Single parent families and dating

In fact, I know I will meet someone special one day.

Someone who understands that being a mum will always come first, but that I also want and deserve an exciting social and sex life as much as anyone who doesn’t have kids.

That’s another part of hook-ups I’ve found difficult – someone who isn’t the father of my child (and therefore has no obligation to be kind) seeing my body.

WHEN I told Tom*, a guy I was dating, that I didn’t want to see him any more as we ‘wanted different things’, he probably thought I meant marriage and commitment.

You know, the things women are so unimaginatively accused of wanting more than men?

And while I obviously ditched the dating sites while I was seeing Jack, I’m now on the verge of reactivating my profiles.

However, that initial burst of optimism has worn off – is it really worth dipping my toe in the water again?