Accommodation v Disposable income dilemma

Ray_Singh-Blue

Houseplant26 wrote: »

I'm impressed by a single mother working all hours she can to raise her child.

Since we are talking numbers in this thread, how many hours would it take before you felt impressed, and would there be a point at which you stopped feeling so impressed? Does the parent working all hours they can mean the child is raised better?

moneyistooshorttomention

More impressed by nice detached house and average other things

I guess the logic of being impressed by the single parent working all hours to support their child (note the non-sexist language here:)) is "How hard they are working to earn money to support that child".

Personally - I admit to being curious how they became a single parent in the first place. If it was through death or divorce of their "other half" - that's one thing and my sympathies. If they chose to be a single parent on the other hand - that is a very different kettle of fish and I start by being distinctly unimpressed at the lack of consideration about the fact that a child needs to have both its parents there for it. The other parent is necessary for the child to see both aspects of life/have a secondary carer/have someone to kick a football around with or whatever aspects might be missing from the first parent/daughters often tend to be "Daddy's girls" and need their Dad around too (puts hand up time....as I was one).

marksoton

glasgowdan wrote: »

Mumsnet is full of dinosaurs and riddled with sexist idiots. It's a scary scary ancient place and some of the people replying utterly leave me flabbergasted!

Amen to that.

It really is the proverbial witches round the cauldron.

I've never witnessed such vitriol and entrenched bigotry.