13 Reasons To Avoid Single Mothers

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Not really, you told a lie and I cleared it up, no offense but I dont thinks its even possible for you to "hit a nerve". Sure I think the sh!t you babble is absolutely idiotic and has no place here and I call it out whenever I can be assed but thats as far as it goes.



Again, whats your point?
No, I just did the same thing you do to me. You get what you give. Behave like an ass to me and I'm a ***** to you...it's really quite simple.

See, I was actually giving you the benefit of the doubt that you might actually attract a decent woman...and based on your personality on this forum I know that no decent woman would tolerate you for too long. Clearly I should have known that you would only attract a desperate ho...my bad!
 

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No, I just did the same thing you do to me. You get what you give. Behave like an ass to me and I'm a ***** to you...it's really quite simple.

See, I was actually giving you the benefit of the doubt that you might actually attract a decent woman...and based on your personality on this forum I know that no decent woman would tolerate you for too long. Clearly I should have known that you would only attract a desperate ho...my bad!
Whatever, bollocks aside you continue to spit mainstream AFC crap advice and I'll continue calling it out if and when I can be assed, nothing personal I just dont like reading junk when I shouldnt have to.

ie: this shouldnt be the place a 40 odd year old woman (even man for that matter) advises young men to supplicate and roll over for a chick thats already tending for another guys (his competition) genes. That misleading mainstream AFC bullsh!t is appalling and not going to fly. Yeah yeah of course its in your best interest to endorse this non productive AFC lifestyle etc etc but you see where I'm coming from.

Ya dig?
 

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Whatever, bollocks aside you continue to spit mainstream AFC crap advice and I'll continue calling it out if and when I can be assed, nothing personal I just dont like reading junk when I shouldnt have to.

ie: this shouldnt be the place a 40 odd year old woman (even man for that matter) advises young men to supplicate and roll over for a chick thats already tending for another guys (his competition) genes. That misleading mainstream AFC bullsh!t is appalling and not going to fly. Yeah yeah of course its in your best interest to endorse this non productive AFC lifestyle etc etc but you see where I'm coming from.

Ya dig?
Oh for the love of Christ...I don't EVER advise anyone to "supplicate"...I give advice that is more geared for SUCCESSFUL long term relationships. In a LTR you can't be a dink and you have to accept some give and take. Nowhere on this forum have I EVER told anyone to be a doormat, tolerate being mistreated or any such nonsense. Anytime a guy on here posts where a woman is out of line, treating him badly or his situation is obviously hopeless and there is nothing he can do to change that I'm the first one to tell him to jump ship. However...as a woman who can see both sides of the male vs female issues, there are times when I can clearly see where a guy is shooting himself in the foot and how he can get back on the right track...and I share that. You're too damn quick to assume that I have some ulterior motive when I am actually trying to be helpful and offer some insight from a perspective that no one else on this forum can really offer. Whether you care to admit it or not...there are plenty of guys on this site who screw up because they misunderstood something or misread a woman. Up until I started posting here it was a firmly held belief that if a woman ever mentioned another guy she had low interest. Then I explained that when a woman keeps telling a guy that other guys are hitting on her or asking her out she's just trying to demonstrate that she is desirable and wants you to ask her out and you aren't moving fast enough for her. Such a simple thing but so completely overlooked because the guys here keep trying to read the behavior of women using a man's thinking. My purpose here has always been to tell you guys when you've got it all wrong and help you sort it out in terms you can better understand.

You've really got to take a step back from the anti-feminist stuff (and you aren't the only one who needs to do that)...because too much of that will turn an otherwise rational and normal man into raging lunatic. Be aware without becoming obsessed...it's not healthy. There...that is my good deed for the day. You're wasting your time and energy hating on me...I'm not the enemy and never have been.
 

