This is the flip side, but I think it's the other side of the same coin of how low expectations are for dads.

I completely agree. I basically had a baby when it wasn't the best time for us because of the number on my birth certificate. I wanted kids but wanted to get a few more things on my checklist done first and ran out of time. I would like to have another but I'm afraid to take the risk that he or she wouldn't be healthy.

Then let me introduce you to my dad. He's a living saint and was a wonderful single father to me. Perhaps not being a single father yourself, you don't realize how many paranoid hypervigilant parents there are who see child molesters everywhere, especially if they're dads to pretty little girls. It's also not really…

Yes, different people have different opinions. I hope that you won't judge everyone based upon the least open-minded when there are so many others here who are supportive of the issues you brought up.

That claim is as valid as saying, "I have a black friend and I've never noticed anyone being racist towards her." Well, you aren't always around and you aren't black, either. It also might not be something your daughter's best friend talks about because it's an uncomfortable subject. I was raised by my dad. We…

I know what you mean. I was raised by my father and he was an excellent parent. In general I think people thought of him as an angel, but there were definitely parents (usually women) who were suspicious of him and treated him like he was a molester and as a result I think it made him less physically affectionate with…

I was impressed.

Yes! I don't even use twitter anymore, but that's because of horrible decision making and not entirely because of the lack of worthwhile tweets to read.

Oh that's bad news. Not every ex is someone that a person should stay in touch with because of them. Demanding a bigger rock is a very bad sign.

Well you're describing your relationship with the ex-girlfriend being a problem and the person I was responding to was saying that she would tell her boyfriend that his relationship with his ex-girlfriend wasn't "cool." That's different.

Nah. Sometimes it's just in the ex-girlfriend's head.

The part that makes me feel weird about people who don't talk to their ex-es is that it makes me wonder if they had a bad breakup, and if they did, how much of it was his fault? Does he not handle conflict well? Is he the kind of person who gets mean when he's angry? Does he turn childish? Is that a sign that this…

What if he wanted you to clarify what you meant by "isn't cool"? Would you tell him to stop talking to her? That isn't healthy. I would dump a man if he told me that. Perhaps that is why some women wouldn't do it. They don't want the guy to think they're controlling.

Yes, you do! Seek therapy for god's sake and do not go after women like that.

This used to drive me crazy when the word was just starting to be used popularly around the mid-90s, but I'm over it now. It's like the word stoned. It could mean a biblical punishment, or using drugs recreationally. Same word, different meanings. Organic used in chemisty is not the same definition meant when applying…

That sounds harsh, especially in this economy. I only know one guy who was a SAHD for a while, but they had many kids and his wife made a lot more money than he did.

There is an active stay at home dad's group where I live. I would think they do it because they enjoy it. They seem to have a lot of fun.

I was planning on solving that problem by finding a younger lover.

Dogs are better than cats anyway.

That's very interesting. Thank you for sharing that. I enjoyed reading it. According to this article, though, the purpose of the perfume isn't to appeal to cultures that already give "baby perfume" as gifts, but to corner a whole new market previously untapped.