by mssinglemama on June 30, 2008
It’s not easy to meet good men, especially for busy single moms.
I barely have time to shower, let alone go man hunting. We can’t go out three nights a week like our childless counter parts and if we do meet a man in the coffee shop, at the park or on a fluke night out we usually have to wait at least one week before we can squeeze in a date.
A single mom, so desperate for a “prince charming” (her words) is actually auctioning herself and her home off on eBay and Craigslist. The price? $500,000. Deven Trabosh, 42, has two daughters ages 14 and 21. After years of being single she’s thrown in the towel and has decided to sell herself, a bonus to buying her house in Florida.
“I’m struggling…I don’t want to lose my house and I want to find somebody. So I came up with this dream plan because I’ve always dreamt about being a fairytale princess,” she says. [click to continue…]
by mssinglemama on June 29, 2008
This was so hard! My fear this week has been trying to choose a winner of my Flatten Your Fear & Win a Flat Iron Contest.
1st Place Fear
“Will my daughter love my ex and his new family more than me?” by Pisces Hanna
Hanna won because her fear is one most of us can relate to but it’s also a fear many of us would never have the guts to write down. Here’s an excerpt for her post.
As soul-crushing and vomit-inducing as it was to hear “I just never really loved you”, it was an even bigger test to see the one whose ring you wore on your finger slide so easily into a new relationship. A relationship that involved another (younger, blonder) single mom and her two kids.
The first time all three of us met, it wasn’t pretty. He and She huddled together on the couch, blowing smoke in my direction while they looked over my parenting plan, scowling. She told him that my plan was “bullshit” and that he shouldn’t agree to it. He nodded in agreement. It was official. I hated her. [click to continue…]
by mssinglemama on June 28, 2008
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 your love life will improve.
But first … some background on how I discovered the power of dating karma – back in my wild single days I wouldn’t think twice about blowing a guy off. Never calling him back or being dishonest with him about my intentions seemed like part of the game. “All is fair in love and war,” I used to say.
I had been hurt and so I would hurt back. It seemed fair. But now I see clearly that I was a coward on many levels. I didn’t have the courage or the maturity to tell men the truth. To this day I regret the pain that my dishonesty must have caused. Because each of those men probably went out and did the same thing to a woman they were dating.
I call it dating karma.
If you are dishonest with someone, cheat on someone or lie to them – pick your poison – it eventually comes full circle. [click to continue…]
by mssinglemama on June 27, 2008
1. Julie and Zoe are on their way over. We’re headed to a music festival. Last Monday night we both went out (coincidentally our exes both have our kids on Monday nights). We were eating out when the Architect called me … and not her. I didn’t call him back and we spent most of the evening pondering why men are such idiots sometimes. But now she says she’s hooked on asking them out instead of waiting.
2. I’m flying to San Francisco for 4th of July weekend to meet three of my new blogging friends Rachel Sarah (Single Mom Seeking), Morgan Siler (i Heart Single Parents) and Jim Everson (Depot Dad). I’m freaking out with excitement to get a break, to see San Francisco again and to meet all three of them – each of whom has touched my life in so many ways through their friendships. Finally we’ll all get to meet face to face! I’ll be reporting back with some fresh videos and pictures.
3. Benjamin has flushed the toilet three times now (I’m sure my toilet paper roll died a slow death to make this post possible) and Julie just pulled up. So….
Cheers my single parents! XOXO to all of you.
P.S.
I’ll be announcing the flat iron winner Sunday night.
by mssinglemama on June 26, 2008
Just a little over 24 hours left to bring out your fears to win a $200 flat iron!
I don’t know how I’m going to pick a winner. If you haven’t read the entries, get busy. Some will make you cry, others will make you laugh. All in all, I’d say it’s been a good week for bringing out the fears.
And because we’re all clearly afraid of death I had to post this video, Monty Python and the Holy Grail – quite possibly one of the greatest movies of all time.
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Contest deadline is Friday at midnight (PST). Enter here.
