Quote Originally Posted by Marigold2
Sorry but I totally disagree with you. How long have you been a mom? Two years, maybe three. I have been a mom for 29 years, I have three kids. I was also a single mom for a while. Unless you are making $40.000 a year or more life is very difficult. It's nice if you can afford diapers, and braces, shoes, car insurance, electric, water, rent, car repairs and a million other things. But what if you can't? Does this young girl have a college education, does she make $40.000 a year, have a safe car, a nice place to live, a good job, health benefits, money saved in the bank? If you don't you will find yourself broke and very sorry in several years. When they turn off your water and the kid has a cold but you can't get to the store because your car is broke and you simply can't take another day of work or be fired. That's life. Not some cozy pink fairy tale. Giving the baby up for adoption to a loving family who is able to afford to give this child a safe car to ride in, good medical coverage, a warm safe home and a mom that can stay home is so unselfish and brave. That is a loving deed, keeping a child because it's "my baby my baby my baby is acting like a two year old who doesn't want to share her Barbie.
Just to comment on this..

My mom is a single mom. We almost lost our house. We lost our car. We had to walk places. We couldn't pay the bills, we went without electricity for two + days until my mom finally decided to ask for help.

But.. we got through it all. And it sucked.

Life isn't going to be a fairytale, even if you have a car, a job, a house, food, etc. And just because you're a single mom doesn't mean anything. There's a lot of strong single moms out there, including my own, and really, I think being a single mom makes you stronger. It makes you fight harder for what you do and care more about your kids.

And Jen, I don't think you should put your baby up for adoption. I can't even believe people are suggesting that.