Single parent dating is like trying to buy a car and being told "You can't get a Corvette! You're a single mom. It doesn't matter how good of a driver you are, or how good you would look in the Corvette, or how much fun you would have with it. You should just settle and take what you can get. You can drive the minivan"....

I get it! My schedule's busier than most, you have to share my attention with my kids, we can't just up and leave to go on a vacation, I don't get a lot of sleep, I'm busy with kid's activities and making lunches and getting to school and daycare and work on time, I get that you don't want to raise another man's children. I also get that sometimes it's not about the kids as much as it is about the ex... But why does that make me less worthy of love than any other woman?! I just want what every woman wants. A man who will love her for who she is, unconditionally. Who will treat her like a princess, comfort her when she's upset, help with the chores and fix things. I just want someone to see me for ME, not just judge me because I have kids and pass me up without consideration. No relationship is perfect. Everyone has baggage! Mine just weighs 35lbs and 50lbs. But they are also the most amazing little people you will ever meet! They are loving and caring, have great senses of humour, and fun. What someone sees as burden, I see as an anchor. They have enriched my life more than some people will ever know. So instead of judging a single mom as being slutty and made bad choices and got knocked up, or is desperate, or whatever else it is that scares guys so darn much maybe you should see her for the strong, beautiful, independent, hardworking WOMAN she is. Why do my kids have to define me? Why don't I deserve what every other woman does just because my marriage didn't work out? Was I supposed to stay with an emotionally abusive man just because it was either that or be alone for the rest of my life?! Be thankful I'm the confident, determined, persistent person I am... But you wouldn't know that because you're too busy labelling.

I know there will be conflicting viewpoints about this. This is just my opinion and I just needed to vent. It's hard enough being a single mom without being told that you don't deserve better, that you should settle and take what you can get. Every person deserves to be happy and loved, regardless of status, race, religion, marital status, occupation and parenting situation. Thanks