Dave Smith wrote:
>
> There seems to be no shortage of dead beat fathers, but women still get
> themselves impregnated by these guys. The mothers end up saddled with
> kids they have to care for and try to hold down a job.

There are dead beat mothers too. I raised my daughter by myself
from when she was age 7 to adult. I quit a good job to start my
own business (risky) just to have more flexible time. Had to quit
going to college too. It worked but we never had much money.
Still....never had to resort to welfare or food stamps either.
Never a penny in child support ever offered for all those years.

People always talk about the poor single mothers but never a care
about single fathers. It really does work both ways sometimes.
Raising a child without child support is a challenge with time
and money to anyone.

I'm not complaining either. My daughter had a good life and is
fine now married with children. If I could do it all over again,
I would do the same thing. It worked. And hey...I had a good trip
too. Doing what I did was much better than not raising her and
only visiting once a week. I was the rare lucky dad back then.