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2006-11-22 Home Front: Culture Wars

37 Percent of U.S. Births Out of Wedlock

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Posted by .com 2006-11-22 01:41|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "The overall rise reflects the burgeoning number of people who are putting off marriage or living together without getting married." = non government or religiously recognized marriage. BFD

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-11-22 02:06|| www.sockpuppetofdoom.com]">[www.sockpuppetofdoom.com] 2006-11-22 02:06|| Front Page Top

#2 The ones that kill me are the ladies who think that marriage is a bit too much of a commitment, but having some guy's kid isn't. WTF??

Got into a heated argument (heated on her side, not mine) with an ex-friend when I told her she was flat out wrong with that idea. She didn't like it much when I pointed out that after her divorce, once everything was settled, she didn't have to ever talk to her ex again if she didn't want to because there were no kids. However....she would probably always have to keep up contact with her boyfriend/baby daddy, because of the child and the child's needs for the rest of the child's life (everything from possible child support if they should break up to information on his family medical history, and in the future, where the little dumpling would spend Thanksgiving/Christmas and who would sit where if/when the kid got married....and on and on....), even if his parental rights were terminated.

Posted by Swamp Blondie 2006-11-22 03:04|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com ]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com ] 2006-11-22 03:04|| Front Page Top

#3 What Snow Blondie said. Choose your sweetie with their ex in mind.

Posted by Shipman 2006-11-22 08:09|| 2006-11-22 08:09|| Front Page Top

#4 How bout this? Restrict govt. subsidies and eliminate mandatory child support for all children born out of wedlock. I dunnomaybe that Free milk and the cow analogy works both ways.

Posted by DepotGuy 2006-11-22 10:16|| 2006-11-22 10:16|| Front Page Top

#5 Oh, hell to the no on the "Snow Blondie" bit, Shipman! I'm allergic to that white crap! ;)

Posted by Swamp Blondie 2006-11-22 10:45|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com ]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com ] 2006-11-22 10:45|| Front Page Top

#6 Just making sure you were awake, awake, awake.

Posted by Shipman 2006-11-22 13:21|| 2006-11-22 13:21|| Front Page Top

#7 re: White stuff and Snow...

I hope fer your kidz sake that youse 2 weren't passin signals 'bout restricted materials again .

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Posted by RD 2006-11-22 13:31|| 2006-11-22 13:31|| Front Page Top

#8 The game changed when the DNA was used to blackmail the father for life. That shit should only work for couples with disputes, not to capture otherwise free men.
If you don't want to keep him, don't boink him.

Posted by wxjames 2006-11-22 15:24|| 2006-11-22 15:24|| Front Page Top

#9 Sorry, wxjames, but if you don't want to support any little oopsies, use a condom or get a vasectomy. Or practice discretion in your choice of, um, playdates.

Posted by Swamp Blondie 2006-11-22 19:05|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com ]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com ] 2006-11-22 19:05|| Front Page Top

#10 waxjames, if you don't want progeny, doin 't boink or get a vasectomy. Otherwise, shut the fuck up.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2006-11-22 19:11|| 2006-11-22 19:11|| Front Page Top

#11 My wife and I are playing "good samaritan" to an unwed mother and her child at the moment, trying to help her get back on her feet after being evicted from her apartment by her roommate and her roommate's new boyfriend. She is not the world's greatest mother, to put it mildly. The kid's needs always come second to her own. We're doing our best to ensure the kid doesn't grow up with a lot of emotional problems, but it's not easy.

Among my daughter's circle of friends eleven have children, and only one of them is married. Half of them aren't even sure who the father is. These kids think, "no big deal", but they've just shot themselves in the foot, career-wise, financial independence wise, and several other ways. It's not scientific or anything, but of the 11 young women, only one grew up in a household with two parents. Eight of the 11 didn't finish high school. Only one gave her child up for adoption, and she's pregnant again. I can't think of one of them that has any kind of religious upbringing. Most of these young girls and their children are on public assistance of one kind or another (mostly WIC and Medicaid for the baby). The generation their children belong to will have major issues when they reach maturity, if not before.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-11-22 20:53|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-11-22 20:53|| Front Page Top

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