If my kid had it her way, I’d never have a boyfriend

Today, as the guest blogger at Dad’s House, I share “A Child’s View on Dating and Partnership.”
So, come on over to the kid’s room at Dad’s House today and share your thoughts.

Thanks!

Is the man you’re dating a mirror of you?

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 [...]

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 [...]

Let’s not get to know each other…

I don’t know if anyone here read the recent Modern Love College Essay Runner-Up about, “Why Spoil Great Sex by Dating?” (thanks for sending this one, Dr. Leah!).
Joel Walkowski, a senior at the University of Southern California, writes that:
“We might dally in the land of easy sex and stilted text-message flirtation, but deep down we [...]

More than Mommy

The first time that I had sex as a single mom, I wasn’t worried about my stretch marks or my scratchy, unshaven legs.
I was worried about leaking.
When I started to date again, I was still nursing Mae. No matter how my hungry, agitated, red-faced, and cranky my baby was, nursing calmed her down. Yes, it [...]