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Originally Posted by troutman
For every father that is "screwed" there are probably 10 mothers with deadbeat exes.
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This.
There is a dude/friend bias at play too in any story you're likely to hear. Father's getting the shaft are probably the exception and those stories probably stick out more.
Plus, you tend to relate to your friends and believe their side of the story. When you don't have both sides of the story, it's a lot easier to think that your friend Bill whom you have known since elementary school is getting hosed over by his ex-wife than it is to come to terms with having befriended a deadbeat. Cognitive dissonance.