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December 10, 2007
Single Parent Online Dating Difficulty
Being a single parent is no easy feat these days. It's even more difficult when you start to feel like you might want to go on some dates. For myself, most of my evenings are spent making sure that dinner is ready, dishes are done and homework is completed. Sure, there are single parent, online dating services, but it's difficult to find the time to get involved with anyone. It's not a complaint, it's just a fact. I wouldn't change my life for anything, but it would still be nice to have some time to go out on a date a little more often than I'm able to now.
I'm sure that there are single rich men out there who have absolutely no idea what I'm talking about. I've been a single parent for so long that I don't remember what it was like before. Going out on weeknights is definitely a thing of the past and the rare times that I have a weekend to myself, I'm generally just catching up on cleaning that I wasn't able to do during the week.
Don't get me wrong, the kids help out as much as they can, but I don't want to leave my good clothes to be washed by a 13 year-old who doesn't care as much about how my clothes turn out as I do. Besides, what kind of kid wants to spend time cleaning anyway? I'm a big believer in letting kids be kids for as long as possible. That's not to say that I'm letting them do whatever they want and not teaching them anything about responsibility. It's just that I'm trying to let them have some fun before they reach the point in their lives, like I have, where they have to be more dedicated to responsibilities.
I've often thought of trying to date wealthy women who have enough money to take care of me and fix all my problems. I'm a realist, though, and I know that life just is the way it is and we all have to deal with it the best we can. Being a 'kept man' is just going to have its own set of problems.
For the time being, I'll just stick to the little amount of single parent online dating that I'm able to do. Besides, before I know it, those kids will be out of the house and raising their own families and I want to spend as much time with them as I possibly can in the meantime.
Posted by MarkJohn at December 10, 2007 2:28 AM
