My ex and I have a great child custody schedule for most of year. When school is in session, we each take two weekdays and alternate weekends. Summers we get the kids a month at a time. But come Thanksgiving through New Years, our holiday custody schedule truly sucks.
Basically, we alternate the Thanksgiving and Christmas [...]
When it comes to dating, distance is huge for me. I simply can’t drive more than half an hour to date a woman. I’m tethered to home by my kids, even though they’re now 12 and 16.
Female friends (in real life, and in the blogosphere) give me a hard time about this, saying there should [...]
In a heated divorce battle, child custody can be an emotionally charged subject. But once the dust settles, if the parents can put their own issues behind them and focus on the best interests of the children, the topic can become incredibly dry. In the end, it’s simply valuable information that several readers have asked [...]
Imagine you’re a single parent. You have your first free night in a week without the kids. You enjoy a nice evening date with someone you’re attracted to and have been around the block with more than once. You’re on the couch together, ignoring whatever’s on TV, engaged in some serious lip-lock, hands well beyond [...]
David Mott is a divorced single father of a teen daughter and son offering stories, tips and opinions on single parenting, coparenting children, two-home families, cooking, cocktails, self awareness - and relationships formed in an age of online dating, text messaging, and booty calls.
David Mott has appeared on ABC News Now video, CNN.com, CBS radio Los Angeles, Toronto Globe & Mail, McClatchy News syndication
Jack: The boys have been keeping me posted on their dating adventures. They certainly have better stories to tell...
WhoHasDad: Well as someone who is married to a French lady I can only agree with this post :-) It’s nice to...
dadshouse: Saint Nobody – not all women here are like that, but I’ve definitely met some that are. Like...
saint nobody: ugh, selfishness rears its unattractive head–who are these men that women like that are waiting...
Nicki: Don’t worry. You’re not getting older, you’re simply getting wiser. You are aging just... dadshouse: Saint Nobody – online dating stopped working for me when I turned 40, for the reasons you describe.... saint nobody: btw david, re: the concept of someone “molding” their partner–this is not good at... saint nobody: i’m a little sensitive about the age thing right now because i’ve started going back to...
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