LUST: Damned if You Give Into it, Damned if You Don’t

Submitted by Delaine
As my divorced girlfriend Amy told me about a recent first date she went on, she was practically squealing.  For not only was her date smart, funny and gentlemanly, she was very sexually attracted to him.  “I kept having to tell myself to stop staring at his lips,” she laughed.  “My mind kept flashing with scenes of us getting naked!”  [...]

Rocky Balboa’s Got Nothing On Single Moms!

 
Submitted by Delaine
I’m writing this article with the theme song of the movie Rocky playing in my mind.  For at this very moment, I don’t just feel like Delaine The Divorced Mother who raises her three kids 95% of the time on her own with no help.  No no -  I am a champion; my feet [...]

Guys, Don’t Hate Her Cause She Has Dated Younger Men

Submitted by Delaine
As I read through his lengthy profile on the dating site, I found myself laughing out loud.  It was written with such good humor that I assumed THIS line was too: 
“What I don’t like:
1) Women who date younger men in the hopes of hiding from the fact they are OLD.
2) Women who judge me cause [...]

What Kind Of Man Wants ‘Serious’ With A Single Mom?

Submitted by Delaine
So I broke up with someone last week – a single dad of two.   He’s the first man I’ve gone out with since divorcing that I contemplated getting serious with whatsoever.  But even though we got along brilliantly, even though he said he was crazy about me, one main thing deterred his interest: the fact [...]

Ladies, how do you reply to married men on dating sites?

Submitted by Delaine
Oh, the wild and wacky world of e-dating.  You’d think that by now, I’d be used to the insanity of it having been on and off sites for almost three years.  But THIS message, just in,  STILL caught me off guard:
Hi gorgeous!  You are one fine looking lady, phew! lol.  Where do you want [...]

FLASHING WARNING: Separated Men

I avoid dating separated men like the plague.  Call it discrimination if you want.  I call it smart.  Cause yeah, I’ve met and/or dated a bunch of them since I got separated.  And without fail, they’ve fallen into one of the following five following ‘wounded’ categories.
 
1:  The Over-Compensator.  This injured man is perhaps the [...]

30 Years Ago Would YOU Have Had The Courage To Divorce?

Submitted by Delaine
In the year 2000, my mom and Dad got divorced. He left my then 57-year-old mom for another woman. But this wasn’t the first time he’d cheated – his philanderings had begun back in the 70s.
“Why didn’t leave him way back then?” I recently asked my mom. “Don’t you wish you had?”
“Delaine, it [...]

Friends With Benefits: A Myth, A Rarity, Or Matter of Luck?

Submitted by Delaine
Over a two years ago, when my best friend Hali and I found ourselves newly separated and back out in the dating trenches, we kept hearing the term “Friends With Benefits.”   We both liked the sound of it and decided it was something we wanted.  After all, we weren’t ready for serious, but we wanted to have sex.  Thus [...]

How To Meet Men: Maybe Rent A Fancy Car?

Submitted by Delaine
Further to Cathy’s list of top ten places to meet men, I want to top it off with one more – one that was inspired by a little story my married girlfriend Sue told me last weekend:
You see, Sue’s SUV was in the shop undergoing repairs. Consequently,  she ended up having to drive her husband’s BMW for the [...]

The Male Wound & Why They Act Like Pigs

Submitted by Delaine
So I’m becoming less judgmental and more open to men – and it has taken me a few years to get to here since divorcing  (better late than never, right?).   But after watching the movie, The Ugly Truth, and seeing how underneath Gerard’s Butler piggish character was a wounded man with a big [...]

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