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[08 Oct 2008|12:53am] |
Hey everyone, I just joined so I thought I'd introduce myself. My name's Sarah, I'm 21, and I'm currently 24 weeks pregnant. I dated the father of my baby for a few months, and we had been friends for about 7 years prior to this. Well, like most cases, things went sour and we broke up literally right at the time I conceived. Unfortunately because the baby wasn't planned he wasn't too happy. I have talked to him once and he claims he'd like to be involved and help out financially when he can, but I really doubt he will just because of his prior financial situations. He also has personal issues going on right now (or so he claims) and they are issues I do not want to involve my child with.
Anyways, nice to be here!
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| New Member, New Mommy. |
[05 Oct 2008|01:07am] |
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Hello My name is Kristin and I am 21 weeks pregnant.
I was with my bf(the love of my life) for a long time. we had a wonderful relationship and he always told me I was his everything and I was who he wanted to spend his life with. he's 23 and I am 24. Well I have always been on birthcontrol for years and well this time I got pregnant. When we found out I was pregnant he said he wouldnt leave me, then 4 days later he broke up with me. Now he says he hates me and I ruined his life, he think's I got pregnant to trap him for money(mind you I am not like trap, nor did he have a lot of money and I also work and have a bachlors degree) He never talks to me and says he wants nothing to do with his little girl ever. I have never been so hurt. I dont understand how someone could mean everything to you and then act this way. I know the pregnancy wasnt planned and hes scared but so was I, but that doesnt mean his feeling should change and start thinking so ill of me. I am very scared to raise my baby on my own, I am afraid I wont be enough. and I have a feeling he's going to run away from child support. anyone else go through something like this?
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[13 Sep 2008|10:31am] |
Hi. I'm Amanda, 25-yr-old grad student in professional counseling. I have a 3-yr-old son, David, whose father hates me because I am David's custodial parent. It's a complicated story, but Michael, the father, says he never received notice of a trial and that I am a bad person for not telling him about it myself, which my lawyer said not to do, not to talk to him at all. So I don't know, I don't really know who's right or wrong, but I've never denied Michael access to David. I guess he has a right to hate me, but he left me for a 19-yr-old on New Year's Day, so I think he should understand my feeling hurt, which he doesn't. And for some reason it still hurts me that he hates me.
So that's my story, and I look forward to meeting other moms with similar situations.
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| Revoked parental rights. WIN FOR ME! |
[02 Sep 2008|09:31am] |
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So, I have been for the past 5 years of my daughters life trying to get it so her father couldn't fight for custody.
The only reason he'd do so would be to hurt me. He has no intention on supporting her in any way and only wants to make me upset or hurt(before I had Angel he took my dog to the humane society because he felt I loved her more than him, which was true).
He isn't capable of caring for a child as he's proven drugs and himself are more important than anyone else.
Well we found the loop hole to get him from having any parental rights without having him voluntarily give them up. My dad adopted her.
It's hard to explain but I still retain my parental custody and all that. I'm still mom it's just her grandfather took the place by law of dad by adopting(the same way a guy adopts a child if he marries her mother basically).
I guess the law is also used by gay couples because it states having 2 parents is better than having one. Which means you don't have to be married for said adoption to take place.
So, yea. I left the court room when her dad was on the phone speaking to the judge but my lawyer told me that she basically told him he didn't stand a chance if he tried to fight having his rights removed.
He's in jail until 2011 but I feel better knowing him and his family can't take Angel from here.
This was mostly done because of my current fight with cancer. We were worried that if the worst does happen Angel would end up in a huge custody battle between my parents and his parents/him.
So now if the worst does happen she just stays with my dad like if he were her father.
Which is awesome, she doesn't know her sperm donors side of the family but has been living with me and my parents since she was a year old.
We're still waiting for the updated birth certificates but the paperwork we do have was enough to keep Angel on my mom's health insurance(since my dad is married to her she can stay on the health insurance) even tho they kicked me off for being too old(I didn't want to have Angel back on medicaid even tho I had to go back on it).
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I hope that made sense. D:
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[29 Jul 2008|06:10am] |
I, myself, am not pregnant or a parent, but I do get emails from BabiesRUs stemming from when I worked for them and signed up to keep track of the mailers. I never cared enough to unsubscribe, so when I looked in my spam folder and saw a formula coupon linked from it, I was shocked. In my time working at BRU, we had ONE sale on formula, and it was one specific type and wasn't even a very good sale in the first place.
