great question haras. most of the people i know in real life who have children are single moms. so i dont get it. maybe they think if they sweep it under the rug it will go away. im surprised there is still such a stigma with a single mom. a woman on my did06 board said someting along the lines of, "your boyfriend got your pregnant and then dumped you" which is the complete opposite of what happened. so i guess people just assume such a negative picture.