25, with all due respect, i did not say she was a lousy mother. i read and re-read my words. i said i don't understand how she can leave her 3 1/2 year old son.

and i don't have to understand it. but i can comment on it, right?

"even a father"??

...meaning, there is a double standard or what?


yep, there is. i'm sure this is not news to you since you are in a field where only 12% are women. i wish it weren't so. it's not my doing.

not to hijack but why do you regret it?

i regret it because my child suffered and should not have.

i would think that military families, ones that skype, support each other, and see the parent who is being deployed off, are different than families who go through divorce and where the child "loses" one of his parents.

at least i would think so. i would think the trauma would be more bearable for the child. i could be wrong since i don't have that experience.

i'm not telling alamo to DO anything. my comment was mainly in defense of unbidden's position since she appeared to be taking an attack from someone. i understood her position.

lastly, 25, i feel as if you're attacking me here. i'm sorry i upset you but i may have differing opinions than you do (not normally since i consider you to have great common sense) occasionally and would like to be able to express them without worrying about how you will take it.

i, too, am sorry for the hijack, alamo.


M:63
H:53
S:41, SS:28, SS:25, SD:23
M:15
T:16

Bomb:12/17/11, "I think we should go our separate ways."
H moves to his mother's house, 4/1/12
12/21/12: H moves back home, piecing