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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 [...]

What’s a married dad doing on Single Mom Seeking? Welcome Robert Rummel-Hudson

This blog began in another format in 2006 as a safe space for single moms to open up. It easily could have turned into a male-bashing ring. Thank goodness it didn’t. Sure, we’re known to go off on our exes once in a while — because parenting solo can be tough — but the single [...]

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 [...]

So what if Jamie Lynn Spears doesn’t get married?

Today, at Slate, advice columnist Emily Yoffe refers to “the archetypal unwed mother” as “a Jamie Lynn Spears—a dopey teenager who dropped her panties and got in over her head.”
Ouch. “Dopey teenager.” Does this writer know Jamie Lynn Spears? Has she met her? This woman knows how to belittle.
First off, Emily assumes to know exactly [...]

One single mom says that you should settle for Mr. Good Enough

In the past few weeks, so many women have forwarded this month’s Atlantic Monthly essay, “Marry Him! The case for settling for Mr. Good Enough” to me.
Have you read it? I’d love to know what you think.
When I first read this essay, I applauded the writer for putting herself out there. Although I don’t know [...]

‘When are you getting married?’

Exactly one year ago, it seemed like everyone wanted to know when the Israeli and I were getting married.
Well, everyone except for my best girlfriends, who knew that the Israeli was not the right man for me.
Last year, I was a monthly columnist at San Francisco’s J Weekly, during which I learned a hard lesson [...]

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