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living on a boat Posted: 6/23/2009 7:02:53 PM
hi we are doing good and and i am happy the dog and son are doing good well later to all my fishing pole is calling us

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living on a boat Posted: 5/15/2009 8:57:48 AM
hi i am out a line my son and inow live 0n a 45 foot bluewater house boat we started out from mertalbeach s.c in a 26 foot sea ray and came to florda and now have the 45 footer we have had a lot of thing go good for us yes i am a single dad that has found peace at last and love the sea my son has became my beast friend throw this and i think we make a good team we have found are way and plan to travel the hole sumer brake it is neet to see the dolfen come up to the boat in the moning and just have peace in are lives and no yard to mowe and no nabors and if you do not like the place you are pull up the lines and go well that is all for now later and be happy

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finding your way Posted: 5/15/2009 8:16:13 AM
o hi andy is at school i put my feet in the warm sand for you this morning my tiping is not the best but sme in the start was a hard time do to having to be dad and mom to a young boy ho is now a young man and we are very close more like best friends now the 45 foot houseboat is are home it has a lot to do whith us finding are way to peace all i can say now days is to all of you find what makes you happy and go for it life is how you make it and let the past go and stop felling bad look in the meiar and see your self and if that is not you change it so be happy and other things well follow you to it is hard in the start and i did my self pitty and drinking to it did not help but when my son opend my hart i found me well later got to go the boat is calling me to fix on it

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finding your way Posted: 5/15/2009 2:14:09 AM
hi i tell you it can get hard to finde your way to be happy but if you try it is ther for you i met a freind here we stayed good friends but had difrent paths in life we still are friends and talk all the time but my life is the sea and now i am happy and getting my life right and in control i leased my home out and got ahouse boat i love the sea and looking at the dolfin in the morning my son is going on 15 now and stays whith me he 2is loving staying on the house boat and doing well in school we plan to travil the inner costal for the sumer brake come be a part if you like the past i did not knowhow to put my life right but now i do it has hard in the start when i frist came to this site you i was divored and then got hit by a d u i driver and had a brane injery from it but fond i was my owen down fall aand now i am up and running and loving life well got to go coming in to port the boat well not dock its self

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i found my one here or she found me Posted: 10/13/2006 10:27:03 AM
we are happy to be to gether she is from way cross ga and just love doing things as a team we are moving to a new home now we just bought to gether and all the kids are happy and us to later i hope all of you find the same happy way we did all the childeren get a long well to and are folks like us both and we have started a new life thank you to this site p.s we got in to a good start and anew home in a new state by hope god well help all of you to .i thank god for his hand in this she is a grate mom and my best friend to we went to stone mountan park and all of us had a good time the lazer show is neet the park was nice to . out of line is in line now

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dui can you handl it Posted: 8/30/2006 10:32:05 PM
i think all bars need a brethaliser in them and you hook your keys to it y i got hit by a dui driver over 3 years a go and i just now am starting to drive and going back to school to learn how to read and right all over do to a brane ingery i got from it i am a single dad no i mam not a self pitty one just like you to think and then drive ok? how it might come home to you and know you are the one that did it how realy pays you or them or both i think both y i am starting all over and he is doing time no i am no angel i did my parting to in the past

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a new out look on life Posted: 8/28/2006 8:12:49 PM
trust me ido thank god a lot i am just happy . to day now i can see my son play and we both can finish geting are lives put back right it was hard to not be able to even take my son to see a show or to the mall or just get out and do things like other famlys did trust me but now it is getting back to a normal life that makes me happy.i am a. single dad full time there was no one to come take us places all the time but we did get a lot of help from friends evan some gave me work and came and got me. my pont is if you try.it well all work out . if you sit back and feel sory for your self you well go no where my spelling is not to good but i keep trying that is what i think the man up sters wants us to do he say i well put no more on you than you can handl trust in me and all well be ok.i have bought a house for my son and i now and i have a shop at home and a lot of friends have helped me start over i did not do it all a lone trust me there was a time i felt sory for my self to but it got me no where

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a new out look on life Posted: 8/28/2006 7:07:27 PM
i am back and got a new start at life. things are going good i am driving now and taking classes to get my reading and spelling where it needs to be.it just feels good to be able to go and put my life back to gether. the geting out of the house and driving my self is nice some of you know the past on me i got hit by a dui driver and it was hard for me to go any where i still post in the rong spot but it just feels good to be back to me over 3 years i did not drive do to a brane ingery .and now i can start meeting folks and seeing life and going out on a date whith out them picking me up

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is it really over for good? Posted: 8/27/2006 10:29:43 AM
if there was things bad in the frist time to the pont you are divorsed y keep trying just be friends if you can and move on darn you sound like my ex her and her boy friend that she moved in with are fiting and can not take go a way as in i have no feelings for her she made the chose to leave and not look back do the same finde some one new that makes you happy ok

