Personal Responsibility

How about the people who write to some guy asking for money take a little time to think about why they are in the situation they are in before they ask an innocent non-involved stranger to bail them out of their self-imposed financial problems. What is wrong with people? Maybe before people PROCREATE, they should make sure they are not going to add to 1) OVERPOPULATION; and 2) POVERTY. It is extremely selfish to even think about bringing a child into the world when you're not capable of financially supporting it should something happen, such as the breadwinning spouse or significant other, leaving. For God's sake, use your brain. This is the 21st century and there is no longer any justification for only 1 parent bringing home the bacon, unless you are ABSOLUTELY sure that he/she isn't going to abandon the relationship and family.

Also, it is NOT SOCIETY'S FAULT that you have poorly selected a mate and the result is your eventual financial demise. You should have used birth control! It is no one's fault but your own. For God's sake, break this cycle of "poor me" and "help me" and use your experience to TEACH your kid(s) what decisions NOT to make. YOU have created your situation; no one else. Now you want a stranger to bail you out of it. Don't be ridiculous! Give me a break! And while you're at it, GROW UP.

Hi. I thought I would make you feel better so you wouldn't have posted with no response... well, until about two months but no matter. I completely 100% agree with you. Personally, I want lots of children but the pain of such is likely to disuade me from that course unless I adopt. And I plan to adopt- enough kids are up for adoption who end up in horrible situations, poorly educated, without the love of a family, that they need more help than anyone provides. As for one parent bringing home the bacon- let me tell you.. *shudder*... my uncle had a really good job and was well off with too children... car accident and subsequent broken back. He's been in three major car accidents, a heart attack, all of his toes have been broke, all his fingers but two have been broken, and a couple years ago he tripped and broke his ankle- which nearly had to be amputated. His wife, my aunt, never graduated college, had to take care of him, her two children, and find a job. Sometimes, bad luck happens too.

Gwendylyn, I agree. There is a lot of room for compassion when it comes to uncontrollable bad luck that people don't impose on themselves through irresponsibility. I am sorry to hear about all those things; situations like that call for government help and human compassion, absolutely.