Wendy Merrill, author of the new memoir, Falling into Manholes, says that he is.
I know Wendy in person and she’s just as hot, genuine, and honest in person as she is in her book. No, she’s not a single mom. Yes, she is so open and revealing about life and love — that I had [...]
Today, one of the most open, candid, painful memoirs comes out: Accidentally on Purpose: A One-Night Stand, My Unplanned Parenthood, and Loving the Best Mistake I Ever Made.
I stayed up way past my bedtime to read this book, about 39-year-old movie critic Mary Pols, who knew she wanted to have a baby. But never—not [...]
I hear from many single parents who email me, “I’m ready to date, but all my friends are married! How the heck can I even meet a great guy/gal who’s single?”
I was skeptical when I contacted Tamsen Fadal, an Emmy Award–winning TV journalist, and co-founder of SassyBean.com, for some advice. She’s not a single mom. [...]
“I would love to get Mae a bike for her birthday. Is that her dream?
Love,
DAD
P.S. Re-read your book last night.”
Note to self: I’d better get my dad a new book to read.
Any suggestions? He loves to read memoirs.
Photo: Mae feeding her Grandpa some birthday cake.
That’s what Ian Kerner, Ph.D. dares you to do, in his just-published book, Sex Detox - and I’m giving away a spankin’ new copy here.
The second half of Kerner’s book is “The Singles’ Detox,” is a step-by-step plan to “improve your self-awareness, self-esteem, and ability to achieve long-term fulfillment.” I’m following Kerner’s Detox plan [...]
Joani in Skokie, IL… otherwise known as Lexi’s Mom!
Remember the contest this month when I asked you to send in your perfect metaphor for “What’s it like to date as a single mom?”
I asked my Big Girl, Mae, to pick a name out of a hat (actually, it was a little blue plastic toy bin), [...]
Sometimes I get emails from readers that really make my day. Like the one I got out of the blue from Alaina S., a Senior Interactive Copywriter in Columbus, Ohio, who wrote to me about what it feels like to date again, now that she’s a single mom.
Check this out:
“I thought dating again would be [...]