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Posted on: 05-12-2013 With: 4 Comments Posted by: Emma
Can two straight single moms build a modern family together?

My best SMILF Morghan and I discussed buying a multifamily home together, and reaping the financial, logistical and emotional benefits afforded married couples. Do you think this arrangement could work? Morghan: Would it be so crazy if we bought a house and moved in together? …
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Posted on: 04-22-2013 With: 4 Comments Posted by: Emma
On the single mom to-do list: Hang out with adults

The demands on single moms’ time and emotional resources are far greater than many other demographics, and our financial resources – at least initially following a divorce – are far less. Which means we need to be as efficient as possible. It took me a …
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Posted on: 04-14-2013 With: 5 Comments Posted by: Emma
I hug my kids too much because I’m lonely

“I make Spencer hug me more than he wants to. He has to make up for his mom not getting any.” –Helen Hunt’s single-mom character, Carol, in As Good As It Gets Before I go to bed, I sneak into my kids’ room and give …
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Posted on: 02-6-2013 With: 7 Comments Posted by: Emma
Part 3 – No excuse single mom dating series: “Dating is selfish and takes me away from my kids.”

In this five-part series, I listen patiently to the reasons you think that single motherhood keeps you back from dating. Then I tell you why they’re bullshit excuses. More in this series: Excuse 1: No man wants to have sex with my post-baby body. …
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Posted on: 01-23-2013 With: 13 Comments Posted by: Emma
Facebook is my babydaddy

I don’t have a husband. I have Facebook. As a single mom, there are lots and lots of things that I can handle really, really well. I run the house, make all the meals (mostly from scratch, I’m proud to say). I own a small …
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Posted on: 01-8-2013 With: 5 Comments Posted by: Emma
No. 1 thing I DON’T want to talk about: My kids

When I hang out with my girlfriends, we have a fantastic time. We talk about our careers, I tell them about who I’m dating. I listen to their stories about guys or the (often devastating) complexities of their marriages, and we cover our aging parents, …
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Posted on: 12-28-2012 With: 9 Comments Posted by: Emma
The benefits of dating single dads

I recently went out a couple of times with a single dad whose daughter happens to be the same age as mine. We spent our first date talking about our kids and the challenges of parenting — and realizing we have a lot in common. …
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Posted on: 12-27-2012 With: 2 Comments Posted by: Emma
A single mom by any other name is an … um … er … uh …

When I was in college we had this very sexy and elegant professor who had been the longtime chief foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune (again, me and the glamorous men!). All the girls loved him even though he was a million years old, and …

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