Solo Mother

March 14th, 2008

What I think about the poll…

It’s all about the tribe, isn’t it?
My son has always been a part of a tribe, since he was born. It started out with the mamas and babies we met at the breastfeeding support group we attended every week, sitting in rockers with other new moms, weighing our babes, talking with the lactation consultant about […]

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March 13th, 2008

Take the poll!

Look over there to your right… ———————->
well, actually… it’s a little further down. Nope. Wait a minute. It’s up there… Oh what the heck. See it? A POLL!
I’m being totally nosy, but don’t worry, I can’t see who answered what, so do the poll! There are several things that are going on right now […]

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March 6th, 2008

cyber kisses from single dads

Do you know Peter Ehrlich? You should. Unfortunately, his website, The Geronimo Code (Peter Ehrlich), is in one of those annoying codes where you can’t link directly to the correct page (yoo hoo, Peter!) so I’ll just post the titles of the articles you can find on his site:
* NEW - […]

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January 22nd, 2008

what I’m sick of, single mothers…

It’s time for a rant. I don’t rant very often, do I? I hope I don’t whine and complain often, really, I hope I don’t…
but still.

I’m sick of paying 100% of the rent on 50% (or less, because let’s face it, women still make less than men) of the total income ‘whole’ families enjoy
I’m tired […]

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January 15th, 2008

thoughts on finding the perfect mate

BlogXilla’s recent post got me laughing, grossing out, annoyed, and ultimately shaking my head. It is what it is. Dating as a single mother is all over the map, and I’ve written enough posts about truth in (dating) advertising, about not dating at all, about the history of your heart being written each day, about […]

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December 29th, 2007

I love stories like this: single mother marries childhood friend

I had a friend, a friend who was a boy, when I was a little girl. We were inseparable for years, and I adored him. He left halfway through elementary school, and I didn’t hear from him any more.
I went to an all-girls’ high school, and some friends convinced me to go to a dance […]

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November 24th, 2007

Heartfelt

There have been some big, quiet, oddly painful hurts going around inside me lately. In conversations with men and women who have lost their spouses and are trying to put the pieces back together, to knit some kind of life with the fragments they have left, I have stumbled often upon the gaping hole where […]

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August 14th, 2007

Drive by dating advice

Thanks to Carrie, we can all snoop on our potential romantic partners.
She pointed the way to Don’t Date Him, Girl, a world-wide site dedicated to outing bad dates.
May you never find the object of your desires here.
Tags: dating, Dont-date-him-girl, single-mom

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August 9th, 2007

Oh no she di’nt!

The Single Mom I’d Most Like to Meet turned 35 recently, and grew up in more ways than one.
She found her ex’s profile on a dating site, and did what so many of us have fantasized: she gave it a little truth in advertising makeover.
Tags: dating, Rachel-Sarah, revenge

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August 5th, 2007

A tale of two dates

Friday night, the girls showed up at my house in a positively vertiginous swirl of lovely stiletto heels and casual blue jeans. We were off to an evening at the Palace of Wonders, to peek at the strange displays, have a beer, and be outside our usual 10 foot radius of children and responsibilities. Half […]

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