I actually believe in common-law marriage--or at least, I don't believe that it's the state's job to tell people who is and who isn't married.
However, she doesn't call the man her "husband"; she reports that she was "engaged" to him when he left for the East coast. In other words, she did not think of him as a husband. Based on that information, I'm willing to bet you $500 that all of the following are true:
The first time she slept with him was before he lived with her. If he ever did, that is: one would think so, but the article doesn't say.
This man was not the first she slept with.
This man was not the last she slept with (OK, that's a gimme).
At least one of her children was born before she got "engaged" to this guy.
"Slut"? Maybe not; she has slept with at least three men, which is some people's definition of a slut, but we have no reason to believe that she is much more promiscuous than the average American female. "Stupid"? Most definitely. At the very least, she made eight babies with a man, without first making sure he was committed for life. If he assured her he was, then she's stupid for taking him at his bare word; horny men always say that. If not, she's doubly stupid.
And finally, if she honestly believes that single-parent families are as healthy for children as two-biological-parent families, then she's more than stupid. She is, intentionally or not, a child abuser.
This is about the dumbest statement I have seen yet.
So any mother ,that is forced to raise her children alone,because of reasons like the death of the father or the father leaving his wife(common law or by marriage) and children ,is now labeled as a child abuser.
You are out of your mind.
I didn't read any where in this article that she was living on welfare or that she received assistance from the government.The help she is receiving now is from a CHARITY and this same CHARITY would help you as well ,in the event of a disaster.
Oh great, now the woman is a child abuser.
Look, just because we were raised to a particular standard, doesn't mean that she is stupid, or slutty. She mentioned that they were engaged, for what reason I don't know. Maybe she's embarassed for being abandoned after all that time. Technically she is married to him byway of common law. She probably doesn't know this, as she didn't know that the debit card was activated upon receipt : (
Why are we analyzing this woman? Why the personal attacks on a complete stranger?