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y dose your x like to try to play games Posted: 8/27/2006 7:55:03 AM
i would let her see are son if she did not let her friends abuse him that is y i have him now and have had him for over 2 years she just play to many games on his minde and she sined her rights a way to him a nd told him a while back he can not see her do to the boy friend not liking kids and now would like me to let her take him off i think not she can see him here and show me she has changed and not drinklng all the time no i do not trust her at all

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y dose your x like to try to play games Posted: 8/27/2006 7:12:34 AM
y dose your x try to play games when you tell them to stay a way you do not like them? and you have your life together and the kid tells them the same thing that he to is tired of the games that are played on him by her i think she needs to go back to her boy friend and just leve us be. she left to be whith a nother man not me and left her son behinde and did not try to see him for over one year now he dose not like her at all i think she need s to get help some where but not from us

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how do you date if you are house bound Posted: 8/25/2006 6:49:49 PM
no i have sevyors and do not want to hert some one driving i got hit by a drunk driver some of my friends take me shoping if they have time or i ride the bus i did get my right to drive back a few weeks a go but do not like to drive it fritens me i do not whant to black out and hert some one i do bike ride with my son and go camping we have a boat my son can drive it we take it out a lot if somthing hapons he can drive it back or use the radeo for help my mane thing that holds me back is reading and rigting now i gess the mane thing i am aking is for you all to put up with my tiping life i have a hold on i get a round fine i am redoing a house we bought now and my life is ok ijust get lonly now that my son is back at school it is just us and i feel bad that my frieds help him do his home work he is a smart boy and my best friend to

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how do you date if you are house bound Posted: 8/25/2006 6:23:04 PM
hi iam johnny for the last few years i have bein hous bound do to a car reck and do not tipe good but i have a big hart i had some brain injery that stops me from spelling goodand driving iam going back to school to get better at things but folks look at me rong over it i try to im but i am not good at spelling i tipe it like it sounds i get up set pepole think i am dum but i am not i was a techer for boat repiars moters of all tipes and fabercator i am good at that still but tring to talk and do treeds is hard for me to do any help ican get i well thank you using treeds and puting them in the right spot is hard for me i am not looking for some one to feel bad for me just help to put my treedin the right place and to over look my spelling in time i well do better at it i do work they bring me boats to my house to fix my hold up is reading and spelling and driving now my son helps me do the treeds and read them thank you for your time

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Fights that lead to Break-ups Posted: 8/25/2006 1:34:14 PM
the hiting on each other i can not see i think if to have a fite they need time a part to kool down and then talk it out some things can not be worked out finde a new life ok to me there is never a reson to hit on some one not a lady any way go hit a tree ok hek min ran arond on me and in the end there was not a vilont seen i just left and started over whith my son there are better ways to handl things than fiting ok

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finding friends that help Posted: 8/24/2006 10:51:01 AM
it was nice to get the help and suport from a lot of you on my thread looking for a friend it did mean a lot to me and i am going to take more classes to do better at tiping and using my pc

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looking for friends Posted: 8/24/2006 8:56:03 AM
by the way be for the reck i was a instructer for boat repiars i know it is hard to translate me do to the past but i have fun teching the young how to fix boat moters and refinish the wood work i think if i meet some one that they have kids to i like to teach my trade and see them smile my son well all was have a trade to fall back on later to all of you hope all have a good day and to viais back thanks for the help and i think you well go far in life i have raisd to foster boys and showed them my trade they now work for a new boat dealer one is in sales and the other in repiars i am very prod of them i to stayed in a state home and was showed this trade and am close to the one that showed me how to do this tipe of work

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looking for friends Posted: 8/24/2006 7:06:51 AM
not looking for pitty i did enuff of that my self but reading threads good or bad helps me a lot to learn. my life is geting better all the time now if you feel bad for me pleas dont i have had to many do that just be a friend that is all i need ok. i just got my right to drive back. and it feels good to get out and go but i am taking my time at it but it is nice to be able to go to the store for my self or just get out of the house. i do work for my self redoing boats at home now they bring them to me i like doing that

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looking for friends Posted: 8/24/2006 6:39:04 AM
yes my famly was rushan i was born here and just can not read good or tipe do to a brane injery iam taking class to help me i like to have friends to talk to but it is hard to read what i tipe i spell it like it sounds iam all was looking for a friend to talk to so you can help me by making me tipe back to you if you can read it i have just started using a cp so i get in the rong spots to talk thanks for your time i do good on im whith talk my injery was do to a drunk driver hiting me my son dose most of my reading for me we do fine and i do love life a lot more respect for it now

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rejection is a hard thing to take! Posted: 8/22/2006 7:56:22 AM
i know the feeling and if you post any thing you have an a put you down for it but to me it just shows y they can not find some one do to there ways them they need a life