I don't know any at the moment, so I decided to just join random lj communities and post the coupon. If this is against the rules, I'm sorry and I'll delete the post. Please pass it on to anyone you know that uses Enfamil.
OR click the link to make it easier to print.
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| Formula coupon for you |
[29 Jul 2008|06:02am] |
I, myself, am not pregnant or a parent, but I do get emails from BabiesRUs stemming from when I worked for them and signed up to keep track of the mailers. I never cared enough to unsubscribe, so when I looked in my spam folder and saw a formula coupon linked from it, I was shocked. In my time working at BRU, we had ONE sale on formula, and it was one specific type and wasn't even a very good sale in the first place.
I don't know any at the moment, so I decided to just join random lj communities and post the coupon. If this is against the rules, I'm sorry and I'll delete the post. Please pass it on to anyone you know that uses Enfamil.
OR click the link to make it easier to print.
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/637/forumulaex0.png
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| Hello! |
[09 Jul 2008|02:46pm] |
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Hi ladies. Hope you are all doing well today. I am only 7 weeks pregnant but have decided to leave the baby's father due to the fact that he doesn't want this baby. He clearly expressed not wanting it and so I have decided that I am not one to have an abortion and will be a single mother. I have a loving family behind me supporting me with my decision. I am moving with them within the next couple of weeks and will be leaving him behind. He's not even in the country because he was deported for not complying with DHS (Department of Homeland Security) and not filing the right forms to remain in the country. He know finds himself in Mexico, when I told him I was pregnant and only 6 weeks along he said, "Well it's early enough to get rid of it." It broke my heart, although he is going through a terrible situation I didn't just get up and leave, I actually made a promise to help him in all that I could, but once the going gets tough for me (both of us really because he's the father) he bluntly finds the most cowardly way out. So I don't want that jerk around me or my baby. He doesn't deserve someone like me. I have a steady job that doesn't pay much (I work as a fitness counselor for 24 Hour Fitness) but like I said, it's stable. Any way, I just wanted to introduce myself and read about your lives, as mine is closely related to yours.
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| Hello All |
[26 Jun 2008|11:49am] |
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I just recently cut off all connections with my child's father. I filed for child support Nov. of last year and i haven't recieved any child support from him. It is really hard raising my baby with the way the economy is today. I have a beautiful baby and don't understand how he can not want to be her life. Well i've just join this community i hope i can benefit from it.
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| Don't know what to do anymore |
[24 Jun 2008|07:58pm] |
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My 5 year old is a handful to say the least. He doesn't listen at all. He is often dong things that he knows he shouldn't do just to see if he can get away with it. He also does very impulsive things such as, stealing, lying, jumping off things, sneaking food....etc. I have to keep him in a stroller wherever we go because of his behavior. He is always climbing on things, running off, pulling things off shelves, breaking things...etc. I don't how how to get him to behave. I feel like I have tried everything. Then to make me feel completely inadequate, tonight while I was getting some work done on my computer he decided to sneak into my bedroom and push out the window screen. He then climbed out the window and went running around my apartment complex naked. For about a minute or two I had no idea he was even out there. I feel like I have to leash him to me 24/7. I feel like such a horrible mother that he got out and was running around, but I had literally JUST checked on him and his older brother. They were sitting in their room watching tv quite calmly and quietly. I honestly don't know what to do
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| online relationship...but never met? |
[17 Jun 2008|12:27pm] |
Can you help? I am conducting a study for my doctoral dissertation looking at characteristics of individuals who are involved in online romantic relationships with people they have never met face-to-face.
If you are involved in one of these online relationships, or have been involved in one, would you be so kind as to take my survey?
http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/survey-intro.zgi?p=WEB227TRXU5ZS2
This is a completely anonymous survey, and no data can be traced to any particular individual.
I appreciate any help you can give me in acquiring participants for this research! Please contact me with any questions you may have. I’d be happy to answer them.
Warmly,
Landi Turner
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| what is love |
[02 May 2008|05:16pm] |
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Hello all, Today i thought would be a lovely day and it has but my child's father has been on my mind for like ever. It's been almost two months since i caught him in a hotel room with another women. A prostitute at that. Sometimes i wonder how am i going to explain to my child why he is not in her life. Two months into my pregnancy i found out he was paranoid schizophranic. I didn't exactly know what that was at the time but later on into my pregnancy i did. I thought it could be getting use to until the day he threaten to kill me and stold my last $20 to buy drugs was when i realized their was no hope. Now I'm a single mother and i'm only 20. Not to mention the bastard gave me hepatitis B. Later i found out i had genital herpes. This guy is like the biggest mistake i have made to lay down with. Now i wonder if any man will ever love me. I almost had a stroke when i found out he had these diseases and passed it to me. Thank God i didn't pass it to my child during delivery. I need help? When i start dating again i wonder if i should tell the person i have these diseases or what until we get really serious to the point where is like about to ask my hand in marriage.
