He likes that. He likes the attention. Maybe his raw existential howling is a tribute to all of the young stoic single parents who had a stiff upper lip before him. Let's be honest. Raising a kid in your 20s, alone, is not easy.
Most people keep it to themselves.
Dave speaks for the rest. It is the international pastime, after all, knowing everything, about anyone, to know we are not alone in the universe. What is unusual is to see someone tell it on paper, instead of a television talk show. It is more permanent, you know. Dave can definitely write.