The last straw!

I was talking to a friend yesterday.  The conversation went like this:
She  My brother is a real a..h... .
Me  Why do you say that ?
She  When he takes me and my daughter out to eat; he orders everybody's food.
         I almost never like what he orders.
Me  He doesn't ask first ?
She  Never.  All men are like that.

At this point Mt Norm erupted....Vesuvius didn't have a prayer.

I have been helping this friend for 6 years.  Men have been helping her all her life.  She's 55...no drivers license....only income is Social Security.

I am tired of being put down by women who married young and their choice of mates did not bow quick enough.  I am tired of hearing the term "single mother" The only "single mother" I know is Joe down the street who isn't married because he really is an SOB !  Last time I checked; all children had two parents.  With a couple of wonderful exceptions, the "single mothers" I have known kept the father at a distance.  That includes my own.  If a man deserts his children, he deserves what he gets.  This is not my gripe.  So many men leave marriages because they have no place in them.  Low expectations lead to even lower performance.  Just the use of the term "single mother" lets the world know that this lady has No Use for a male partner.

I have watched a lot of marriages from the outside.  Not many were partnerships. In most happy marriages the organisation was simple. The wife orders.  The husband complies.  I am very lucky to have a core group of friends that do have partnerships.  They are all that keep me from feeling useless.  I am certainly tired of hearing that all men are worthless.

Then there is the biggest mythconception of all:  Men don't pay child support.  In Texas, the women who owe child support outnumber the men.  It's Grandma who is carrying the burden.