Alright, I've definitely learned a lot about myself over the years. First of all, I am a mom to the core. Always have been. I'm nicknamed Mama/Mama Bear for a reason. LOL It's all good, I live up to it nicely.

But I'm finding that being a single mother is tough. I want to get out and meet people. (Or at least try to.) I'm new to the dating scene. One of the things I'm curious about is whether other people find it hard to find partners also, as single parents. (Men or women can answer!)

I know that (often) guys are put off by kids. (This depends on their mental/emotional age, mind you, I'm not generalizing here! :) ) Women aren't (usually) as put off by kids.

But, when one is a single parent... How do you get into the dating scene? How do I know that this is really the right thing to do?

When in doubt, stay home...

u r right

lol... I stay home a lot more than I'd like to. I love my children to death and would never trade them for anything. But, something that parents tend to forget is that WE, as parents, have to take care of ourselves too. Which means we need to find ways to connect with other people, get out of the house, etc. It's vital to our mental/emotional/physical health. The hard part is finding ways to connect that don't require a lot of money in the current economy. lol

I think the older you get women aren't as put off by children, people in their early twenties like me though. Near impossible lol. I don't date. My parents divorced at a young age though and honestly dating for them was pretty easy. I think the fact that one had me one week and the other had me the next helped out a lot. All I can really say is when you get into the whole dating thing let them know you're a mom. Easiest thing you can do. The very few times I have dated I have been very open about being a mom, I'm open about being a lesbian too... Now I mean. Online dating is big now though, not 100% the safest thing but nothing is really 100% safe anymore. The biggest thing to worry about would be bringing the person you are seeing into your child or children's lives too soon.

How are you dear

I have no idea.. but best of luck

ya know I see younger parents with small kids who do not seem to have any issues with dating..they hire a sitter and off they go..




I wonder sometimes if it's an age thing ..older, wiser
more prone to just do the mom thing and we get really picky