Single Mom Dating- The Internet And Boundaries

As if trying to meet and find the time to date someone isn't hard enough, along comes "Internet Dating." While it seems like an ideal way for two people to learn about each other and get to know each other before investing actual dates, the Internet has removed so many of the traditional boundaries of acceptable courtship, that this single mom has begun to wonder if it's even worth it to bother

To Hope Or Not To Hope

I find myself at a crossroads. I want someone in my life. I don't want to subject my kids to a stepfather, or worse, another man who may or may not be there forever. I can't compartmentalize my entire life. That would be fair to no one at all. The kids deserve a real father figure in their lives. And not this 'part-time' joint custody bullshit that our society has come to accept as 'just

I've put up with a lot of SH*T

*Sigh. I must admit, I am tired. Exhausted, in fact. I feel like I'm banging my head against a wall most days. Trying to take a stand for what I know is right, yet, each day, with every word I utter, I am met with stubborn defiance about the subject of broken families. Despite research that supports my belief that couples need to learn to work out their problems instead of breaking the home

When does it END?

When we last left the ongoing saga of 'As The Stomach Turns- The Story of the Deadbeat Dad" his mother and I had supposedly agreed that she could 'see' the kids. Now suddenly, it's 'the weekend.' And if I don't let her have them for the whole weekend, she won't see them at all, and he won't pay child support. I let her have them plenty during the month that we were up there, but that was