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Can Married Moms and Single Moms Be BFFs?

Out of all the (offline) mom friends I currently have, only one is married. The rest are varying degrees of single motherhood—in an off-again, on-again relationship with their child’s father, fighting for child support from a deadbeat ex, or simply moving forward as a completely single mother. As a married mother, it creates an interesting dynamic for sure. Can I complain about my husband working … [Continue reading...]

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{YML Voices} Single Mom Making It On Her Own – Any Advice?

  by Sarah  Single motherhood has taken a whole new meaning for me as of late. After hours spent on the phone with friends and family and banging my head on the wall after I put the kids to sleep, I've come to a life changing decision: it's time to start doing this on my own...for real. For the last two years I've been a co-parenting mom, having the children ninety percent of the … [Continue reading...]

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{YML Voices} A Single Mom’s Perspective On Married Moms

by Emily Lingenfelser I have been a very single momma for quite some time now. I do it all: take out the trash, pay the bills, cook dinner, raise the kid, go to school, bring home the bacon. And constantly I hear people saying, "I don't know how you do it by yourself. I could never be a single mom!" Maybe I have just been in this role for so long that it has become second nature to me, but I … [Continue reading...]

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