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Mark Sanford, Eliot Spitzer, Gavin Newsom – Move Over!

Posted on June 26th, 2009 | 23 comments

Forget the Jon and Kate divorce indiscretions – there have been some crazy affairs going on with politicians of late.
South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford secretly left for Argentina to have a cry-fest with his secret lover. (Seems his wife knew about his mistress 5 months ago… huh? You can’t make this stuff up!) Upon returning [...]

Get Divorced!

Posted on June 2nd, 2009 | 31 comments

I was out on the town drinking gin and tonics the other night, when I chatted up two women at the bar. One was a little older than me, the other a little younger. They were fun, flirty, in a good mood.
Until they found out I’m divorced.
They turned deadly serious. “We’re both going through divorces [...]

A Happy Couple

Posted on March 13th, 2009 | 18 comments

As a divorced single parent, I sometimes forget that I used to be part of a happy healthy couple. Even though we split up nine years ago, I still have plenty of fond memories from our marriage. Our time together wasn’t all bad. Far from it.
Remember my Swiss fondue story? That happened during my marriage. [...]

Discreet Affair

Posted on January 14th, 2009 | 41 comments

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 [...]

Premarital Sex and the Single Parent

Posted on December 16th, 2008 | 16 comments

A pundit from the Lasting Marriage University suggests that premarital sex is a major no-no. I won’t argue with any moral stance the author takes; after all, we all subscribe to different religions and philosophies. But the blog post gets into Shakespeare quotes, libraries versus bookstores, and suggests it’s human nature that we all should [...]

Failed Marriage or Success?

Posted on August 26th, 2008 | 21 comments

Divorce is the culmination of a failed marriage. Right? I mean, marriage is forever, and not getting to forever must have meant you screwed up. Um, not always. Rather than failed marriage, divorce can mean success.
Some background – Kat Wilder recently wrote an insightful, passionate piece about the negative view society has toward divorced families. [...]

Backyard Leads to Love Pondering

Posted on July 16th, 2008 | 3 comments

David Mott is on vacation this week, but he left the keys to Dad’s House with some of his favorite bloggers (they’re behaving, right?). Today Laila, the sexy author of Lulu Notewordy, relaxes in the backyard and ponders love…
I was sitting on Dadshouse’s patio(not really) and thinking about the differences between men and women. [...]