Portrait of a Selfish Irresponsible Parent
Posted on 07/30/2005 7:49:37 AM PDT by timpad
When you’re divorced each parent has to consciously parent, consciously throw themselves into worrying about the welfare of their children. The workaholic dad can’t say the mom raises the kids, I write the check. Or, more rarely, the Pilates-addicted mother cannot leave parenting to the Mr. Mom. Nobody wants to be the one the kids incessantly whine about to their shrink. The other thing that makes us divorceniks such great parents is that we get a break every once in a while. We’re not anchored to our kids 24/7 so when they’re over at the other’s house we get to stay out late, sleep in, or spontaneously decide to catch The Aristocrats at the mall. By the end of the weekend we miss the little ones so much that when we see them again our hearts swell as if we were back in high school and the captain of the girls’ gymnastics team just gave us the biggest smile.
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Kids raising kids. What a loser (that's "looser" for some of you....;^)
Maybe it's a satire.
That's what I'm hoping, honestly. But experience says otherwise. Some of our fellow citizens really are this self-absorbed.
Oh dear...
It does look like he means it. Sheesh. Maybe the children's grandmother is an adult, at least.
Good thing he didn't say this stuff to me, he'd have a hard time enjoying himself with his teeth lodged in his brain.
It does look like he means it. Sheesh.
I find it hard to understand the gulf that separates so many of us. I don't know anyone who thinks like this. How could we (myself included) let things get so far out of whack?
If you don't want to be "anchored" .. then I suggest not having any
I don't know anyone like this, either. I mean, I know people who are divorced, including people with children, but I don't know anyone who would say, "I'm a better parent because being divorced means I'm free to act like an adolescent."
"Words fail me. At least ones I can use in this forum."
I was down that road many years ago and spent many sleepless nights worrying about my kids.
Back then people would advise that kids "are flexible".
That's BS.
Fortunately, after this tremendous setback, my two sons from that marriage turned out well. But, I would never, ever try to place positive attributes on divorce.
The writer is a moron.
What can you expect from Arianna?
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