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Tit for Tat Coparenting

Posted on October 22nd, 2009 | 8 comments

There’s give and take in every relationship, whether you’re dating, married, or divorced.
When you have kids, a nice goal is to share the coparenting workload.
Tit for tat.
But what happens when the tit for tat reciprocation falls flat?
Head on over to the Hot Dads blog for a look at:
Tit for Tat Coparenting
(If that pre-programmed link doesn’t [...]

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 [...]

Divorce Separation – Living Together Under One Roof

Posted on October 14th, 2009 | 25 comments

My wife and I were married for 9 years and had 2 children when we first talked about getting divorced. We’d already been through three different stints of couples counseling to address various issues. But some differences between us were irreconcilable, and we felt it was time to separate.
Ten months later, I moved out.
We lived [...]

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 [...]

Texting Goodbye to a Lover

Posted on October 7th, 2009 | 22 comments

My friend with benefits texted me: You should know I met someone interesting who wants to date. Consider me off the market for the time being.
I wasn’t too surprised. We’d been seeing each other off and on for the better part of two months. But neither one of us had felt a spark to take [...]

My First Girlfriend Post-Divorce

Posted on October 6th, 2009 | 5 comments

I thought my first serious post-divorce girlfriend was “the one”
I was wrong.
Head on over to the Hot Dads blog for a heartfelt post about dating after divorce:
My First Post-Divorce Girlfriend
Then come back and remind me to focus again on humor and sex… (or not.)

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Hotel Housekeeping – at 9am!

Posted on October 5th, 2009 | 23 comments

My kids and I were in Albuquerque this past weekend, attending the Balloon Festival. Yes, it was fun. (I’ll post pics and stories as soon as my daughter uploads photos from her camera.)
We were awake at 5am Saturday morning for the festival (which is 4am to our California bodies), and stayed up late Saturday night, [...]