Comments on: Single Mom Dating a Single Dad – A Month Between Dates? http://dadshouseblog.com/2009/03/17/single-mom-dating-a-single-dad-a-month-between-dates/ Single Parent Dating, Raising Children, Parenting Teens Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:28:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: bootiehead http://dadshouseblog.com/2009/03/17/single-mom-dating-a-single-dad-a-month-between-dates/comment-page-1/#comment-22589 bootiehead Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:06:09 +0000 http://dadshouseblog.com/?p=5367#comment-22589 I'm a single mom of a teen and was dating a single dad with 2 teens. It wasn't his kids nor mine that had any issues but we also haven't seen each other for a month. He got distant after 5 months because he thinks his job will take him away and didn't want to uproot me and my daughter. Doesn't he know I'd be mobile with my job...but didn't even discuss it with me. So now my daughter hears from her friends that her boyfriend is also thinking about breaking up. The men in our lives continue to disappoint us and we continue to console each other. I know there are good men out there dads or otherwise...but just not running across them in our path. I’m a single mom of a teen and was dating a single dad with 2 teens. It wasn’t his kids nor mine that had any issues but we also haven’t seen each other for a month. He got distant after 5 months because he thinks his job will take him away and didn’t want to uproot me and my daughter. Doesn’t he know I’d be mobile with my job…but didn’t even discuss it with me. So now my daughter hears from her friends that her boyfriend is also thinking about breaking up. The men in our lives continue to disappoint us and we continue to console each other. I know there are good men out there dads or otherwise…but just not running across them in our path.

]]> By: lynn http://dadshouseblog.com/2009/03/17/single-mom-dating-a-single-dad-a-month-between-dates/comment-page-1/#comment-22282 lynn Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:43:36 +0000 http://dadshouseblog.com/?p=5367#comment-22282 I should clarify: he's not recently divorced. He was divorced 17 years ago. His ex wife cheated on him and remarried to her lover. He seems to have had few long term relationships since? I wish there were a manual or guide to divorced men that would profile all the different types so I will know what kind of treatment to expect, and can avoid the dicier types. I know enough to know I should avoid the recently divorced men, I have no intention of being anybody's "rebound". I am ready to settle down and start my own family (I've been ready for years, but I just haven't found anyone yet). My bf says he wants another child, in fact he brought up marriage and kids on the first date, while we were waiting to be seated at the restaurant where we met (it was an online/blind date). So, no doubt in my mind we are want the same things, I just don't know how to move things forward? It feels really abnormal not to see him at all for weeks or even months at a time. Is there any chance I could find a normal bf/gf relationship with a divorced dad? I should clarify: he’s not recently divorced. He was divorced 17 years ago. His ex wife cheated on him and remarried to her lover. He seems to have had few long term relationships since? I wish there were a manual or guide to divorced men that would profile all the different types so I will know what kind of treatment to expect, and can avoid the dicier types. I know enough to know I should avoid the recently divorced men, I have no intention of being anybody’s “rebound”. I am ready to settle down and start my own family (I’ve been ready for years, but I just haven’t found anyone yet). My bf says he wants another child, in fact he brought up marriage and kids on the first date, while we were waiting to be seated at the restaurant where we met (it was an online/blind date). So, no doubt in my mind we are want the same things, I just don’t know how to move things forward? It feels really abnormal not to see him at all for weeks or even months at a time. Is there any chance I could find a normal bf/gf relationship with a divorced dad?

