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Originally posted by Mike33
Sorry to hear that Kane. I'm glad your mom was obviously a strong woman with her head on straight to be able to raise you herself.
My mother didn't have her father. He was also a drunk (as the story goes anyway).
I had both parents way into my teens and they divorced at that time. There was good and bad times. It didn't surprise me that they eventually divorced. Overall they're both good people, they just have a completely different outlook on life and priorities.
I think that I benefited from having both of them in my life for the time that I did. For that reason I've considered marriage. I don't have kids, but if I did I'd want to raise them in a 'complete' home.
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many of my friends and my brother are married with kids and they have good familiy lives ( good marriges etc ) so it's great for thier kids. But I also know from my past families where the kids had both parents who constantly fought and there was constant anger in the house and it caused them some problems. I'm not a big proponant of marrige, but I think, if possible having both parents around is what is best for the kids if the parents can maintain a good relationship.
I was lucky. My mom was strong and raised my brother and I with a strong work ethic ( it would have been easy for her to go on welfare or something but she never did, sometimes working 2 jobs to make ends meet ) she was also involved in our lives. Many single parents work so much that they end up not being around for the kids and the kids end up in trouble or having problems and my mom always made time for us no matter how tired she was. So when I look back on it I can say that I was a very lucky person and many people are not so lucky. I didn't have much of anything growing up but I knew I was loved, I was taught to respect people and work hard for what I wanted and it really has helped me out in the long run.