Men who grew up without fathers are the worst

[PriscillaVanilla]

Originally Posted by stan4

Thoughts?
I dealt with a number of douchebag kids growing up and currently deal with two huge douchebag administrators...all of whom came from ideal nuclear families with strong father figures.

So...

Everyone keeps pulling out anecdotes. But you need a lot more than "I know someone who..." to prove a case.

[Huckleberry3911948]

I am sorry to pop the victim bubble I’m not in jail I’m not a victim and he was pretty much not there

When he was there it was not Disneyland
Dealing with the violence passed on to me was hard -it involved me keeping both feet on the brakes most of the trip

[gentlearts]

Originally Posted by PriscillaVanilla

I am interested to know why so many people assume that single mothers are single by choice.

Lots of single moms are single because their BF or husband walked out.

A lot of people still blame them, because their “man picker“ was not good. They think they settled for a less than good man because they didn’t think they deserved better.

Only widows get the sympathy.

My father’s father died when he was 10. My mother died when I was 12. My father struggled because he had had no role model after a certain age. I also struggled with my teenage daughter for the same reason.

[LS Jaun]

Originally Posted by Pinkmani

Why not say people who grow up without a stable father figure in their lives?

That would be fair to say.

[DanBev]

I am 87,retired after 34 yrs in 1988,married 65 years.M y mother died when I was 2 father at age 5.
There were 5 in family.oldest brother was just out of high school.We were left to the 4 winds.
He was a veteran of WW2 drafted,went on to college,built up to a 250 man machine shop etc..I also had 2 half brothers who prospered,one a Vice President of a large corp.,the other a manager.
It all depends where you place your priorities and how hard you work.

[LS Jaun]

Originally Posted by PriscillaVanilla

Everyone keeps pulling out anecdotes. But you need a lot more than "I know someone who..." to prove a case.

Like said, the amount of Incarcerated men being raised fatherless would indicate it is a problem. Of course, not for every undividual case, as I learned to not be like my bio father from my experience, but overall it is an issue.

[reed067]

My parents were terrible and were never home when I was a child but even without them being around I’m a better person NOT having them in my life anymore.