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Single Parent Dating—Are You Afraid, or Just Being Practical?

What’s fear got to do with it, you may be asking, but let us be honest here, dating as a single parent can be a complicated and confusing thing (task, endeavor, or adventure?) We want to get it right, but we only have a limited amount of time and energy. We want to learn from past mistakes and we would really like to avoid making the same ones, but we might be trying so hard to avoid pain that we don’t even want to get back in the pool. We tell ourselves that we are just being reasonable and practical—but … Continue reading →

Single Parent Dating—Finding Shared Interests

There is an ongoing debate when it comes to dating and romance—do you look for similarities or differences? When you are a single parent who is also trying to date, time can be precious and it is hard enough to find a little time for ourselves, let alone get out there and “meet people.” A strategy that works well for many single parents is to look for shared interests—whether by meeting people at activities that we already enjoy (church, volunteer work, hobbies, etc.) or find people who like to do similar things so we have a “jumping off point” for … Continue reading →