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Drum&Bass said:
that was an awesome post about growing up backbreaker.
I'd say that 90% or better of the single mothers I know are much closer to being like myself or backbreaker's mother than the stereotype of single moms put forth on this forum. Most don't drive a Mercedes or make 100k a year...but they work hard, aren't looking to snag some guy to support her kid/kids and don't have all the emotional issues the members of this site seem to be so convinced they have. Like I said before...in reality, there are very few problems dating a single mother would bring to bear that are exclusive or even more frequently seen with single mothers than other women. It all boils down to those men so against dating single mothers assuming that single mothers are trying to "trick" them into taking care of another man's kid. The reality is, however...it's almost always just in his head for whatever reason. I've only known two single mothers who actually were like that and both of them were slutty gold digging nut jobs who were slutty gold digging nut jobs prior to having kids and would still be slutty gold digging nut jobs even if they didn't have kids. I really don't care who anyone dates...not my business. I'm just really, really sick of so many on here hating on single mothers over assumptions, sterotypes and generalizations that usually don't even apply at all. I mean, really...if you just focus on recognizing REAL problems in ALL women instead of imagined problems with some specific group it wouldn't matter what group a woman fit into...she's be a decent woman who was worth your time.
 

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Wyldfire said:
My purpose here has always been to tell you guys when you've got it all wrong and help you sort it out in terms you can better understand.

Our undying gratitude to you and Dr. Phil and that bastard who wrote those horrible Mars/Venus rags. It's because of you that we understand just how fvcked up SM's truly are.
 

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You're wasting your time and energy hating on me...I'm not the enemy and never have been.
I know debating with you is productive as talking to a wall but I'll humour you. Nobodies "hating" on you, stop flattering yourself and trying to take on the martyr role, its 90% of the garbage you write that alot of guys find a problem with.

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You've really got to take a step back from the anti-feminist stuff .
Wtf are you talking about, you continually tell everyone here you "think like a man", so fvckin act like it and drop the crazy tangents that have nothing to do with anything said.

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I give advice that is more geared for SUCCESSFUL long term relationships.
Bull, AFC advice is still bad advice, you dont all of a sudden morph into a chump when the "relationship" changes gears so dont feed me that nugget of sh!t, who do you think your talking to?

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Up until I started posting here it was a firmly held belief that if a woman ever mentioned another guy she had low interest.
Yeah because you alone brought the concept of challenge and a b!tch wanting to be portrayed as desired by other men to her potential partners to the seduction community:rolleyes:. Your just a misunderstood pioneer.....fvck me dead woman your easier to read than a tattered porno.

Just shutup, do you honestly think calling you out is fun for us? On the contrary its a monotanous chore to highlight rubbish at a place men shouldnt have to.
 

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I know debating with you is productive as talking to a wall but I'll humour you. Nobodies "hating" on you, stop flattering yourself and trying to take on the martyr role, its 90% of the garbage you write that alot of guys find a problem with.



Wtf are you talking about, you continually tell everyone here you "think like a man", so fvckin act like it and drop the crazy tangents that have nothing to do with anything said.



Bull, AFC advice is still bad advice, you dont all of a sudden morph into a chump when the "relationship" changes gears so dont feed me that nugget of sh!t, who do you think your talking to?



Yeah because you alone brought the concept of challenge and a b!tch wanting to be portrayed as desired by other men to her potential partners to the seduction community:rolleyes:. Your just a misunderstood pioneer.....fvck me dead woman your easier to read than a tattered porno.

Just shutup, do you honestly think calling you out is fun for us? On the contrary its a monotanous chore to highlight rubbish at a place men shouldnt have to.

Can I get an AMEN and AMEN my fellow DJ's ? :D !!!!
 

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Drum&Bass said:
that was an awesome post about growing up backbreaker.

thanks.. I wish this topic would steer back in the original course, because it's an interesting subject for people to get different viewpoints from.

Off topic but isn't Wyldfire dating Gio?

Anyway


This subject made me think a little today.. I had to admit to myself that I was probably a mistake, not becuase I don't think my mom didn't necessarly want me.. which I don't know.. i mean she was 18, and could have had me because she was smart enough to see that was the only thing that was going to keep my dad "in the house", because my dad loves kids, he has 3 boys, 2 besides me (i am the oldest) and he has married every woman he has a kid by.. my mom was by far the best fit, but that's a different story.. that bridge has been long burned. His next wife was a gambleholic and his current wife is just plain crazy.

