When did being a DEADBEAT become the style or the "it" thing to do?
Usually when people mention the word "DEADBEAT" they automatically assume we are talking about a man who has chosen NOT to be in their child's life physically or financially but incase you didn't know, DEADBEATS come in FEMALE form as well.
I guess my gripe today is, I am soooo sick and tired of people FRONTIN' like they are taking care of their kid(s) and really they are not and do not intend to. I mean frontin' hard...making up elaborate stories and scenarios and all that. I mean ARE YOU SERIOUS?? I often wonder HOW people sleep at night KNOWING that they have a child(ren) in this world who breathe 24 hours a day, whom they do not take care of let alone see. I WOULD BE SICK if I didn't see or speak to my child everyday. It would be no way *throws up hands*.
Children are a blessing that a lot of people take for granted. Ask anyone who is unable to have children...how they feel about kids. YES, children get on your nerves (well I know mine do...lol) but you love them and protect them with every fiber of your being. How people can just walk away is just beyond me.
Again the DEADBEAT persona can be applied to MEN as well as WOMEN because I know of DEADBEAT mothers as well.
I have heard ALL kinds of excuses of why the said "DEADBEATS" can't take care of their kids:
EXCUSES
1. If I can't take care of 1 of my kids then I am not going to take care of any of them.2. I live in a different state.
3. My penchant for women/men is more important than my child.
4. I go to school full time and work part time...I don't make a lot of money.
5. I'm not working or I can't keep a job (not laid off due to the recession but fired because you're cursing out your boss, coworkers, and clients or always late or never coming in)
6. I'm about to get custody of my kid(s) anyway so I don't care that I'm 20k in the hole from back child support.
7. I got my own business and when I die I will pass it down to all my kids to make up for the fact that I was never there and never supported them.
8. I'm about to get a record deal and as soon as I do, we gonna all be good. You aint gonna have to worry about child support.
9. I got my own problems.
10. Wassup with me and you doe'...oh nothing...oh oh ok...well I'll check you later.
People are REALLY crazy and these are the SAME people who believe that GOD is blessing them. I'm not saying that God can't bless whomever he wants but I AM SAYING that the Devil blesses too.
I'm just tired of the shenanigans already. Be real. God sees you and you will reap what you sow...in layman's terms "What goes around, comes around".
AND remember...children don't stay children forever. They grow up and they will see on their own how things REALLY are.
None of us...including our children, asked to be here so while they are here, it is in our best interest to provide and care for them as God intended for us to do. God gave us this blessing (children), now we have to cultivate it and watch it grow.
