Now that's a sad state of affairs. No pun intended. In many of the instances I've seen of a single mom with boyfriend(s), the kids take a far-back-burner position while mom is preoccupied with her needs: love life, relationship issues, dating schedules, yada yada yada.
Yup, a sad state indeed.
Not to mention that most child abuse cases involve the boyfriend
After my husband died nearly eight years ago and I was left with 4 sons to raise, it was never an option for me to live with a man I wasn't married to.
Now as I am dating again, I run across men around my age who have never been married, and they think that is a plus. However, when I ask if they have ever lived with someone, the answer is usually yes, and more than once.
I hesitate to go out with a man who has been married and divorced twice or more times, but it isn't any worse than seeing someone who has lived with and broken up with 5 or 6 different women through the years.
It's a question I now ask of all men, not just how many times have they been married, but also how many times have they lived with a woman.
The answers are disheartening.