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Welcome back to an episode of Pillow Talk with Allie Michelle.

I am your host, Alie Michelle.

Sorry that I have been MIA.

There's just been a lot going on at the homestead.

I will spare you the details, but this topic, it hits home. I've gone through it. I've been going through it for the last 12 years. We are going to talk about single motherhood and what it means to have a

man's step in place of the baby dad, your child's father, whatever term you want to use. I think

this will resonate with a lot of people, men and women. So let's roll into it.

Now, like most, you know, we go through custody battles to figure out our needs for our child and

for ourselves. And sometimes selfishly, the other parent or party wants more power than the other, and it's just not right.

So, quick backstory, I have been taken to court twice for custody.

We have 50-50. We've always had 50-50. I never thought it shouldn't be 50-50.

Brings me back, brings me to current day. I don't receive child support because it's 50-50.

Whatever, you want to pay your part?

Fine.

Don't want your money anyway.

However, when an emergency situation pops up, it is up to both the parents to step up.

And sometimes it doesn't work like that.

What I mean is, you know, I reach out or somebody reaches out and the other parent just freaks out about it.

Because there was a lump sum of money that needed to be paid in half for an emergency situation.

Now, that just stirred the whole thing. Now, me being me, I hate confrontation. Will I engage in it?

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