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I (43M) am a sole father of 2 wonderful children, a 12-year old boy with autism and a 9-year old girl. I also have a full time job in an IT company that I love and the fact that my job is at risk due to a reorg makes me reflect on the almost unsurmountable challenges of raising two children of...

Well, I am pregnant with my first child at 23 years old. I’m 10 weeks in, so I’m early enough to terminate, but I saw my ultrasound and felt connected. I’d like the feedback of r/singleparents because I feel like you all will have the greatest insight on what choice someone in my position...

1 (29F) was laid off from a job I thought was going to turn into an incredible career for myself and l'm finding it difficult and unfulfilling to be looking at other jobs. I currently live in a small town and only have my Associate degree. I have two kiddos, 7M and 9M, and I wonder if going...

I’m not sure of this is the right subreddit for my question, but I’ll give it a try. Me and SO have been together 14 years and have 3 kids but we are now separated, we live together for last 11 years but house is only under my name. I pay all the bills for mortgage and utilities (she pays...

Feeling a little lonely and sad that I had nobody to share news with except my son who can not talk yet lol. So here I am :p I had a work event tonight. I wasn’t gonna go or anything but got convinced to go with my favorite coworker. Flash forward and we are there after work. Turns out I won an...

Today (Thanksgiving), I am grateful more than ever to be a Single Parent and away from that mess! Because every other Thanksgiving, before my exH/child’s donor left, I had to prepare Thanksgiving for 20+ people. By myself. For almost 2 decades. People (all his family) who were ungrateful...

Her father died 6 months ago. He had a massive stroke and laid, alone, in his condo, for 23 hours. We weren’t allowed to see him in the hospital, aside from several minutes that I insisted she be allowed to see her daddy. He responded to us and squeezed our hand, but then we were asked to...

I’m only 2 episodes in on Netflix, but it feels so so triggering. I was essentially going through this exact scenario about a year ago and got a lucky break, but f**k I cried so hard after the first episode. Would love to know if anyone else had the same reaction, or even send some love this way.

My ex and I broke up about 3 years ago. He was never an involved parent and his time and money have always been his, even when we were together. My 17 year old hasn’t spoken to him in over 2 years because he did some significant damage to her mental health by being an overbearing, overly...

Okay, not expecting legal-level advice here; just different perspectives on this clause. I am having a hard time interpreting "Reasonable consent will not be withheld" in this context From our separation agreement. Does that mean she can't always say no just for the sake of saying no? I...

I’m married but separated. Father of a 2 year old daughter I take care of full time, I have baby sitters for the days I work and love being around my daughter, both of us love the outdoors and go to parks or anywhere else outdoor related when I’m able but it’s winter so that’s not an option...

I’ll try to keep the history short: So I found out while I was pregnant, that BD had cheated on me weeks before I got pregnant. The first time he claims was just before our 2 year anniversary, and the second 8 months later. I was devastated, we were cold to each other at home, but he was...