All you need is a little bottle of tequila

You’ve just described every summer of my childhood. Except we would be playing Interstate Bingo the whole time, and then start punching each other when we got bored.

And, thus, further confirming that dropping out of my graduate program towards becoming a teacher was a good idea.

He made several errors throughout...something tells me that while being a journalist might be his dream, it isn't necessarily his calling. This narrative also failed to drum up the sympathy I think he was attempting to garner. There was a way to do it and stating that you are remaining willfully financially insolvent…

I’m thinking that Mr. ‘Creator of Cultural Content’ needs to get off his dead ass and swallow his pride and get a real job that pays. If you can put two words together, McDonald’s will make you a manager in 2 weeks. It sucks, but it pays the bills until you get back on your feet.

And what kind of relationship does he have with his daughter if he knows nothing about the man that’s raising her? He doesn’t have to like the guy, but f*cking hell, he should at least know the man.

I don't think people understand about the drivers license. The court is only looking for a payment, usually less than $300. You have to actually attend the court date and mediate. People are freaking out like he needs to come up with the full $120,000. As a single parent I am always glad when my ex has his license…

I’m sorry - you clearly missed that he is an artist. He will not be bothered by such details. Oh, and there’s a government agency with a confusing website so LOL, no child support.

He can give rich guys blow jobs. I don’t get a fuck what he does. But he has to get away from that keyboard right now and get a real job.

“Have you lost your mind?” Amy asked. “What do you even know about this man who would become her father?”

That was my assumption to, and why I went ahead with posting my reply. My daughter’s biological father has tattoos with her picture/name. He tells everyone he meets about his amazing, perfect daughter. He never, ever mentions the fact that he goes years without seeing or even calling her. People who know him have no…

Since he always refers to her as his fantastic daughter, I’m going to say he has limited interaction with her in real life. Using superlatives and flowery language is supposed to make up for the distance.

I am a writer and artist. I have also worked as a freelance journalist. And I don’t have kids because I can’t afford them. I don’t have either the time or the money. I just see the writer of this piece as being someone who was able to toss the load — both financial and emotional — of raising his children onto other…

Guy obviously can’t manage the little money he has and thinks his body trumps his kid’s eating.

Don’t forget “between my daughter’s mother and I.”

OK, the system sucks and taking away your driver’s license is destructive to your earning potential and unhelpful. But, like - if your kids lived with you full time, you’d have to find a way to make it work. As the mothers of those kids already do. Stop thinking of child support as something you will pay when you can,…

So the first time you actually have a parent of color write a parenting article for jez and you choose a black man who won’t pay child support.

Seriously, fuck this dude. I don’t give a fuuuuuccccckkkk how hard it is in your industry. Does that mean your kids won’t need to eat until you get your shit together?

You don’t need a gym membership to exercise.

Get a real fucking job. Better yet, get two! You have the time because your kids don’t live with you!. You are a grown ass man, and the fact that you call yourself a writer does not excuse you from being responsible for the lives you created.