[Petronski]

Amanda was at a low point in her life, and he "filled in the empty place."

Oh for Heaven's sake! "Filled in the empty place?"

[Mamzelle]

I guess adoption was out of the question? Those babies would fill some empty hearts, and Little Dingbat might be able to put her life back together...

[Lijahsbubbe]

They'll probably move to Minnesota.

[steplock]

sounds like welfare dreams

[BreitbartSentMe]

The article is full of nonsense like this:

Amanda is shopping for the perfect tongue stud. Granny tells her to let her tongue piercing close, but Amanda clings to this scrap of her teenage self.

Amanda couldn't have made it through the year without cribs, bassinets, clothes and diapers donated after she appeared on The Sharon Osborne Show. Strangers eased her burden with Wal-Mart gift cards, a stroller for four and toys. For now, the babies' Social Security disability checks of $562 each pay the bills. They could end if social workers decide they are no longer eligible for a program for low-birth-weight babies. After living in the apartment free for three months, Amanda began paying $699 a month in rent. A year's supply of Pampers ends in February.


Moms with teenage daughters ought to make them read this article to see what NOT to do!!!

[vetvetdoug]

...filled in an empty space.
What did the guy do, have sex with her brain?

[asgardshill]

Amanda was at a low point in her life, and he "filled in the empty place ..."

Yeah, right. I'll just bet he did. Multiple times.

[truthkeeper]

I couldn't access the story, but sounds like Grandma is a bit of an enabler. Helping raise FOUR infants with a 17 year-old??

[Yaelle]

I am going to say it again, wearily: WHERE are the mothers of these girls when the girls are young? If these girls had had stay-at-home, married moms, in that child's presence from birth to 18 excepting school hours, this would never have happened.

But noooooooooo! Women with kids have to go to WORK! Shuffling papers is SO MUCH MORE IMPORTANT than caring for your daughter to make sure she becomes a decent adult! And of course no one made any commitment to have one parent stay home with any child that might occur, BEFORE they had sex!

Thank you, feminism. You sure have improved the lot for women. Now we can be available to men from twelve to haggard, and then sit back and watch our daughters get their empty spaces filled in turn.

[Semi Civil Servant]

Now Jimmy doesn't visit much or pay child support. Her mother lives in Denver. Her father is in jail.

I said "Hey, listen, Fat Man
I just can't get a break
Must I pay my whole life long
For just one mistake?

"My brother's in the armed forces
My sister is in jail,
Won't you give me fifty dollars
So I can pay her bail?"

He said "You Can't Fool The Fat Man
No, you can't fool me
You're just a two-bit grifter
And that's all you'll ever be.

--- You Can't Fool The Fat Man, Randy Newman

[lancer]

Amanda was at a low point in her life

No, Amanda thought she was at a low point in her life. Now, Amanda is really at a low point in her life.