Please don't get me wrong. I am extremely happy. I am furthering my education as I plan for a Masters program in Cultural Studies and Labour Relations. I am actively involved with a volunteer literacy program, I am a home owner and love renovating my home now and then. My sons and I share alot in life and there is always humour. I am a soccer mom as I cheer on one soccer game to another.I also recently separated from an engagement that lasted for 4 years. I am enjoying my individuality.

If there is a man who likes the same things I enjoy, Great! If not, I don't let life pass me by.

i do agree...i have a single parent for 3 years and lookin afta ma 3 yr old son..bt i dono y its always men gt blamed 4 nt taking responsibility...i think am one among many example for a proud single dad..n i'l b always for ma son..

I'm not just a single mum, I'm a single mum with an autistic child. Most of my child-free friends don't visit anymore because he tears around the house, throwing and destroying things while laughing all the while. For anyone who isn't used to it, it's incredibly unnerving. People just assume he's a bratty child and I'm a crap mum - as you can imagine, dating possibilities are near zero.

But oh well, I guess if it happens, brilliant, if not, at least I know where the batteries are.

i'm a single guy with two children,i dont shy away from single mums with kids.

I would like to say that as a single mother of three and new to this site...that the only issue I have had with my past relationship, (that just ended not too long ago) is that he (being a single father of three himself) accepted my daughter unconditionally but when it came to my boys who are interracial, he wouldn't accept them at all. He said that he never would. That is the biggest reason that we aren't together anymore. My concern is when I do start seeing someone new are they going to feel the same. I'm not as concerned about being accepted with children, I can live with the fact that some men are turned off by that and that is their right, but to not accept my children for where they came from or their ethenticity scares me more than anything in the world and it makes me afraid to enter into another relationship because that will always be in the back of my mind.

its hard enough to find a man who is willing to take us as a whole packge but when we have a child that displays behaviour problems associated with a disability such as asd and learning disabilitys (as my daughter has)even when i do meet somebody i am very reluctant to let them into our lives for the fact people are ignorant and these days empathy and compassion isn people is so very sparse!!im slowly giving up on love!!

Don't give up loubylou, just make sure you educate any man before you become too involved, that way he knows what to expect and you don't get hurt.

I know how it hurts when people look at your kids in a negative light, my 18 year old son has ADHD and my youngest 13, is borderline ADD. Peoples ignorance is what hurts you the most, but once they realise (once you've explained to them how it effects your life and the allowances you have to make) things are generally easier.
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I'm a single mum and I found that my ex just couldn't bond with my boy. I just want to be happy in my relationship and know beyond a shadow of a doubt that my child would be safe with my man if I was out. I couldn't do that with my ex.