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      So now the question is: would you rather have those kids fatherless and probably follow the father’s footsteps or have them have relatively normal childhood?

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        Am I responsible for all fatherless kids lmao? Honestly, rewarding a druggie by raising his kids he has all the legal rights to, and rewarding the chick for spreading eagle to aforementioned druggie by helping her raise two demons is the most pathetic shit I’ve heard of.

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          If you spend your whole life dedicated to not fixing anyone else’s problems, eventually they become your problem. And it’s usually a lot harder to fix then.

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              Fatherhood isn’t for everyone. There’s nothing wrong with not wanting that.

              But being a misogynist and judgemental prick, referring to a woman as a “chick spreading eagle” and to children as “demons”… That’s a really sad existence. I hope you can learn to overcome your own insecurities and heal from whatever hurt you.

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          You aren’t responsible. But neither is the kid. Your entire post completely ignores the humanity and needs of the child, and your entire focus is on “rewarding” the parents you view as undeserving.

          Turns out, life is hard, and it’s even harder for some people. If you don’t have the capacity to care or help them, that’s ok, you do you. But it’s pretty weird to judge others for being compassionate towards people you only know one thing about.

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            Considering the chick wanted kids with a druggie, I’d argue she wanted to be a single mom. I don’t know about you, but I sure never let a woman down.

            I do have plenty of humanity, but people react to rewards and punishments, and in order to make the world a better place, everyone has the duty to gravitate others away from bad decisions and into good decisions.

            I don’t want any kid to look at the fictional OP from the post and think, “hey, I can shoot my load anywhere, there’s always a loser willing to take care of my cum” or “hey I can get stuffed by whoever and there’s always some loser willing to take care of someone else’s cum”. Be responsible people.

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      A 6 year old riding his bike so far away from his mom they had to call her and wait for her to show up?

      100% fake. 6 years olds are about when most kids start taking their training wheels off. They aren’t going off on solo excursions.

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        Didn’t say which country, here 6 yo definitely ride their bikes alone. At least when it’s like town center where cars normally aren’t even allowed.

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          Lol don’t bother, most north Americans will never understand. In my city a father had to fight in court for years for the right to let his 3 kids ride the bus alone. He was at risk of losing his kids for daring to teach them to be independent before they were old enough to drive.

          We don’t even have spaces where a six year old could bike alone safely. Our cities fucking suck.

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          At least when it’s like town center where cars normally aren’t even allowed.

          Sounds like paradise. Can I ask what area you reside in?

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            In Germany, where people love cars but also love Fußgängerzonen (areas only for pedestrians) and Spielstraßen (literally translates into play street, you can only drive 10 km/h). Like these:

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        6 years olds are about when most kids start taking their training wheels off. They aren’t going off on solo excursions.

        Nah plenty of 6 year olds ride around on bikes

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          I’m not saying 6 year olds don’t ride bikes. I’m saying they don’t ride their bikes unsupervised so far away from an adult that someone needs to call them on the phone if they fall.

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            I guess someone should have told me that when I was six and doing that very thing. Not everywhere is super afraid of letting kids go off to do their own thing (for better or worse).

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              A lot of US states have laws against leaving a child AT HOME unsupervised under a certain age, usually ranging from 9-12. In states without such laws, CPS typically responds to reports of that under the age of 12.

              For allowing a child to roam the streets, it’s hard to find hard data because the exact age varies or sometimes is just evaluated on a case-by-case basis. There’s also a huge industry of providing quack advice to parents that dilutes search results. But I found this publication from the North Dakota state government saying that children should not ride their bikes ON STREETS until 10 years old. That’s not referring to them roaming around unsupervised, but being on the streets at all.

              Sounds like you were neglected as a child. I’m sorry to hear that, and I hope things turned out okay for you in spite of this adverse circumstances.

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                Lol, playing outside without parents isn’t neglect.

                USA is a weird place.

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                  In Germany, children under the age of 16 aren’t allowed in restaurants unsupervised under the Jugendschutzgesetz.

                  UK laws don’t define a specific age, but leave it to judges to decide on a case-by-case basis. However, the NSPCC is a leading children’s advocacy group and they advocate 12 years old as the cutoff.

                  In Poland children under the age of 7 are not allowed to use public roads alone.

                  But let’s leave the “West”. In Saudi Arabia it’s illegal to rent out bicycles to unsupervised children under 12 for example. A lot of Islamic countries will have various laws based on Sin at-tamyiz, or the “age of discernment” for a child.

                  It’s not some crazy American idea that children under 12 need some sort of supervision. It doesn’t have to be a parent: when I was 6 I roamed around with my older cousins and siblings. But going out on your own into the world at the age of 6? In most places in the world that triggers some sort of agency to investigate for child neglect, or there are consequences for business owners allowing those children to do things.

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            Anon’s story reeks of small town. In rural US it’s not unusual for kids that young to be “free range”.

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      I married my wife just under 12 months from meeting her. We’ve been together for 21 years and she’s my best friend. Sometimes you just know

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    Once women hit 30 or so they’ve known their share of shitheads and losers and most just want a decent guy if they’re single. From what I hear the dating landscape for women at 40+ is absolutely bleak.

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      Ya, my wife’s best friend is over 40 and her standards for a guy are like the bare minimum of being an acceptable person. Its sad because she is One of the most beautiful, intelligent, and kind women I’ve ever met.

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    Hope you don’t get too attached to kids that aren’t yours anon. You have no custody or parental rights and are one big fight away from having them exit your life. Or like, the return of the original Chad who decided to get cleaned up and even years later, you know she’ll forgive the father of her children.

    Being a substitute dad is a huge mistake, but i guess someone’s gotta do it. I certainly wouldn’t.

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        If not wanting parental responsibilities without parental rights is not being right, I’m ok with that.

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      You have no custody or parental rights

      Also no obligations. He can get divorced and not have to worry about paying child support.

      Or he can choose to adopt them, which would grant those custody and paternal rights.

      Would you be looking at this differently if the children weren’t hers? If she had no kids, Anon was shooting blanks, and they just decided to go to an orphanage and adopt?

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        It’s not about what you’re obligated to, it’s about the emotional attachment to children that won’t necessarily remain in your life.

        As for adoption, you try that with a person you’ve known for a year or less, see how that works out for you. But yes, if they agree, then sure, i think adoption is fair.

        What is not fair is having someone responsible for and bonding with your kids, regardless of gender, and never giving them parenrsl rights.

        If they adopted kids it would be their kids, so no issue.