Twenty years ago, I asked a welfare mama of 29 what she would do when her youngest hit 18 and her fertility ended?
She answered that “I will always have a baby.” She does have babies: her children’s kids.
This woman is white, was raised middle class,had two parents and all the normal accoutrements of American life. She will eventually share in her parents’ estate. She also managed a part-time job and has convinced Amish families that she is a midwife. Amish don’t sue or ask to see credentials, you see. They pay cash. She is very system-savvy and manages to always get exactly what she wants from it.
I know exactly the type.
We have both kinds around here sadly.
Their kids are usually on ‘wanted’ posters.