[traditional1]

"My dad died in 1963. My mom became a single mother. It happens a lot."

Well, "deuce", your Mom became a WIDOW when your father died, she DID NOT become a "single Mother".

We're not talking about widows and divorcee's here, and there's a BIG difference in the application today of that term "single mother".

[dmz]

Well, "deuce", your Mom became a WIDOW when your father died, she DID NOT become a "single Mother".
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LOL. I see from the thread that you have been called to the carpet by a number of us who read "single mom" literally, as in, a mother with no husband in the home, regardless of reason.

It's pretty clear that you wish to hold "single mom" as equal to "unwed mother" so you can beat said unwed mothers with your morality hammer. That's fine. You made your point very clearly to me.