Posted on 07/23/2005 3:30:15 PM PDT by freepatriot32
Maybe the guy was abusing his mother. Some boys are very protective.
There must be more to this story.
Some "real" mom and dad's are loosers...some step parents are the most loving people alive.
Some marriages are doomed to failure.
Though I plan to be single till my children are grown, younger single parents cannot be expected to stay single indefinitely.
Maybe I miss your point: this guy was living with the child's mother, he wasn't the child's stepfather.
"... younger single parents cannot be expected to stay single indefinitely." ... that's the point, isn't it? The mother IS single, she didn't marry this creep, she just lived with him .. and her children were made vulnerable by her stupid decision.
Let's assume the bio-dad IS a total loser ... how is it helped by the mother having someone else (likely another loser) move in with her and her children? I think it's irresponsible to have a man to whom she is not married living with her in her home with her children.
It wasn't you who misunderstood...it was me.
I thought you were saying that a single parent should stay single, or that parents should stay together (even if the bio dad or bio mom were total loosers who were abusive)
BTW...sorry for misreading your comments!
later horrible pibngout.
Fifty years ago everyone would understand why a little boy would want to kill a man who was sleeping with his mom, but never bothered marrying her.
Of course, I still have problems figuring out how a seven year old killed a grown man with a knife. It would be easier to picture the kid killing him with a gun.
whew !! trussell you had me worried for a few minutes there .. glad we're on the same page!
Sorry...as a single parent, I'm a little sensitive about this topic...and sometimes read into comments that which was not there!
Forgive me for reading your comments wrong?
With the mom facing charges and the baby beside him, I still think this had something to do with his little brother.
One wonders if he killed the man to protect his mother, himself, or his little brother -- maybe a combination of all three? Regardless, I see little brightness in this child's future. What a damn waste.
oh, I understand, and have to admit I have become more than a tad strident about these mothers who let these men live with them while their kids are in the house ... it makes me just sick. Find I'm starting to sound like my mother!
My own sister was blessed after her divorce to remarry the most wonderful man who helped raise her kids .. their real DAD, if not father. The bio-dad wouldn't allow adoption, so both kids, when they turned 18 changed their last names legally to their DAD's !!! So, I do have faith in stepdads, and understand the Cleavers just aren't around any more.
Hope you find someone deserving of YOU.
Thank you much!! I'm finding it's not too difficult to be single!
My apologies. That was meant for Theresawithanh in post #11.
'Course it'd prolly help to add you in the address box to qualify as a ping ... Sorry - very late. ;-) See #38.
one for your just damn pping list perhaps
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