What i mean by a mistake is.. my dad is who he is. My dad has phyco issues that need to be addressed.. he is never going to settle down. It isn't and never was about my mom doing anything wrong, and even when he cheated on the other women he was with, it wasn't because they were doing anything wrong.. he has this.. need to like get reassured that he is a successful person and he does so by ****ing as many women as he can.. and he has ****ed quite a bit... like I said in a nother post..I gracefully bow to my dad when it comes to "pulling" women.. but when it comes to mataining relationships, .. i'll pass.

My mom was doomed from the moment she "fell" for my dad.. it was a loosing cause from jump street. Because of that, in that case I can say I am a mistake.. now, I am happy as hell I am here :)


anyway, steer this convo back in the right direction.. please
 

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thanks.. I wish this topic would steer back in the original course, because it's an interesting subject for people to get different viewpoints from.

Off topic but isn't Wyldfire dating Gio?

Anyway
Hell no...
 

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backbreaker said:
thanks.. I wish this topic would steer back in the original course, because it's an interesting subject for people to get different viewpoints from.



This subject made me think a little today.. I had to admit to myself that I was probably a mistake, not becuase I don't think my mom didn't necessarly want me.. which I don't know.. i mean she was 18, and could have had me because she was smart enough to see that was the only thing that was going to keep my dad "in the house", because my dad loves kids, he has 3 boys, 2 besides me (i am the oldest) and he has married every woman he has a kid by.. my mom was by far the best fit, but that's a different story.. that bridge has been long burned. His next wife was a gambleholic and his current wife is just plain crazy.

What i mean by a mistake is.. my dad is who he is. My dad has phyco issues that need to be addressed.. he is never going to settle down. It isn't and never was about my mom doing anything wrong, and even when he cheated on the other women he was with, it wasn't because they were doing anything wrong.. he has this.. need to like get reassured that he is a successful person and he does so by ****ing as many women as he can.. and he has ****ed quite a bit... like I said in a nother post..I gracefully bow to my dad when it comes to "pulling" women.. but when it comes to mataining relationships, .. i'll pass.

My mom was doomed from the moment she "fell" for my dad.. it was a loosing cause from jump street. Because of that, in that case I can say I am a mistake.. now, I am happy as hell I am here :)


anyway, steer this convo back in the right direction.. please
Okay...now for the rest of it.

If your mother hadn't of wanted you, she would not have had you.

My youngest child's birthday party is this afternoon. She doesn't turn 6 for a few more days, but today is her party. Although it's true that she was "a mistake"...she's the best damn mistake I EVER made and I wouldn't trade her for the world! I'm sure your mother would say the very same about you. There are days when any single mother feels overwhelmed by her responsibilities. It can be really rough...especially raising teenage boys. I say this because I have two teenage boys...15 and 17. Even IF there are days I'd like to duct tape their tails to a chair...I still love them and would NEVER trade them for anything. Do NOT let the prejudiced thinking of ANYONE bring you down in ANY way. You should talk with your Mom about this.
 

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I know debating with you is productive as talking to a wall but I'll humour you. Nobodies "hating" on you, stop flattering yourself and trying to take on the martyr role, its 90% of the garbage you write that alot of guys find a problem with.
I'm not playing "martyr" and no, most guys don't consider 90% of what I write "garbage". YOU are actually one of the few guys on here who have a problem with my posts giving advice. The thing that does bother a few people is the fact that I end up arguing a lot...with you and a couple of others who choose to make personal attacks on me rather than actually debate what I have written. When someone attacks me...I throw it right back at them.


Wtf are you talking about, you continually tell everyone here you "think like a man", so fvckin act like it and drop the crazy tangents that have nothing to do with anything said.
What am I talking about? The fact that you have called me a feminist many times over when I'm actually opposed to virtually all that feminism stands for is reason enough to state that you are going overboard with the whole anti-feminism thing.



