund for those 18 years????? That is singularly THE most idiotic thing I have yet to hear on this forum ever.
Because then you KNOW that the money isn't being spent on mom and her new boyfriend! It's definitely going to the KID!
Because then you KNOW that the money isn't being spent on mom and her new boyfriend! It's definitely going to the KID!
You just sound bitter. While there may be a percentage of mothers who don't do the right thing with their child support, the majority of them do. The reality is, most child support isn't sufficient enough to cover all the childs costs anyway. Most custodial moms scrape by or are lucky enough to remarry responsible men who pick up the ex's slack - fortunately for the kids.
My own mother blew our child support...and we didn't get any benefit from it.
She had steaks, we had gruel. Actually, she went out to eat, and we had to cook for ourselves, if we could find anything in the house to eat. She always had nice new clothes, we usually wore hand-me-downs or stuff from Goodwill.
I'm sorry you had such a bad childhood, but what your mother did does not mean that all mothers will do the same. There are plenty of mothers who put their children's needs ahead of their own.
Again, if you felt this strongly about children, you should never have had unprotected sex. If you haven't been snipped yet, you need to. No other woman or child should be subjected to your misogyny.
for the affluent older man that is an olympic level understatement. the error of the 21st century for guys is confusing a legal event with a romantic event.
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