Poll: Were you raised by two parents? (Shows how you voted)

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  • I had both a dad and a mom growing up
  • I only had my mom
  • I only had my dad
  • I was raised my two or more other relatives
  • I was raised by only one other relative
  • I had two mom’s
  • I had two dad’s
  • I was in an orphanage
  • I was raised by foster parents
  • Something else

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IDK, Two or three maybe, I wasn’t really paying attention.

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I never knew my dad. It was just me, my sister and mom living with her parents.

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Well I was trying to cover all the bases…
I thought I would throw in gay/lesbian couples.
Actually there could be a biological dad and stepdad, or the same for mom’s. I guess there could be more than one stepparent. I didn’t think of that one.

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I was raised by both, and they’re both still alive and still married. 53 years.

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Only child of a single mother, my grandparents on her side, aunt, and uncle.

All in the same house. They all had a turn with me.

Father side I’m not in contact with. It’s been 33 years.

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Same here. I know nothing about my dad except he was in the Army when I was born according to my birth certificate.

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FYI, you can select two and edit your vote.

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I find the emotions behind not knowing my dad to be complicated. A sense of grief for something I never had, and logically know that my expectations shouldn’t be too high.

I looked him up a couple years ago. Multiple police arrests. I think my life is better without him in it.

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When I was 10 and my parents divorced, my dad lost all parental rights. Then my mom started traveling and leaving me home alone. By the time I was 16 I lived alone in my moms place while she lived in Florida most of the year and I paid rent, and then got emancipated that year

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I know. I’m in the same position. To be honest my mom said she had to bail him out of jail a couple of times, and he went awol from the army. My own thought, he was probably dishonorably discharged, but I don’t know that. My mom got pregnant out of wedlock. My grandfather said he had Sz.

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My coward dad was rarely around, and the times he was, he verbally and physically abused my mom. So happy my mom finally took a stand and left him. They divorced when I was 8 years old. I have so much respect for my mom raising me as a single mother.

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Sorry, I missed you. I didn’t think of emancipated.

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It’s ok. Most people don’t get emancipated

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Well, when I was a substitute public school teacher there were kids coming from every background you could think of. I don’t usually share that I was a teacher because I am gay.

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I get that. Your sexual orientation is no one’s business.

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With my Associates Degree I could substitute. Generally you need a Bachelor’s to be a regular teacher.

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When I was 18 or 19, my significant other, a guy, worked at the police department. That went on for two years until I lost my job and moved to Oklahoma because I found work there. He was a real sweet guy and I missed him a lot.

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Actually I told a lie on this forum to make it sound like I had a decent father. I said he died in the Vietnam War when I was little and don’t remember him very well. That’s what I wish were true instead of my dad being in jail.

I kinda told the truth when I said my mom dated men from prison. I actually heard from my significant other with the police department what they do to pedophiles in jail. That’s how I really know that. Sorry to bring that topic up again. I heard about all kinds of crap like that from him.

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Thanks TheCanuk. You’re lucky she got away from him.

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