Is it just me or do people tend to look down their noses at you when you declare that not only are you a single parent but you also (god forbid) are a stay at home mum?
I am a single parent not through choice but because I refused to put up with his abuse and behaviour any longer. The fact that I am at home with my dd who is 4 is partly through choice (after what she has been through I want to be there for her as much as I can) and partly due to finances (I am sorry to say I am better off on benefits getting my rent paid). But why does this make me lower than the spawn of the devil? If I am not being treated like or called a benefit letch, I am being avoided.
It doesnt matter who they are either. I met a great guy on a website, I say met we emailed back and forth quite a bit, and things seemed to be going ok. Then he hit me with the big Q's - what do you do and why did you split from your ex? Now whats a girl to do in this situation? Lie and say I couldnt handle the fantastic way he treated me and felt i didnt deserve him? Tell him I am the MD of a finance company and own properties all over the world? I told the truth, allbeit a watered down version and he disappeared off the face of the earth. Well, no he didnt, he just never replied although his profile shows he has been on the site every day since!
Was I a fool for telling the truth? Should I have refused to answer? I am new to all this internet dating so please help!
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sarah1969 · 07/12/2007 17:10
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