http://mssinglemama.com Musings on Single Motherhood Dating, Life and Love Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:54:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I threw on my gold, slinky dress, slipped on my knee high leather boots and then topped it off with a long black wig which I'd braided earlier. Part of a group Peter Pan costume, I was Tiger Lily. "C'mon! Get yours on," I shouted to Mr. Man as I started ... http://mssinglemama.com/2008/11/18/swept/ I certainly hope not. Not that I don't believe in love or anything - I'm a huge fan of love. But fantasy ideas of finding "the one" or a "prince charming" can be reckless for your children and your self. Actually, it could save us all a lot of heartache if ... http://mssinglemama.com/2008/11/18/do-you-still-believe-in-the-one/ I am a former married single mother. Which is why I am now an unmarried single mother. The only difference - I now have half of the laundry and half of the dishes to clean. Seriously. When your husband contributes very little around the house, when you're the one driving the kids ... http://mssinglemama.com/2008/11/16/the-married-single-mom/ I'm frantically packing. I've been planning this weekend's trip since... oh, Monday. But I waited to pack until tonight. Smart. Tomorrow morning Benjamin, Mr. Man and I are headed down to Kan-Tuck-Ee (I love saying it like that) to visit Morgan (aka Modern Single Momma or, as I like to call her, ... http://mssinglemama.com/2008/11/14/big-weekend/ they fall hard. My aunt told me this years ago. The words didn't make sense to me at the time. Every man I'd ever dated had been slow to fall or reluctant to fall. I just couldn't imagine one actually falling as hard as she described, until now... "I'm crazy about you. I ... http://mssinglemama.com/2008/11/12/when-men-fall/ Both of my men (Mr. Man & Benjamin) are on my mind. For entirely different reasons, but they both have bugs. Mr. Man has the love bug, which I think I've caught as well. Definitely contagious in some cases. Benjamin has an ear bug, which I am entirely responsible for fixing. In ... http://mssinglemama.com/2008/11/12/food-for-thought/ The newspaper headlines aren't improving. We are in trouble. It seems every day a friend tells me they have or may get laid off. And last night I got an e-mail from one of you, a single mother, who rather than taking on a second job is considering moving in with her ... http://mssinglemama.com/2008/11/11/toil-and-trouble/ It's officially - official. Mr. Man and I are an item. But because even uttering the word relationship makes my arm hairs stand on end, not out of joy but out of fear - I've decided to do some research. After all, it's been years since I've been in a "real relationship" ... http://mssinglemama.com/2008/11/09/a-new-frontier/ I've finally found some words, between the haze of my viral infection - here you go... the start to the story of how I met Mr. Man. The story, as you know, is still unfolding. We met at the bar my mother and I used to frequent after my father ... http://mssinglemama.com/2008/11/07/pleased-to-meet-you/ Christine Coppa of Glamour.com's Storked! recently finished her memoir on becoming a single mother and the title? Rattled! Very appropriate, don't you think? Order your advanced copy here. Like me, Christine, was 26 when she found out she was pregnant. Three months later her boyfriend made it clear he didn't want to ... http://mssinglemama.com/2008/11/06/get-rattled/