Originally Posted by
sathor
I think she 'means' that she is a classic stay at home mother, with the husband gone much of the day. I am a stay at home dad, and while my wife was working one job, she would leave at 5 in the morning and get back at 7 at night, and it was much like being a single parent.
There is a big difference between feeling like you are a single parent sometimes and saying you are a single parent. I work a 120 miles from my work and can't come home every night but my wife has never referred to herself as a single parent. I had 11 years in the Army with several deployments and never once heard any spouse call themselves a single parent. Not for nothing but if my wife said she was a single parent I would be offended and I'm sure a few single parents would be too.