While we often hear stories of single mums feeling exhausted by having to parent without a partner, the same can’t be said when it comes to single dads. While their stories seem to be few and far between it doesn’t mean they don’t exist.

Just recently a 23 year old dad from America shared his story on Reddit in hopes of getting some advice on what to do with his ever increasing frustration at being a single dad. The man who has been struggling to do the right thing by his 2 year old son is starting to feel resentment due to his non-existent social life and increased parenting responsibilities. Believing adoption to be a good idea at this stage the young dad wrote the following post, which if nothing else is very raw and honest. The story begins by him explaining that he was the one who convinced his college girlfriend not to have an abortion and accepted sole responsibility for their baby boy.