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Single Parent Life – Stories, Tips, Advice

Posted on November 17th, 2009 | 16 comments

A friend recently asked why my single parent blog covers such wide-ranging topics. Of course, there are single parenting tips and advice about divorce separation, co-parenting with an ex, raising children in a two-home family, child custody agreements. There are sexy and funny stories about dating after divorce. Like any blog, Dad’s House is an [...]

Is Divorce a Crime? David Brooks Might Think So

Posted on October 21st, 2009 | 21 comments

I recently had the pleasure of hearing New York Times Op-Ed columnist David Brooks speak in Silicon Valley as part of the Celebrity Forum Speaker Series. Let me just say – I was shocked at some of the things David Brooks said about divorce.
Or rather, things he didn’t say about divorce… I’ll explain in a [...]

When a Single Parent and Child Both Get Sick

Posted on October 20th, 2009 | 18 comments

My son came down with a fever this past weekend. Stuffy nose, tired, achy. He had a mixture of cold and flu symptoms. No fun for him, at all.
When Monday hit, he was still sick. No problem, I work from home. He could recuperate all day under my care.
Except for one thing – I was [...]

Single Parent Dating Takes Patience

Posted on October 8th, 2009 | 18 comments

For privacy reasons, I tend not to blog about relationships I’m actively involved in. As such, Dad’s House readers get a skewed view of my single parent dating life. I blog about hookups gone awry, lovers texting goodbye, funny sexy stories, and date-stacking flakes who bail before the first date.
My single parent love life isn’t [...]

Jon and Kate Gosselin – Is it Fair to Blog About Them?

Posted on August 26th, 2009 | 22 comments

After I was interviewed and quoted by CNN for a single dad’s opinion about Jon and Kate Gosselin, I asked and answered this question on my blog: where do Jon and Kate live? In denial.
My feeling was that Jon and Kate hadn’t even started processing the painful junk from their divorce, and it served no [...]

A Woman Walked Out on Me in a Bar

Posted on August 25th, 2009 | 55 comments

I was recently at a restaurant bar with a single mom friend, catching up over drinks. (I tried dating her a few summers back, and the chemistry wasn’t there for more than friendship.)
We were sharing stories about our current dating prospects when the bartender interrupted our conversation.
“I’m sorry, I don’t mean to eavesdrop,” he said [...]

A Single Mom and Her Super Cute Daughter

Posted on August 17th, 2009 | 28 comments

This past weekend, I hooked up for lunch with single mom blogger Mindy from Single Mom Says. Mindy was vacationing in San Francisco, along with her 4-year-old daughter. No, it wasn’t that sort of hookup. We ate lunch, hit the beach, ate chocolate. (Though, judging by the way some women react to chocolate, maybe it [...]