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| Hey Mom Bloggers! |
[17 Apr 2008|01:02pm] |
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| Question? |
[03 Apr 2008|07:58am] |
I have two you children who I have been open and honest about the cycle of life and when it comes to our pets, they are a part of the process of chosing as well as end of life decisions. When they were born I had two older danes and they were too young when one died and they were about one. About 1 1/2 years ago they were present when I had the second dane was put to sleep. We got a puppy (not dane) and I rehomed the pup, after a year, when it was evident that she played with my children as a fellow puppy...and a wonderful home was found for her. We then rehomed a six year old dane and after having her for just short of six month she died from bloat.
We are all planning on getting a dane puppy, and beginning a new pup's life with our family. I am in it for the long haul, my life, that of my childrens' and for our great dane.
When I talk about this recent pup's passing, I received a lot of feedback from others, all with my and my children's interest at heart...
I am asking for input as to what you all think about getting another dane puppy (vs no do for an extended period of time). The dane is the best match for our family for so many reason. The most marked response I have had from others is how many animals my children have lost in their young lives from death and rehoming loss, and the advice that follow is that I am not good with dogs and how much loss can my children take?
It has been some hurtful responses, and I never would want my children to go through more loss, but we also have cats and fish, and we all really want a dog. I have not been without a dog for 17 years. I think if you don't risk the loss that comes naturally in life, you don't have the love to give and recieve of a pet.
Looking forward to your comments! Thanks.
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| MI Single Moms |
[03 Apr 2008|12:00am] |
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Any moms from the Michigan Area?
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| CIO (Cry It Out) |
[30 Mar 2008|01:58pm] |
I'm a single mother of a 10 month old boy, Noah, who is clinging to me like crazy. I have to hold him to do dishes and walk around. Pretty much everything. It is getting worse as each day goes by. He is fine when we are around others, but it is just him and I at the house and I don't know what to do.
He refuses to sleep or take naps. I'm getting really tired of it and I am trying the whole cry it out thing so that he can learn to not be so Dependant on me, but I don't want to do it too long. How long is too long to let them cry?
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| St. Patricks Day |
[11 Mar 2008|08:47pm] |
Ok ... so I was talking to one fo the parents at my son's school and she started raving about all the things she got her daughter for St. Patricks Day.
I have never heard of that before nor have I ever celebrated it with my son.
Is "gift giving" the thing to do? AS a single mom, I can't afford these "extras", but I don't want to be a bad mom either.
Any thoughts?
Thanks!!!!
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| first time post |
[04 Mar 2008|02:12pm] |
ok so this is my first post but I need some advice...
My sons father and I were together for 4 years and we split last August when my son was 6 months old. In December I moved 6 hours away and my sons father has since only seen him when I have brought him down (even though he can come up this way to visit his new girlfriend). He does pay child support directly to me since our court documents are not official yet. The problem is that he is moving with his new girlfriend and he will be living about 3 hours away and has recently said that he would like weekend visits. This all sounds good but....when he is around our son he never changes a diaper (refuses to do it), he doesn't bathe him (says he can't), my son refuses to eat for him no matter what (he will wait all day for me to be there), oh and he has never in the 7 months we have been apart kept him overnight alone and the list goes on and on. I am also not comfortable with him being in a new place with his new girlfriend whom I am not "allowed" to meet. What should I do because I want my son to have a relationship with his father but I don't feel like any of us are ready for overnight visits....
what should I do? do I have any right to feel like this?
Thanks ahead of time!
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[27 Feb 2008|07:54am] |
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| I hope this doesn't sound dumb... |
[17 Jan 2008|01:41pm] |
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I've decided to obtain legal representation in my child support battle with the ex. I called my sister's in-law's lawyer and made an appointment. They told me it would be $150 for a 90 minute consultation. I was a little floored. I mean, I knew it would be expensive, but $150 for a consult?
Is this in the normal price range or am I getting snowed? Should I shop around for other family lawyers or just open my checkbook and hand over my money?
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