Ask Amy: Ex-boyfriend seeks repentance
Amy Dickinson, Tribune Content Agency
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This woman was obviously in a tough situation, and you made things worse for her.
– Disappointed
Dear Disappointed: This mother abandoned her child, moved to another state, and was now surrendering her parental rights.
“Inadequate” seemed like a fairly benign term to describe her choices.
Many readers were hopping mad that I called her inadequate, but I wonder if people would be as upset if I had used the same terminology to describe a father who had abandoned his child.
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