>>>It's no one's business until the live-in beats the crap out of a young child or worse yet, kills them. The news seems to be abundant with such stories in this day and age.>>>
Just because some women choose losers doesn't mean all "live-in's" are losers and that all stepparents aren't. My mother married the loser that abused me, does that mean that all stepparents are evil, no.
Fair enough, not all live-in's are losers. But, I think it's also a fair statement that live-in's have contributed greatly to an epidemic of child abuse. The selfishness that can contribute to the desire to "live-in" can contribute to an attitude that a child (not their own) is "in the way" of their satisfaction.