What happens when three single moms rendevous in San Francisco–

Ms. Single Mama (middle) and Morgan (right) from iheartsingleparents took a break from their video-making adventures to brave the windy hills of San Francisco with yours truly in search of beer on tap — but this is in Nob Hill, where most of the bars are very fancy-shmancy and mixed drinks are the theme.

Alaina traveled [...]

A child’s call to advertisers

Mae (who goes by “Mae Mae”) says that I spend way too much time with this laptop. She’s right.
Actually, her exact words are: “You love your computer more than you love me.”
I’ve asked Mae if she had any ideas, so I can pull myself away from this machine for some more cuddle time. “Let’s [...]

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 [...]

Happy Father’s Day to all the single dads out there!

Father’s Day used to be so darn sad for me. I’d wake up, open my eyes, close them again and wish the day away. But now that we live out here in in Cali, near my dad and step-dad, it’s not so bad.
What makes it all better are the single dad bloggers I’ve met through [...]

This single mom wears a wedding ring to work. Why, oh why?

This week, Kirstin — a single mom who works in corporate sales — writes at Single Mom at Work about the fact that she wears a wedding ring to business meetings, even though she is not married:
“I have learned that business acquaintances are much more at ease when they learn I have a child if [...]

Do you always use a condom?

All this talk about condoms yesterday has inspired me. Well, not inspired, exactly. It has made me a bit manic, to be honest.
To make matters more intense, it just so happens that during Mary Pols‘ book launch party last night for Accidentally on Purpose, she read her infamous chapter about her condom-free one-night stand, [...]

When’s the last time you were out without the kids?

When I first moved back to the Bay Area six years ago this month, I was wedged between resentment and anger. I wasn’t what you’d call “a single mom by choice.” I hadn’t exactly chosen the “single” part.
Fortunately, I soon found two other local single moms — with daughters around Mae’s age — who have [...]

Please give this single dad some advice about how candid he should be with his daughters

I’m not sure how many of you saw this comment yesterday from one of the new single dads on the “blogging block:”
Just A Man’s Journey lost his wife one year after their divorce, and he’s raising two daughters (ages 9 and 4) and one son (age 7) on his own. He describes himself as “a [...]

All I got for Mother’s Day was a finicky orchid…

And it already looks dead.
No really: I was so tickled when the Biologist showed up for our date the day before Mother’s Day with an orchid. So sweet! It’s the first time in his life that he has ever dated a single mom, and he gets an A+ for his sincerity and genuineness.
Before [...]

Why having sex toys mailed to your home is a bad idea

Tuesdays are my “late” nights: my dad takes Mae to ice skating class, then they go out for burritos, and back to our place to do some homework. When I got home last night, I didn’t even notice the opened cardboard box on the floor, near our shoes. I was overwhelmed with bags, which I [...]