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Warren DeMontague

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19. I think Dads are or can be very important.

Sun Jul 21, 2013, 06:14 PM

Jul 2013

Mine was drunk, gone and dead, in that order.

He made some efforts later on to maintain the relationship, and now retroactively i understand some of what he struggled with and where he came from with his own background (if the show were mad men, i would be sally draper) but i swore i would do better with my own kids, so at least after im gone they would know who i was... And so far, i think ive succeeded.

Im not going to say "kids need one of each" but i will say that they're better off with a parent or parents who are dedicated and committed and love them unconditionally. And if there is only one parent the job is twice as big.

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when advocating for children call out the dogs. [View all] galileoreloaded Jul 2013 OP

like nails on a chalkboard..nt galileoreloaded Jul 2013 #1

It's not just you Major Nikon Jul 2013 #2

Meh, one sad, lonely soul with nothing better to do galileoreloaded Jul 2013 #3

I believe there's more issues going on Major Nikon Jul 2013 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author JTFrog Jul 2013 #9

Funny he should mention "dogs"... opiate69 Jul 2013 #5

Reminds me of Roz from Monsters, Inc. RiffRandell Jul 2013 #7

hahaha!!! perfect!! opiate69 Jul 2013 #10

Wow Tireman Jul 2013 #6

Par for the course Major Nikon Jul 2013 #8

looks like he got ppr'd leftyohiolib Jul 2013 #11

Not terribly surprising... opiate69 Jul 2013 #12

Agreed ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2013 #13

For all the celebrating I'm seeing... opiate69 Jul 2013 #14

I'm gonna go out on a limb, here Warren DeMontague Jul 2013 #15

I suspect you may be on to something there .... opiate69 Jul 2013 #16

Both Warren DeMontague Jul 2013 #18

what did i miss, take some time off for the spa and shit happens loli phabay Jul 2013 #23

Not much, really.. just that galileo got PPRd. opiate69 Jul 2013 #24

Well, I don't care if I ruffle feathers here. Denninmi Jul 2013 #17

I think Dads are or can be very important. Warren DeMontague Jul 2013 #19

I think it isn't that they need a parent of each gender at all. Denninmi Jul 2013 #20

For whatever reason you don't hear too many stories about bad moms Major Nikon Jul 2013 #21

I remember some of the stuff you've said previously about that. Warren DeMontague Jul 2013 #22

Kids need good parents/role models period. I don't think gender matters as much. nomorenomore08 Jul 2013 #25