by vannin » Mon May 18, 2020 11:44 am
Hear hear Maisie. Although single parents are so plentiful, only a few of them have been 'on the game'. I have seen countless young women who all seem to know each other, get on the bus and have loud conversations so I can't help hearing that some of them have children by up to five different fathers. These few are registering with the council to be re-housed somewhere with five or more bedrooms. There must be at least one room for all the computer games and console.
OK, I am not being judgemental. Usually the first baby was born to a youngster of school age who might have been groomed.(There was a grooming gang locally.) Often she has not been able to break the habit and the children grow up seeing all these men come and go. They may grow up the same, thinking it is normal to 'put it about'. Some are uncontrollable on the bus, unsurprisingly, but not all.
Marriage has become out-of-date. My choir used to sing for church weddings and, back in the 70s to 90s, we were needed almost every Saturday. For the past three years it has averaged three per YEAR. OK, registry office is cheaper, but I believe most other couples decide to have 'a relationship' instead. I have had to get used to saying 'your partner' when chatting to younger women, not say 'your husband'. I must add, friendliness abounds, especially if I smile at their children. So there are sweet girls and criminal men. If they snare schoolgirls, quite often pregnancy will put paid to a promising career the girl was hoping to achieve.