The Single Parent Stigma

Every time I tell someone that I am a single parent, I notice the averted gaze, the look of pity and the insinuation that I am spreading some sort of single parent virus with every conversation. It seems that several assumptions are made-it is my fault that I am a single parent…clearly I didn't work hard enough to make the marriage work; I am living in poverty since I couldn't possibly survive on one income; my kid is miserable and unhappy with only one parent. ...