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[quote=Anonymous]I divorced at age 35 when my daughter was a baby.  Adopted another child and was a single mom with two (young) kids by age 37.  I am very average looking.  Financially sound.

I found online dating to be a real boon because any potential dates knew your situation right off the bat so avoided situations where the potential date was not OK with a single mom etc.

I dated from the time my kids were babies (including while going through the adoption).  I found lots of great men that were fine with the situation-- and were flexible with my schedule (especially with early dates being weekday lunch dates or around my preferred babysitter's schedule etc.).  Some of the men had kids, plenty were childless.

I found the hardest years to date were when my kids were tweens/young teens.  They need a lot of driving around at that age, they sleep less, are nosier and more generally aware so more explanations are needed but they are not yet mature enough to really "understand."

The only real tough time I had dating was when I had put on some significant weight....  As soon as I took that back off, I had plenty of dating opportunities.

Good luck!  Congrats from getting out of a bad situation.  I never regretted my choice to divorce or my adoption or being a mom first or dating while being a single mom.[/quote]

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