Bull, AFC advice is still bad advice, you dont all of a sudden morph into a chump when the "relationship" changes gears so dont feed me that nugget of sh!t, who do you think your talking to?
I don't give "AFC" advice. I give very good advice that works. You are operating under the assumption that you have to be a complete and total d*ck in order to NOT be AFC...and that's simply not true. The only "AFC" behavior that turns a woman off is being too clingy, needy and rushing things or pretending you only want friendship and have no romantic interest when you actually do and coming off as asexual. There's nothing at all wrong with my advice...the problem is with your perception.



Yeah because you alone brought the concept of challenge and a b!tch wanting to be portrayed as desired by other men to her potential partners to the seduction community:rolleyes:. Your just a misunderstood pioneer.....fvck me dead woman your easier to read than a tattered porno.
November of 2001...and yes, I was the first person to introduce that subject.

http://www.sosuave.net/forum/showthread.php?t=16559&referrerid=7938

Just shutup, do you honestly think calling you out is fun for us? On the contrary its a monotanous chore to highlight rubbish at a place men shouldnt have to.
"Us"? There is no "us", man boobs...it is yourself and a couple other guys who fancy themselves as men's rights advocates who are more interested in teaching young men to hate women rather than succeed with them. The vast majority of the guys on here don't have a problem with my advice at all and a lot actually PM me to ask specifically for my advice. And no, it's not just "newbies" or "AFCs" who do this.
 

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Wyldfire said:
Okay...now for the rest of it.

If your mother hadn't of wanted you, she would not have had you.

My youngest child's birthday party is this afternoon. She doesn't turn 6 for a few more days, but today is her party. Although it's true that she was "a mistake"...she's the best damn mistake I EVER made and I wouldn't trade her for the world! I'm sure your mother would say the very same about you. There are days when any single mother feels overwhelmed by her responsibilities. It can be really rough...especially raising teenage boys. I say this because I have two teenage boys...15 and 17. Even IF there are days I'd like to duct tape their tails to a chair...I still love them and would NEVER trade them for anything. Do NOT let the prejudiced thinking of ANYONE bring you down in ANY way. You should talk with your Mom about this.
My mom and I don't talk. We stopped talking late last year. She has resented me ever since I was 16.. it's like something in her head went off and she stopped liking me. I mean we were never like CLOSE CLOSE, but it got really bad when I was 16. She kicked me out the house for starting my own business, never invites me to family get togethers, and then turns around and asks for favors (i.e money) and when I say no, which Is hard for me, but I feel it's only fair considering what she didn't do for me growing up or recently, she gets a temper tantrom like she is a kid.

I found it best to just keep my distance from my mom, really the entire side of my mom's family. I call her once every other month or so just to let her know I am alive and I am okay, if she even cares, but I feel I owe her that much.

that's what i mean by a catch 22.. She couldn't have raised me any better. I have a great work ethic, I am very responsible, I have manners, etc... But it's like the price she had to pay for raising a son the way she did as a single mother, was her "good years".. 20-38 years of age.. and I think she resents me for that.

Either raise a child the right way and be single, or be happy (taken) and have a child that turns out a bad apple, pick your poision. That's whY I really don't resent my mom, because I can only imagine the things she had to deal with in her mind.. but some of the stuff she did, I still cant' forgive her for. She's my mom and she has my little sister.. they will never be living on the street, because I didnt' live on the street as a child.. but that's the extent of what I would do for my mom
 

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Interesting thread. I'm just waiting for some of the women in the forum to get ahold of it...
Just wanted to see if I could quote myself... :p
 

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My mom and I don't talk. We stopped talking late last year. She has resented me ever since I was 16.. it's like something in her head went off and she stopped liking me. I mean we were never like CLOSE CLOSE, but it got really bad when I was 16. She kicked me out the house for starting my own business, never invites me to family get togethers, and then turns around and asks for favors (i.e money) and when I say no, which Is hard for me, but I feel it's only fair considering what she didn't do for me growing up or recently, she gets a temper tantrom like she is a kid.

