Imagine you’re divorced with 50-50 custody during the week. For custody on holidays and long weekends, the kids go with one parent or the other. So if your ex got the kids for Memorial Day weekend this year, you get the kids for Labor Day weekend. It might not be a perfect approach, but it [...]
Whether you’re married or divorced, take this one question relationship test: who picked your wedding cake?
According to wedding planner Samantha Goldberg in an article she wrote for Cosmo, when the bride chooses the cake, it’s a sign she’s too controlling, and the couple may very well end up getting divorced.
The general concept sort of makes [...]
As a divorced dad with half-time custody, I was on my own for Mother’s Day weekend. That’s as it should be, since my kids were celebrating the holiday with their mom. (I made sure they had gifts for her, and I called to wish her well on the day.)
The rest of my weekend? You’d think [...]
I admit it – I’ve come down with a case of wedding band envy. And it’s not because I want to melt down some gold ring to pay this month’s mortgage. I’m simply thinking there’s aspects to coupledom that seem pretty darn good.
Dad’s House is holding court at the Silicon Valley Moms Blog today, with [...]
I have a love affair with California’s central coast. Beautiful beaches, great weather, nice people, family nearby. Someday, I’d like to live there. Only problem – I’m a divorced single dad with half-time custody, and my kids have deep roots in the Bay Area. I’m stuck here.
If I were to move away, California courts would [...]
When you’re having marital problems and you find a pre-paid cell phone hidden in your wife’s belongings, and the phone is full of sexy I love you text messages, Dad’s House readers tend to agree – there’s a discreet affair going on, the marriage is over, pack your bags, freeze your financial assets, and run [...]
Before we get to the sexy text messages (if you want them right away, scroll down) – imagine you’re married with children, and things haven’t been going so great with your spouse. Sexy is a memory. You figure it’s the sort of rough patch any couple goes through in an LTR. Who knows? Maybe some [...]
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
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