Do people automatically sympathize for single parents?

Being a Mom is the hardest job in the world!

It depends on the situation, but I certainly don't think it should be viewed as a blanket sympathy card they can play.

Some people get dealt a shitty hand by life and they're doing their best to deal with it.

Others make poor life choices and should also have to deal with it. These are the ones that are usually most vocal about deserving respect and stuff. frick them.

Exactly. I've got a cousin who was with piece of trash, everyone told her he was a piece of garbage. She got knocked up by said piece of trash, and he left her high and dry to take care of a baby. I feel bad for the kid more than the Mom.

Girl definitely will let the world know that she is a single mom amd how tough she has it though.

I feel more sorry for the kids than the parent.

No. The vast majority of the time, it is on them because they made several terrible choices.

Alexa isn't 30 yet, so wrong. Dude, let it go, everyone else has.

I don't think it is automatic, but when they do, it is only for single mother. Never a single father, no matter what kind of crap he has been through.

Depends. If your husband died while deployed or your wife died of cancer then you have some sympathy from me. That's a hard thing to deal with. Although I think it's important to distinguish between sympathy and pity. No one wants to be pitied. Pity isn't a good thing. It's belittling and condescending. If you forgot to use a condom and aren't 100% on who the father is then no. This person might have my pity.

ETA: I guess I ignored the more common situation. Single mother because of divorce. Maybe or maybe not a deadbeat partner. No sympathy. They picked that partner, often using poor judgement. I don't look down too much on them. Sometimes I guess it's hard to really judge who you choose. But still they are in a situation of their own making.

No, I don't sympathize With them