I found it best to just keep my distance from my mom, really the entire side of my mom's family. I call her once every other month or so just to let her know I am alive and I am okay, if she even cares, but I feel I owe her that much.

that's what i mean by a catch 22.. She couldn't have raised me any better. I have a great work ethic, I am very responsible, I have manners, etc... But it's like the price she had to pay for raising a son the way she did as a single mother, was her "good years".. 20-38 years of age.. and I think she resents me for that.

Either raise a child the right way and be single, or be happy (taken) and have a child that turns out a bad apple, pick your poision. That's whY I really don't resent my mom, because I can only imagine the things she had to deal with in her mind.. but some of the stuff she did, I still cant' forgive her for. She's my mom and she has my little sister.. they will never be living on the street, because I didnt' live on the street as a child.. but that's the extent of what I would do for my mom
My guess would be that if she resents anyone, it's your father. And if she feels that way, it might be that you remind her of him. That can bring about a lot of guilt as well. As I mentioned before...teenage boys are usually really rough to raise alone as a single mother. In my case, I'm lucky in that I like a lot of "guy" things. Even before I left my ex husband, it was me who taught my boys to play baseball, basketball, throw a football, put them into sports, karate, took them fishing and the typical "guy" type things. For some single mothers it's really hard to connect with them once their teen sons once those hormones kick in. Of course, teenage boys tend to think they are invincible and are grown men as soon as they sprout some armpit hair and a stray hair on their chin or upper lip. If your mother wasn't really comfortable dealing with you at that age and handling the guy stuff reasonably well it's pretty natural to hit that somewhat detached point. Doesn't mean she doesn't care or doesn't love you, though.
 

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sounds about right.. one thing.. my mom and dad funny enough are best friends... I mean, I guess she just reailzed that they weren't ment for each other.. but they see each other all the time, she was even the bridesmaid for my new step mom in their wedding. Stil buy each other christmas/bday gifts, talk to each ohter about relationship problems, and on occussion, me I guess.
But that doesn't mean she doesn't resent him, I won't argue that.

As a teen, I think I was pretty managble. I had a curfew, I didn't break it. I didn't have girls over the house when my mom wasn't home out of respect for my mom, I was always a yes sir/no sir kid, even to this day.. I am appauled at how some kids act towords their parents.. I am not like that with my dad, but that's because he is more like my friend than my dad, but I still respect him.

my mom doesn't mind basketball, but couldn't stand baseball, which was my sport growing up. She even knew a tad bit about horse racing/



anyway, thanks for the advice or the insight
 

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No problem...

One thing to always keep in mind regarding parents...we all do the best we can with our abilities, strengths, weaknesses and resources. No parent is perfect and every last one of us makes our share of mistakes. Kids don't come with an instruction manual...it's all a combination of common sense, trial and error, guesswork and a certain level of luck. One thing is pretty much universal, though...we all obtain a deeper understanding and respect for our parents once we have our own children. It's so easy to look at how someone else operates as a parent and think of what they do wrong or could do different. However, when you find yourself in that role it's a whole new ballgame. Perhaps someday you'll see for yourself. All parents love their children...you really can't help it even if you tried to. Sometimes you get pissed at your kids, plenty of times you wonder what the hell they are thinking, can't understand their motivations or reasoning, and there are times you might not like them very much...but no matter what...you always love them...regardless of how good or bad you are at showing it, expressing it or otherwise making it known to them. You question everything you do and say and if your kids screw up...you blame yourself a hundred times over and wonder what you did wrong. It's a pretty heavy load to bear...but SO worth it as well. Some parents are good at handling this dynamic...some are okay at handling it and some are just plain awful at handling it. I guess what I'm trying to say here is this...if you leave this site taking just one thing I've said with you, let it be this...your parents love you no matter how good or bad a job they have done showing you. They did the best they could with the tools God gave 'em. Both of my parents have passed away. I'm glad to say I was by their side when they each went. After I lost them, the biggest regret I had was not spending more time with them. It always seemed I was busy and at times annoyed with them over some silly little thing. You don't get that time back and it's better to lay to rest any negative feelings involving them while you've got a chance. The peace you find for yourself in the process of doing that is priceless and really feels great.

