there are many types of romantic commitments without a document of marriage
there are many relationships with a document of marriage that are not romantic commitments
What do you view as 'single'? IS it only a matter of legal marital status? Is it a matter of real time circumstances and commitments(even if they are only verbal)?
For me, I was a 'single' parent after my first marriage ended. That is to say, we both went our seperate ways, seperate homes, seperate lives, but HE remained an active Father to his son. In raising my child, I was not married, and was single, but I had a father to my son who was never NOT there for his son.
During my second marriage, I never got a legal divorce. Yet, he walked away when our daughter was only 1 years old. I have been on my own with my daughter and my network of family support. He contributes no support, has not seen her, does not even live in this country. The extent of his involvement is the occasional email or letter and gifts or money on christmas and birthdays.
I believe my son(in a 'single parent' family) had it much better than my daughter(of married parents).
I consider my son as having always had both parents and my daughter as only having me and my family.
I share all that to say, marital status should not hold all the significance when it comes to children being raised.
Edited by
msharmony
on Mon 05/15/17 12:50 PM