Is this a man or a fix-up project?

We’ve gotten a bunch of eerily similar e-mails in the last week or so. Here’s a sample:

One newly divorced single mom is perplexed about her boyfriend who exclusively devours fast food.
A motivated choice mom of two preschoolers wrote us about her boyfriend’s perilously spiraling debt.
Another single mom is worried about the terrible fights her boyfriend [...]

Do you ever stop being a single mom?

Recently at Single Mom Seeking, Rachel posted about the number of single parent bloggers who have fallen in love.
Your responses were fascinating — and we’d love to continue the conversation here. In fact, you might have heard the recent news about this one single mom we greatly admire: Kristin, the single mom blogger at [...]

To the married moms who envy us: how about a truce?

When “my babies” were growing up I realized that the harshest critics of “singlemommyhood” were often married moms (ouch!).
I’ll never forget the one mom who always seemed to work something about my divorce into our playground conversations.
Her comments went something like this:
“Your kids are really great despite the fact that you’re divorced.”
Have you ever experienced [...]

I’m worried about my child’s future relationship choices

Solo Dad recently asked Dr. Leah this thoughtful question through Twitter:
“I wonder about my son’s future relationship choices and how they will be affected by the role his mother plays in his life.”
A bit of background here: Solo Dad has sole custody of his son, who’s in middle school.
Likely,  “wonder” means “worry”– big time.
We understand.
Here’s [...]

Giveaway contest: and the winners are…!

We recently hosted a contest with Eden Fantasys, in which we asked you:
“If you had a whole afternoon just for yourself, what would you do?”
Thank you for your creative and fun answers! We’ve chosen the winners — and here they are:
Angie from Angie’s Journal gets the “grand prize” from Good Clean Love. She’ll receive the [...]

Do you have a crush on Obama?

We do.
No, we’re not talking about a tasteless, sensual crush like Ms. Amber Lee Ettinger, a.k.a Obama Girl.
We’re talking about a real genuine admiration for Obama-The-Thinker.
You might recall when the U.S. News & World Report said that Obama “seems too good to be true” — and referred to him as “a man of consistency, character [...]

Moms of the week at Single Rose!

We want thank Tammy Jones at Single Rose for choosing us as “Moms of the Week.”
Both of us were “e-mail friends” with Tammy before we had the good fortune of meeting Tammy at a single moms “expo” at U.C. Berkeley in 2007.  It was so great to finally meet her in person!
Tammy runs [...]