I don't know if any of what I've said has made you feel a bit better about anything...but who knows...it might do that for someone who reads this...and if it does, it was worth the time I spent typing it.
 

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what you said makes a lot of sense.. and I am pretty smart. I am sure my mom loves me, that i never questioned.. I am her only son and her oldest child.

However, it's just that our relationship works best when we are not around each other. Reasons I didn't dive into. She is deeeeeeeeeply religoius, like I can't drive down the street without listening to gospel music religious.. Church Monday-Sunday religious.

I am an athiest... she doesn't even know it.. I honeslty am kinda scared to break it to her... I mean.. I really don't know how she would react if she knew her son, who she raised in church his whole life dosn't believe in god.

I mean I play along.. but it's uncomfortable at times.

She always wants me to help her out with her money situtation.. she she makes more than enough, but gives 20% of everything she makes to church.. that's not MY problem... I mean, you CHOOSE to do that. You CHOOSE to have 3 cars and send my little sister who is 5 to a private school. She wants a handout, and I don't do them.

She wants me to give my grandmom money so she doesn't have to work.. yet my grandmom actually kicked me out the house because I mad her BF at the time mad.. he thought I locked him out the house one day (I didn't hear him, I was in the shower) and when I let him in, he chased me around the house with a butcher knife.. yet she kicks ME out the house.. and I am supposed to help you retire? uhhh..no... Plus she held my entire company hostage in it's infinicy, by triping her grandsons rent "(while her BF sat at home and drunk all day) in a month, simply so she can buy him more liquor and get him satliate with HBO.

I don't particuarly like my step dad.. I mean, he is good to her and that's all that counts it really is.. but I guess it's like two grown lions.. there can only be one in a pack.. I mean he is so bad that I will stop by and visit and he will actually command me to clean out THEIR HOUSE.. just because I am his step son.. The day my house got broken into (christmas), I was ovbiously in a bad mood, and I didn't want to bring everyone else down, so I left.

So i see him the next day and he says, " you know I was going to put my foot in your ass right".. I told him, man to man.. I want to see you try.. my dad doesn't talk to me like that, and let me say, I am 3 times more scared of him than I am of you... I starred him down, and left. haven't really been back since.

Speaking of moms, she called me today. She told me she cooked and would like me to come over. I work on Sundays and Iw as on my way to work. I told her and she pisses a *****. I tell her "mom.. do I ask you to take off work to come and see me.. stop acting like a kid".

But I have no problem stopping by and saying hi to my mom, if shes at home.. i can even deal with my step dad if I had to... It's just that my life is a hell of a lot more easier and less stressful when I don't have to deal with thoose issues.
 

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Here's the thing with organized religion...it provides structure and something to believe in for people who need that. Whether you agree with your mother about God or religion doesn't really matter so much. You have to admit, though...if you hadn't had that structure growing up you might not have become the man you have. That being said...I will agree that it sounds as if your Mom is a bit too close to her church and religion. Maybe she just needs that structure herself...who knows.

I'm just curious about something regarding your views on religion...and please understand that my intent here is NOT to offend in any way...it's just curiosity. Is it possible that you are taking the exact polar opposite extreme as your mother regarding religion because of your relationship and feelings about your childhood and your Mom or is it based only on your own research, study of religion and a lack of belief in God? I just can't imagine it was easy for you having religion take that big of an influence on your life as a kid and especially a teenager. Just remember that your belief system, whatever it may be, is something you should hold because it's what you truly believe and not because it's in direct conflict with what your mother (or father) believes. To me, faith is good to have...but religion should not be taken to extremes. When the role it plays is too big it DOES tend to cause a certain level of damage to someone. I guess the point I am trying to make is this...if you being an atheist is more about your mother and childhood then it is about your actual views...that's probably not so good for you. If there is any part of you at all that believes there is a God then it would be that you can't really stomach organized religion, especially to an excess...and that's a little different than atheism.

Okay...I'll leave the religion alone now. I really was just curious.
 
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