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Dating Older Men Posted: 8/21/2006 5:07:30 PM
i think that if your happy that is all that matters life is short some die young and some old

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~What did you accomplish today?~ Posted: 8/21/2006 4:36:01 PM
built one new boat and delivered it to the coustumer and helped my son do his homework and cooked diner now on the pc playing it is my time now

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keeping my gard up is it wrong? Posted: 8/21/2006 8:01:18 AM
justa little to fill in the gaps i am new to computers and have a lot to learn and yes my famly was rushan i was born here my dad past a way long back and i stayed in state grope homes for a while and do not read or wright to good but i try to my son helps me and i am showing him my trade i am a boat maker i do for a lot shops here custom boats that is all i know my son has gone throw a lot over his mom and it is hard to take some times and i was looking for a out let and some one how has had to deal whith it to than some of you for your help

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keeping my gard up is it wrong? Posted: 8/20/2006 8:27:20 PM
it is ok i know y some are not dating there ways over lode them i just wonder if they can make a boat from the ground up i can and my son now has the y it is us and she is not here and i well stop at that

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keeping my gard up is it wrong? Posted: 8/20/2006 7:09:29 PM
this site is y she called us and i did let her see him to day at are house it made his day he is 11 now and he got some good out of it and i think he under stands now more of the y it is a thank you to those that had an ear

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keeping my gard up is it wrong? Posted: 8/20/2006 9:06:32 AM
you see i do know it is not about me and what i want but i am the one that has to deal with him if she steps out of his life and puts him on a roler coster ride all over and ido want him to know his mom and yes the courts took her rights a way do to the past and i do hope she has changed for his sake and if she dose have it to gether he dose need his mom just not the way she was in the past and he is doing good in school now and is just now starting to make friends and come out of his shel that is all

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keeping my gard up is it wrong? Posted: 8/20/2006 8:16:35 AM
my x wants to come see are son were was she when he needed her? and y now dose she want to try to be a mom she sinde all her wrights a way a long time back and i am gun shy of y now dose she want to see him or well she realy show up or do i want her to we are over her now and her past record of things is not to good in my book i am a frade of her hurting him all over i need some in put help what do i do i am just a frade of the out come of opening the door right now we have put are life back to gether and doing good and yes that is his mom

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how wins in the custody Posted: 8/20/2006 6:57:46 AM
well i am happy to say his mom starting to talk to him it is a start but i told her it well be supervised do to the past and ido not want him hurt any more by her so we well see how it if she shows i do wonder y now dose she want to try to be a mom when he needed her she was not

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how wins in the custody Posted: 8/15/2006 9:45:27 AM
yes it is hard but god gave us thes kids and and that is y we need to put a side the past if we can my x did a lot to but she is his mom just the same and i think he should no that

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how wins in the custody Posted: 8/15/2006 9:19:08 AM
some pepol are to much in to juging folks i see i had a brane hemreg and do good to tipe

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how wins in the custody Posted: 8/15/2006 9:15:46 AM
it has bein a long time now and i feel she could try to let him know that he has a mom out there we do ok but there are things a mom can play a role in to it is hard on him in some ways to just have a dad side of life

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how wins in the custody Posted: 8/15/2006 9:03:07 AM
is there a win or loser in this or are we to selfish to see are kids needs? well yes i am a single dad and have my son full time no i do no think what has happond is right i do wish his mom would try to come see him for his peace of minde it took us both for him to be here and it took 2 to not get a long but y do the kids have to pay for are rongs?

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Why do custodial parents brag so much about winning custody? Posted: 8/15/2006 8:42:06 AM
is there a win in it i have not fond one my son misses his mom a lot she gave him up to me and my son is the one paying the price i wish she would come see him there was no win here just losers all the way a round for the last 3 years he looks for her do to the fact we are not to gether i think we need to put that a side and be moms and dads for are kids and not biker in front of them we both put them here we should all do are part to help are kids well that is my feeling on it

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What Do I Tell The Kids Now??? Posted: 8/15/2006 8:27:48 AM
that is a hard one but i gess i would try to tell them the truth and be a lot more on the gard of how i meet and let come a round i do not date much do to that it is so hard on my son to i try to get to know some one frist and slowly let them meet my son just as a friend to see how it is going to work out

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Primary custodial parent Posted: 8/15/2006 8:12:29 AM
hi i have my son full time his mom sinde her rights a way do to her boy friend and told him she well see him from time to time that her friend did not like kids that was a long time back so i do not know all the ansers we do fine now days and are puting a life to gether for us and he dose good in school and yes he dose not under stand it all but how dose yever one has to make a stand in life and i gess you just do what you can to make it ezer on the kids

