I think the NOW Hags have had a LARGE hand in this. Let’s place the blame where it belongs. The Democrats and the NOW Hags.
Not that anyone could’ve kept me pregnant and barefoot in the kitchen, but they sold millions of women a “Bill of Goods” that did nothing to advance a womans role in society other than set us up as workhorses and second-income earners at the expense of our kids. It did nothing but remove our spines and we’ve ended up with two generations now of fatherless kids and screwed up families.
I speak from experience. Mom left us when she was 40, to “find herself.” Yep. She “found herself” in the arms of another man.
Add me to the “Bitter Daughter’s Club,” and in my generation (1960-present), we are legion.
My aunt had a daycare operation, and near the end of her retirement, as children moved on she didn’t accept anymore until there was just one left.
The mother would drop him off in the wee hours of the morning, and sometimes it would be 8:00pm before he’d get picked up. My aunt was nice, but she had her own life and would get extremely annoyed at the ever-increasing “something came up, and we’ll be late” phone calls.
She sat the mother down and talked to her about it one day. The mother went on and on about the high cost of living. Both she and her husband drove giant 4x4 pickup trucks, dressed like they lived in Hollywood, and lived in a ridiculously large house.
It wasn’t the high cost of living — it was the cost of high living, and the child paid for it dearly. My aunt confronted her one day and said something to the effect of, “Do you know your child is calling me Mommy, and I’m having to explain to him that you’re his Mom? Doesn’t that bother you at all?”
Evidently, it didn’t. They continued in this lifestyle until my aunt finally said “I’m too old for this.” I don’t know where that child is now, but I guarantee you, barring the grace of God, that he either has psychological problems or is a tyrant, because he doesn’t see his parents as authoritative (not only weren’t they there for him, they were overly permissive as his “reward”).
It’s simply unbelievable how selfish people can be. I know a lady who walked out of her family’s life, with her daughter about to be married. She decided she wanted to become a flight attendant — being a mother wasn’t good enough — and she just left them one day.
The communists of old would rejoice at what they were able to do to America without having to fire a shot. I’m sure present day communists are rejoicing.
My experience is a bit different from yours but I too consider myself a “Bitter Daughter”. My father walked out and left my mom and I high and dry when I was 15. My mother, God rest her soul, made sure I got a college education (which she didn’t have) so I could provide for myself if I needed to. We struggled together until I graduated, and she told me the proudest day of her life was when I walked across the stage and got my diploma. My husband knows I am with him because I love him and want to make a life with him, not because of what he can provide me.