• Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    Being a step mother still is being a mother. Who cares if the mother is trans, she apparently takes good enough care of the kid for him to want to give her a flower, that’s all that matters

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      Yep, being a mom is more than just contributing the egg. It’s a whole litany of other actions every day.

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    Yeah if you’re cooking breakfast for an 8 year old in that kid’s house on Mother’s Day, congrats you nominated yourself.

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    OP is already living with their partner and making the kid breakfast? and they’re worrying about their relationship getting too serious?

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      Are you suggesting anybody would do that on the internet, lie? On an imageboard no less?

      Preposterous!

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        The weird part about them staying over is that their partner isn’t also home, since they have to text them this information. That makes me think the idea is they’re living together. Also in either case it implies that OP is taking care of the kid, since I don’t think you should just leave an eight yr old home alone.

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          If I was never allowed to be home alone at 8 I feel like I’d have been deprived of some essential freedom. I’m pretty sure I had keys and a bike at that age.

          America’s extremely risk averse attitude is such a large and ugly stain on the banner of freedom it waves so vigorously.

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          Possibly she texted him so that the kid wouldn’t overhear them talking about his gift. My daughter’s Dad and I used to do that all the time, especially for private talks that we thought might hurt her feelings.

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          You think it’s weird to leave a person you’ve been dating for a year and a half alone in your house?

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    That’s adorable! Even if she didn’t intend for it, she’s a mother now. I don’t know if she’s quite realized it yet.

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    If you’re dating for a year and a half and you don’t know if it’s serious, it ain’t.

    However, if your partner’s kid is going giving you a mom/dad day anything, the kid at least is taking it seriously, so you damn well better figure it out fast

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      Fact! That’s why incels won’t date single mom’s. They’re affraid of getting attached.

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        No, incels are involuntary celibate. They won’t date single moms because single moms won’t touch em.

        You’re thinking of manosphere chuds.

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          You seem to know this subject better than I do, so I believe you. I’ve been in a happy relationship for almost 20 years. So this entire phenomenon couldn’t be further removed from my reality…

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            Basically incels are a specific thing, involuntarily celibate, but also what really defines them as incels is their misogyny stemming from a belief that women are to blame for their being celibate and not the fact that they themselves are the issue.

            So like I’ve been celibate for about 4 years now, but I know I’m human trash not women, so I don’t believe I’m considered an incel.

            Not that you asked lol

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              Don’t sell yourself short! I don’t know you, you could be a racoon for all I know, but most people are at least a little trash, which means you’re probably just as good as most people. Better, even, based on your willingness to consider your own responsibility for your life.

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    dating a dood for a year and a half

    kinda serious?

    No shit, Enola Holmes