To me, the deadbeat dad is the CEO who, out of spite for having to pay child support and/or alimony, quits and goes to work at a tire center. Or hides his income completely by working under the table. Or let's his new gf or wife spend him into bankruptcy and blows off his kids.
Most are guys just trying to earn a living.
The moral of the story is: once you give the "gift" of your sperm, you will have no control over how it used. Don't be stupid. Don't have kids unless you are in a solid relationship and if you are in a solid relationship, protect yourself and your rights very quickly if things begin to sour. How many men, desiring that the estranged relationship magically revert back to the "way it was" totally go into denial until some lawyer rapes them and tells them what their reality is going to be? Instead of pro-actively working out their own version of reality before it's too late?
Jennifer |