Wealthy Single Mommy - Page 4 of 15 - The business of building a rich family -- all by yourself

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Posted on: 03-8-2013 With: 2 Comments Posted by: Emma
WTF Friday: Can I be divorced AND the mom I always dreamed of being?
In this weekly feature I answer your personal finance questions. Dear Emma, WTF?! I’ve been separated and now divorced for three years. My daughter is 7, and I feel like I’m in crisis. Before she was born I launched a freelance marketing business with …
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Posted on: 03-6-2013 With: 8 Comments Posted by: Emma
Single moms need to get their fat asses in shape
The necessity for single moms to get your fat asses in shape is far greater than the general public. Three things made me recognize this fact this past week: 1. I read “The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food” in the New York Times. The story …
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Posted on: 03-3-2013 With: 27 Comments Posted by: Emma
Let’s stop celebrating wedding anniversaries
Who doesn’t love media stories of the wrinkled up couple celebrating their 83rd wedding anniversary? I don’t! No, of course I really do. Because like you, I tell myself that they were so happy all those years! They were each other’s champion and confidant …
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Posted on: 02-26-2013 With: 25 Comments Posted by: Emma
What if your failed marriage was really a success?
I have a story that used to be a confession. On the day I got married I wore a pretty, silk white off-the-rack evening gown (because that’s the kind of no-fuss bride I was!), and my mom (again, irreverent!) escorted me to my groom-in-waiting. …
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Posted on: 02-25-2013 With: 7 Comments Posted by: Emma
Why women feel sexier after divorce
There is something amazing and magical that happens when women divorce. They get beautiful. And they get horny. It’s no coincidence these two things go hand-in-hand. Or that they follow divorce. No matter how contentious or acrimonious or downright explosively miserable the end of your …
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Posted on: 02-24-2013 With: 10 Comments Posted by: Emma
Single moms shouldn’t wait to introduce their boyfriends to the kids
My BFF SMILF Morghan Richardson and I both had a bad reaction to a recent Huffington Post article discouraging single parents from rushing into introducing a potential mate to the kids. She is a fellow single mom to two preschoolers, and a divorce lawyer and …
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Posted on: 02-21-2013 With: 26 Comments Posted by: Emma
Single dads are better dads (and control freak moms ruin fatherhood)
A couple of weeks ago Thomas Matlack wrote on the New York Times’ Motherlode blog about how hitting rock bottom and losing his marriage made him stop drinking and be a better dad. I’ve seen many times how divorce has made men better fathers – …
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Posted on: 02-19-2013 With: 11 Comments Posted by: Emma
Single moms need gigolos
If I had a nickel for every time I said, “We don’t whine in this family!” I could afford to hire gigolo for a few hours. This guy wouldn’t pole dance or get freaky on me. He’d give me a goddamn hug and cook me …

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