Single Mom Reflex #1: Take care of each other

In the dating pool, single moms have a lot of reflexes - jerk radar is one of them.
But what happens when a single mom gets fooled? When her jerk radar fails her? It’s happened to all of us - and it’s THE WORST. You feel used, you feel like you wasted your time, you feel [...]

Must Love Kids: Tracy Paye Interview

I still haven’t seen the new Must Love Kids show on TLC … my neighbor is recording it for me, so this weekend I’ll catch it. Just had to pass this interview on in the meantime. Tracy Paye is fantastic.

So what do you think about the forthcoming controversy Tracy expects as a fall out for [...]

Single Moms & Dating (the Video)

Here it is…

Ignore the smudge and it’s perfect. Making this video was SO MUCH fun.
Morgan and I will be together again soon to make more … let us know what you think of this one and if there’s anything else you’d like to see us discuss or cover! Above all, we hope this video [...]

Dating Karma

Dating as a single mom is hard to describe to anyone other than my fellow single parents. Hence this blog and my slew of single mom and dad friends. Without them and without you, I’d be lost.
So here’s another dating tip from me to you … I think if you start practicing this immediately [...]

How to date the childless.

The first question most single parents ask when they finally get back out there is, “Can I even date someone without a kid?”
The challenges to dating someone without a child can be daunting. Will they ever understand your life? And when they do - will they run away screaming in fear once they realize that [...]

Lessons from Cowboys.

Some things never change …
My basement had a minor flood (not complaining because my little brother lives in Iowa City and has been sandbagging for weeks). Anyhow - while sorting through boxes of wet stuff I found my old journal and stumbled across this entry.
I was leaving Texas after six months there as a single [...]

Oh me, oh my. The sparks are flying.

Remember what crush butterflies feel like?
Sparking all over the place, in the flesh or online - in your head, in your heart or in your throat. They’re palpable and you feel as if you could reach down into your soul and touch them. But what happens when those sparks are one sided? Or when someone [...]

Screw you, Disney.

Benjamin and I went to his best friend’s birthday party today.
After Sydney, who’s just four-years-old, opened her fourth princess doll, her grandmother looked at me and said, “When we were girls, we didn’t have all of this princess stuff. Look it’s every where - this idea that some man is going to come kiss [...]

Boys vs. Men

There are men, and then there are boys…
This weekend two boys (who shall remain unnamed) where sitting in my kitchen. I was hosting a mini after hours thing. So, I popped a pizza in the oven.
“I’m running outside, keep an eye on the pizza, okay?”
“What? What are we supposed to look for?” one of them [...]

Thou Shalt Always…

let the woman choose the first spot for a blind date.
Sorry, David (a.k.a. Dad’s House, the adorable single daddy blogger) I can’t resist using you as an example of what not to do when arranging a blind date with a woman you met online. Believe me, I’ve made worse dating mistakes, but your case is [...]