My last Therapy Thursday post discussed my brother moving in with us and how his presence has changed the dynamics of our mini-household. It got me thinking, oh, who am I kidding, I have been thinking about this for a long time, that I should start dating again.
And then I think, good grief, I sound like a badly written Jennifer Aniston or Katherine Heigl romantic comedy but without the requisite handsome co-star that I will end up at the conclusion of the movie.
Of course, the issue is not so much beginning, it’s when do you introduce the guy to your child. I got into a discussion with fellow single moms singlemamanyc.com and momdelicious.blogspot about this and we all agreed that in no way would we introduce “the guy we are dating” until it was a sure thing. Because the one thing children need is stability and consistency, having a man be a part of your life and then be gone a few weeks or months later will have repercussions you will have to live with forever. My therapist agreed. So even though I won’t like lying about my evening dates, it really is in the best interest of my daughter’s psyche.
Now I just have to actually begin. The liklihood is that I will have to date a lot of George Constanzas before I get it right. If you have any tips, I am all ears. P.S. I will not be writing about dating again on this site as one day, my daughter will be able to access this site, and I can only imagine the reaction of tween/teenager then.
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I don’t know this firsthand, but from certain updates I have seen on my Facebook news feed, I would suggest that friending a guy you’re dating should actually happen after he’s met your child, if not actually after he’s proposed.