]]> By: lynn http://dadshouseblog.com/2009/03/17/single-mom-dating-a-single-dad-a-month-between-dates/comment-page-1/#comment-22281 lynn Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:37:31 +0000 http://dadshouseblog.com/?p=5367#comment-22281 I've never been married, but I'm 41 and so I am awkwardly navigating the divorced-guy/divorced-dad scene. I met a guy I am very attracted to last April. He has full custody of his two teenaged sons. One goes to college out of state and the other attends high school at a boarding school. My divorced bf is military (semi-retired he says) and self-employed. I understand he's busy, but is it too much to ask that he find the time to see me just once a week? His kids are grown, and he definitely wants exclusivity. Tips/advice for this single girl who doesn't want to stay single? I really like this guy, but I haven't seen him since August, he seldom calls, and the last time I talked to him on the phone he was upset with me for placing a new personal ad on Craigslist. Yet, he still can't find the time to see me, even after I agreed to delete my ad? Also, I am at this point practically begging him to sleep with me, and he hasn't even found the time to do that?!?!? We've known each other for months, that's plenty of time to think it over... I just don't get it. *sigh* I’ve never been married, but I’m 41 and so I am awkwardly navigating the divorced-guy/divorced-dad scene. I met a guy I am very attracted to last April. He has full custody of his two teenaged sons. One goes to college out of state and the other attends high school at a boarding school. My divorced bf is military (semi-retired he says) and self-employed. I understand he’s busy, but is it too much to ask that he find the time to see me just once a week? His kids are grown, and he definitely wants exclusivity. Tips/advice for this single girl who doesn’t want to stay single? I really like this guy, but I haven’t seen him since August, he seldom calls, and the last time I talked to him on the phone he was upset with me for placing a new personal ad on Craigslist. Yet, he still can’t find the time to see me, even after I agreed to delete my ad? Also, I am at this point practically begging him to sleep with me, and he hasn’t even found the time to do that?!?!? We’ve known each other for months, that’s plenty of time to think it over… I just don’t get it. *sigh*

]]> By: El Boggie http://dadshouseblog.com/2009/03/17/single-mom-dating-a-single-dad-a-month-between-dates/comment-page-1/#comment-22234 El Boggie Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:35:57 +0000 http://dadshouseblog.com/?p=5367#comment-22234 Im enjoying. Im recently divorced and am encited about getting back on the dating seen. Don't know if Im really interested in a relationship this soon, I want to take it a little slow but on the other hand a good friend would be nice. someone to share a good lunch with or a few laughs Im enjoying. Im recently divorced and am encited about getting back on the dating seen. Don’t know if Im really interested in a relationship this soon, I want to take it a little slow but on the other hand a good friend would be nice. someone to share a good lunch with or a few laughs

]]> By: datingadad? http://dadshouseblog.com/2009/03/17/single-mom-dating-a-single-dad-a-month-between-dates/comment-page-1/#comment-21626 datingadad? Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:39:52 +0000 http://dadshouseblog.com/?p=5367#comment-21626 Thanks David, had a talk about the issue. Nope, I'm sadly, just a FWB, and steering the conversation into that direction just resulted in him with-drawing from me. I'm heart-broken, but such is life. Love your blog though. Thanks David, had a talk about the issue. Nope, I’m sadly, just a FWB, and steering the conversation into that direction just resulted in him with-drawing from me. I’m heart-broken, but such is life.
Love your blog though.

]]> By: dadshouse http://dadshouseblog.com/2009/03/17/single-mom-dating-a-single-dad-a-month-between-dates/comment-page-1/#comment-21566 dadshouse Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:08:03 +0000 http://dadshouseblog.com/?p=5367#comment-21566 Flurgy - if there were multiple women for me to date, believe me I would date them. And I have dated multiple women at once in the past. http://dadshouseblog.com/2008/04/29/how-to-date-four-women-at-once/ These days, finding one woman to date is hard enough. Dating for a middle-aged divorced dad in the suburbs isn't that easy. I don't have tons of dating options. In my 20s I could walk into a club, make eyes with some hottie, get her number, and that was that. In my 40s? With kids? Wish it were that easy. Flurgy – if there were multiple women for me to date, believe me I would date them. And I have dated multiple women at once in the past. http://dadshouseblog.com/2008/04/29/how-to-date-four-women-at-once/

These days, finding one woman to date is hard enough. Dating for a middle-aged divorced dad in the suburbs isn’t that easy. I don’t have tons of dating options. In my 20s I could walk into a club, make eyes with some hottie, get her number, and that was that. In my 40s? With kids? Wish it were that easy.

]]> By: Flurgy http://dadshouseblog.com/2009/03/17/single-mom-dating-a-single-dad-a-month-between-dates/comment-page-1/#comment-21561 Flurgy Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:22:32 +0000 http://dadshouseblog.com/?p=5367#comment-21561 Why in the world aren't you dating multiple women? Why in the world aren’t you dating multiple women?

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