Christie Brinkley: How much should the kids know?

No matter which way you turn, it’s hard to ignore the messy details of Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook’s divorce.
Is this drama confusing you as much as it’s confusing me? Thank goodness that single mom expert Dr. Leah Klungness is here today to straighten me — and you — out when it comes to the [...]

When men are confused

Maybe it’s because the world feels unsteady right now, as if there’s a constant undertow.
Or maybe it’s because there’s a Capricorn moon with Saturn in Virgo.
All I know is, there’s a comment awaiting moderation right now in response to my post about “Kate Hudson: “Boys, Meet My Son.”
The comment, however, has nothing to [...]

Do you think divorce is genetic?

This week at MomLogic, guest blogger Mom-On-the-Edge asks if we are “Destined for Divorce.”
Mom-On-the-Edge, who is trying to save her marriage, examines the divorce cycle, and asks: Is it genetic?
Like Mom-On-the-Edge, my parents got divorced when I was little (she was one, I was three), in the 1970s. Like Mom-On-The-Edge, my sister and I had [...]

When a single mom introduces the Boyfriend to her Kid

Well, I did it. More than two months after my first date with the Biologist, I introduced him to Mae.
As you might recall, I’d uninvited the Biologist from our East egg hunt — after Mae said that she didn’t want to meet him. All of you were so helpful with your advice.
Amy from [...]

Beware of blogging about your ex

Chrissy at Glamour does it. She refers to her baby’s father as “SD,” as in “sperm donor.”
Ms. Single Mama has a whole category about her ex-husband.
In her blog, Solo Mother pleads her ex-husband to answer her emails about her son, but he won’t respond.
Dad’s House recently wrote about the fact that communication with his ex-wife [...]

We’re costing married folks too much money

News flash: Crazy Computer Dad just led me to this CNN story in which married folks say single moms are costing them way to much money — up to $112 billion dollars!
The Georgia State University study released today claims that “divorce and unwed childbearing — besides being bad for children — are costing taxpayers a [...]

Shameless self-promotion, the Spitzers, and the McCartney divorce

If you haven’t read Random Esq’s post today, apparently I made him trip down a flight of stairs yesterday. Not on purpose. I swear!
This “random attorney” — who doesn’t have a single mom girlfriend, but sure has a lot of single mom fans — was reading my email on his cell phone when he was [...]

Should you date a man who’s NOT divorced yet?

No, you shouldn’t.
But maybe you’ll just have to learn this the hard way — as I have.
If you’ve read my book, then you knew that I’ve fallen for a not-divorced-yet dad before.
This fall, I met another not-yet-divorced dad — but this time my guard was up. For the record, I really liked him. We’d spotted [...]

Who’s your role model for celebrity divorce?

UPDATE: Go to Hot Momma Gossip for an update on Kate Hudson’s thoughts about dating as a single mom

BabyCenter blogger Carolyn Robertson says it’s Kate Hudson for sure (”Out and about with Kate Hudson“).

She’s got a point: Kate and ex Chris Robinson don’t bad mouth each other in the press. In fact, they make it [...]

Recently divorced and driving his Porsche…

“Was His.”
Get it? Ha!
Sure, go ahead and laugh (I did). But seriously, Dr. Leah Klungness, author of The Complete Single Mother: Reassuring Answers to Your Most Challenging Concerns, sent this to me today, with a little explanation:
The photo had landed in her Inbox from “a recent new man in my life” with the caption “Living [...]