by mssinglemama on July 25, 2008
After I left my ex-husband I wanted a new one. Immediately.
I had been craving intimacy with him for two years and I was finally free to find it…with anyone. I was so blinded by my own desperation that I would check every man’s left ring finger… no matter who they were. I just wanted someone. Pizza deliver drivers, mailmen, waiters, old men, young men – didn’t matter.
My friends, family and co-workers would patiently listen as I ran through play by plays of the words a crush had used in an e-mail or the phone tag we were playing. “He hasn’t called me back yet. Should I call him again anyway?” I was even annoying myself.
And then one of them, a single mom herself, gave me advice I didn’t want to hear. [click to continue…]
by mssinglemama on December 15, 2007
Five months after leaving my husband and before the divorce was even final I started dating again.
And now one year later I’m embarking on my first relationship post-divorce. Yes, it’s been one year of dating. I know that’s probably not what you want to hear, but minus a few bumps and bruises along the way it has been quite an adventure and what a prize at the end!
The most important lesson I can pass on to other dating single mamas is:
- You will inevitably kiss a few frogs before you find your prince. But to really appreciate your prince you have to have kissed those frogs. You’re not going to find him right away. Until then…try to just relax and have fun.
When I left my husband I moved in with my mother…to my hometown – a small bustling university town in the middle of nowhere. [click to continue…]
