Mothers don't get enough credit.

**jmachou** · #1 06-19-2012, 10:42 PM

I'm not talking about the women that have babies.... I'm talking about the MOTHERS that take care of their children and sacrifice everything for their children. During this fathers day weekend I saw so many posts and pictures and everything else talking about good fathers that stay and take care of their children and don't get me wrong , I think it is an awesome thing when a real man stays and takes care of their kids, not because the law says they have to or anything else, but because they are real men. But that got me thinking about all the mothers out there that are mother and father to their children.

People ask me why I celebrate fathers day even though I never knew my dad , I tell them I do know my dad, my mom and my dad just happen to be the same person. When my dad left when I was a baby my mother took on his role , which could not have been easy considering she worked a job to pay the rent , went to college to be a nurse , and cleaned the school to pay for me and my sisters tuition at a private school, at the same time. She never complained about it she just did what she needed to do to make sure we were taken care of. She never jumped into another relationship and looked for another man to take care of her children , she handled that all by herself. I could not have asked for a better mother.

I know there are more women out there like her and they deserve alot more credit.

I posted this because of a conversation I had with a guy at work and he told me I shouldn't have to celebrate fathers day with my mother because that was her job to do everything she did fore me and my sister. It really irritated me that he thought that considering all the women out there that jump from man to man looking for someone to take care of their children instead of stepping up and doing it theirself.

It takes a real man to be a dad.... But it takes an even better woman to be a mom and a dad !!!

**FATfisherman** · #2 06-19-2012, 11:57 PM

What you say is true but don't forget there are a few of us dads out here that play both roles as well. I got custody of my daughter when she was a year old and it's been one crazy ride. My daughters "mom" has never done anything for her and now that my daughter is a senior in high school her mother wants some sort of credit.

Mike - sent via Tapatalk.

**jmachou** · #3 06-20-2012, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by FATfisherman

What you say is true but don't forget there are a few of us dads out here that play both roles as well. I got custody of my daughter when she was a year old and it's been one crazy ride. My daughters "mom" has never done anything for her and now that my daughter is a senior in high school her mother wants some sort of credit.

Mike - sent via Tapatalk.

Your are right there are fathers out there like you that deserve the same credit.

**V-Bottom** · #4 06-20-2012, 12:22 AM

he77....they get all the money instead!!

**redduck** · #5 06-20-2012, 08:36 AM

A good parent can be mother or father. Sometime a person has to take on both roles. Sounds like you were lucky to have both in the same person. Tell her I said congratulations. The best gift you can reward her with is being an honest, responsilble and dependable young man who never forgets and becomes a great parent when the time comes.

**Profish00** · #6 06-20-2012, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by billclemens

There's a Mother's Day to celebrate mothers.

And they advertise 10 times more.

**BlueWaveCapt** · #7 06-20-2012, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by billclemens

There's a Mother's Day to celebrate mothers.

Exactly. I (as a loving and committed Dad) do appreciate all that my girls' mom (and step-mom) do for them. But I do really get tired of the pity parade constantly about mother's that have to do SO much more than the average person. Guess what...there are a LOT of Dad's busting their humps to pay child support, spend EVERY available minute they can with their babies, and provide a loving home for their kids too...withOUT assistance from the mother.

There are just as many dead-beat moms as there are dead-beat dads in the world. It's no more difficult for a working mother than for a working father.

**Holmes** · #8 06-21-2012, 12:42 AM

Single, hard working moms are terriffic.

As a single dad raising a child alone I have to chime in as well.

The courts are so biased that we have to fight harder, spend more money, and battle much harder for the right to be the primary parent, even when it should be a given.
It costs a lot of money to fight a biased system and win. Cost me 6 figures.
Happy for your mother, but moms have their 364 days. Let us have our one.