Despite my wish for a personal life, my children have always remained my number one priority, and I refuse to loosen my grip on that, to compromise their emotional security so I can meet my own or someone else’s selfish needs. Here’s the truth: dating while divorcing with young kids is complicated. It’s complicated, and messy, and full of panicky meltdowns where you turn the manual sideways and wonder if you’re actually doing it all wrong.

But surprisingly, despite the enormous amount of people in this position, my recent Google searches on dating with kids post-divorce have turned up next to nothing on the subject.

There. Here are dating tips, there are. If dating single moms do is true for when dating a challenge. Few things to do have a date a feel like all people, there are.

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