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single life/ single parents Posted: 7/31/2006 9:07:14 PM
it is no fun i work all the time and not in to bars i have my son full time to i would like to just meet the right friend and setel down and have a norml famly life one day

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Dating seems Impossible Posted: 7/31/2006 8:59:27 PM
yes it is very hard to do i work a lot and the rest of my time is spent seeing to my son that i love more than life its self i am a full time dad maybe after he gets oder i well put time in to dating for now i have a plate full and no time to look

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Would u date a single fulltime father..? Posted: 7/31/2006 8:51:43 PM
hi i am a single dad full time it has bein 3 years now and i am just starting to looy arond now i felt i needed the time to get are life on track frist and setel down some wher frist

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Any single fathers (full-time) had success in dating/relationship? Posted: 7/31/2006 8:39:12 PM
i was thiking it was just me i see it is not now i have my son full time to and it has bein 3 years now and no dating but i am happy to have my son well i may meet some one some day

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Single dads with full custody Posted: 7/31/2006 8:24:27 PM
what is suport is it out ther realy shot wher is his mom i did get the cofe pot but it did not work o well she did int etherif you can not smil a bout it it well drive you nuts yes i am a full time dad and we do ok i do think it may help if she would just come tell him y she did that to him well that was 3 years ago well i do see i am not all by my self thanks i need ed to see that

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how soon is too soon to date Posted: 7/31/2006 8:09:09 PM
i can not say i have gone 3 years now and just started to look

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child abuse Posted: 7/31/2006 8:02:56 PM
i have my son full time now do to things that she did and i well not go ther and yes i agree you realy need to know some one be for your kids meet them i am single dad and am very coshus of any one and my son

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Video Games..You Tell Me.. Posted: 7/31/2006 7:45:32 PM
hek i like to play them with my son i just give game time out door time andbook time we have father son time to it is just seting the rules that is all it is and playing the games with them helps you know what game to put a way thats the way i see it

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single dads raising kids good thing? or is it a bad thing ? Posted: 7/31/2006 7:31:37 PM
you know i t dose not bother me to be a single dad i do not look for what pepole think i do the best i can and my son is happy and that is all that matters to mehe has food and a roof close and i have him and get to be a part of his life his mom is the one i feel sory for but that was her chose and loss to leve him out of her new life not ares she can come see him but never did it has bein 3 years now and he is a grate joy to have some day i may finde some one but for now i am happy just being a dad and working to give him what he needs in life well later we are going to paly x box by

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Touchy subject...single fathers in family court!!! Posted: 7/31/2006 6:58:14 PM
i was luky i gess my x found some one new and told me keep the kid she found some one new and he dose not like or want kids see you i was feeling bad but after seing some of the treds here i see i am not the only one in this boat but she skates on paying suport but that is ok i have my son and cash can not by that only love can make a child happy and i think we do better with out her in the picher with the way she was to him at least he is not getting slaped a roud now it was hard to get the court to grant me full custody ihad to have adrug test and take a parrent and child class to get him but it was well worth it to me

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What about the absent father or mother Posted: 7/31/2006 6:34:59 PM
my sons mom walked out 3 years ago i realy have not dated any one i am just now starting to talk to some on this site i well let you know later

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singel father Posted: 7/31/2006 6:29:04 PM
hi i would rater date a single mom with kids to i am a single dad fulltime and think they are more setled down and more open to kids

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What do you think about dangerous breeds of dogs? Posted: 7/31/2006 6:19:39 PM
if any dog that has teeth can bit put in the right spot i have rodys and to a lot has to do with the way you rais them we have had the real german rodys ares go to wodk with me a lot and on are boat pepol ask if he well bite hasnot yeat but i tell them he has teeth and for ther safty and mine pleas do not try to pet him any dor can get spoced and snar you

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What Would You Do? Posted: 7/31/2006 1:43:50 PM
i would get him in a clas called anger maneg ment and finde out y

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Single Dads Posted: 7/31/2006 12:52:51 PM
hi i to work from home i have raisd my son by my self for over 3 years now my x found a new friend and that was the last we saw of her tell i served the big div to her and she did not come to court well that is over now ti hurt my son a lot in the start but we do fine now and being a full time dad we have a blast to gether we play sports go fishing camping and he is a/b oner role at school and m y best friend we can talk a bout any thing he has some friends that come over and a few have sead i wish i could talk to my foiks as ez as you can they do not have the time for me so think it is just all about taking time to know your kids that counts

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I now understand why guys don't like dating single moms Posted: 7/31/2006 12:33:33 PM
you no it takes to .to clash one can only fite when they are looking at ther self me and my x can not get a long but we did at one time we have a son so that is prof that we did love each other at one time and some wher along the way we changd not just one of us but both and and do to it we do not talk it is sad but are son has payed the price i now have him full time for over 3 years and like to finde some one and put a life to gether but slowly

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