Solitary Mama » Kid Relationships

Single Mother Advice: Please Stop With the Whinery

Solitary Mama — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 04:25:47 +0000

I don’t know why, but it bugs me quite a bit to mention that I am a single mother. For one, it’s like advertising my singleness and it immediately attracts all kinds of fruity loop do-gooders that think they can rescue me and my daughter simply because they are male.

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How to Pick a BFF

Solitary Mama — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:03:58 +0000

Me: Who is your best friend at school?

DD: Mr. S, Miss B. and Mr. I. But most of all, Mr. S.

Me: Really? Why Mr. S most of all?

DD: Because he smells good. I can smell him when he walks by.

Because this is how we all should choose our best friends, right? [...]

When We Loved Everyone

Solitary Mama — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:14:32 +0000

My daughter has a habit of telling every person she knows that she loves them. Nice, huh? I didn’t think it was a big deal until she started Kindergarten and has been making pictures and letters to her friends (girl and boy) that always include I love you somewhere on the page. Her teacher has [...]