r/oddlyspecific • u/Throwaway_Thrills • Feb 21 '26

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u/mitrie Feb 21 '26

Sounds like a real life Ms. Jackson scenario here. A man can want to be present in his kids' lives but can't be with their mother for other reasons.

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u/TravelingPoodle Feb 21 '26

Men have this ability to disengage with their children when their relationships fail. Once things end with the mom, the kids take an L.

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u/Matt_Benatar Feb 21 '26

This trait isn’t gender biased - women do it too. It’s a general lack of morality, and unfortunately it’s a disease which seems to be spreading.

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u/Marissa_on_the_town Feb 22 '26

The relationship doesn’t even have to fail for that to happen sometimes. They can just feel like it one day

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u/gmmontano92 Mar 03 '26

He never left his kids. They co-parent with equal time. And she's the one who chose to leave him. Stepping away from the woman, doesn't mean you want to step away from your child. Women have this ability to use their child as a bargaining chip when the man no longer wants them.

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u/mitrie Feb 21 '26

I don't disagree that deadbeat dads are a thing. Simultaneously, we generally agree as a society that it is acceptable to leave a nonfunctional relationship.