It is hurtful that people assume this. I would tell friends of family or friends of friends I have a daughter, and they're incredulous! Its almost horrifying. I mean, they'll talk to me happily and then their tone changes and they want to talk to someone else or leave my side. It almost hurts. I'm trying to make new friends and one day find a new man, and I can't deny my daughter but I feel that they won't like me because of her. She is my world. But sometimes I feel that I'm destined to be alone.