Single Moms

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Single Mom Seeking advice… about a married mom who snubs her at school

By singlemomseeking ⋅ August 31, 2008 ⋅ 17 comments

Mae starts third grade on Tuesday, so we’re in major back-to-school mode over here. You, too?
Get a load of this timing: in my Inbox there’s an email from Angela, a single mom of two kids who would “love to get some advice.”
Her kids go to a private school, where there is a handful of divorced [...]

Why this election makes me proud

By singlemomseeking ⋅ August 29, 2008 ⋅ 4 comments

Update:
I’ve never gotten very political on this blog — except when it comes to issues of single parenting — but it’s time for me to speak up. If you read this blog regularly, you know that I’m not the pushy type. But if you’re on the fence this election, I do hope you’ll read [...]

Tracking down my UPS man, Part IV

By singlemomseeking ⋅ August 29, 2008 ⋅ 35 comments

So, here I was, paused during a passionate kiss with my former UPS man in his car. He was turned away from from me, in the middle of texting his “young lady friend.”
And what was I doing? I sat there thinking all of you, my readers. I’m not kidding. I almost cracked up. It almost [...]

Tracking down my UPS man, part III

By singlemomseeking ⋅ August 28, 2008 ⋅ 36 comments

So, there we were, my former UPS man and I, holding hands on the park bench. A mosquito buzzed around his ear, annoying him. I shivered.
“Let’s sit in the car?” he asked.
He was still holding my hand, but instead of opening my car door, he leaned up against the car.
“Come here,” he said, and I [...]

Tracking down my UPS man, Part II

By singlemomseeking ⋅ August 27, 2008 ⋅ 22 comments

When Otis, my former UPS man, called at 8 p.m. to say that his work day was almost over, I smiled into the phone.
“Want to meet for dinner?” he said.
“Sure!”
I imagined some quiet, romantic corner — white wine, tapas, candles lit. Wait, does that kind of corner even exist in Manhattan?
“The ___ Grill,” he said, [...]