Dating a hairy guy?

Last winter, Rachel from Single Mom Seeking briefly dated a guy who was on the hairy side (hey, it was winter time, and cold!). She realized that although a bit of hair on a guy’s chest and back is sexy, lots of hair — we’re talking fur — is NOT. When she asked women if [...]

Do you need to move?

Rachel at Single Mom Seeking has been writing about moving to a new home. While her daughter is handling the situation smoothly, Rachel is stressed. We know many of you have recently moved, or are in the process of moving. Some of you are selling your homes. Some of you are moving because of lousy [...]

US Supreme Court’s Sonia Sotomayor raised by single mom

When we heard that President Barack Obama had selected Sonia Sotomayor as the newest Supreme Court nominee, we emailed each other right away with shrieks of joy. We’re very proud of the fact that Sonia was raised by a single mother. We got emotional when Judge Sotomayer talked about her mom: “I stand on the [...]

How do you deal with an absent parent?

“Why doesn’t he call?” When Solo Mother‘s son recently asked his mom about his absent dad, our hearts dropped. We understand. We know firsthand how much strength, maturity, and compassion it takes to soothe and comfort your kids when they ask about the absent parent. In her recent post, Solo Mother’s little guy confronted her [...]

Different functional? We love it.

We’re always on the look out for children’s books that address our families, and we’re very excited about this new find: Author Lori Hillard once searched, like us, for a book to share with her young son about the real changes in their family life after his parents’ divorce. Lori found the usual teddy bears [...]

Help! Our kids don’t get along

A single mom with a toddler son recently contacted us for advice about this dating dilemma. “I met this wonderful single dad a few months ago at a family event sponsored by the food bank for which we both volunteer. We’re now dating exclusively. And we’re very happy, except for this one issue: Both of [...]

Why is clutter is the enemy of great sex?

Is your kitchen table heaped with junk mail? Do you have a jumble of old newspapers or magazines … or piles of dirty laundry? What’s up with those dead houseplants in your kitchen? If you’re wondering what clutter has to do with sex, The Sanity Fairy™ will tell you: Clutter is the enemy of great [...]

When should a love interest read your blog?

When do you let someone you’re dating read your blog? A single mom blogger whom we admire a lot — C. from Running Leap – recently wrote to us with this dilemma: “I started seeing someone and he knows that I blog, but I haven’t shared the link with him,” she began. “He knows I [...]

Tweeting for love

For the record, Twitter didn’t grab our attention right away. After all — or so we thought — it’s enough to keep up with the minutiae of our own lives. Who needs to get bogged down with meaningless trivia from a host of strangers? Soon enough, however, we noticed that tweeting while dating had become [...]

Is your ex a playmate or a parent?

Thanks to Kristin from Singlemomatwork for recently highlighting a co-parenting issue that plagues many of us. Kristin hit on a sensitive topic that we’ve heard many of you bring up here: your ex’s parenting style is very different from yours. You name it, but neither of you see eye-to-eye on: Kid-appropriate movies (Is your toddler [...]

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