Yes!
I don't normally look in Lone Parents, but I saw nobody had replied and didn't want you to feel even more lonely!
I am lucky, in that I do have some family support, but the evenings can be long and lonely.
Even though I can occasionally get out in the evening, I dont have loads of people to socialise with.
I keep thinking I would like to start doing a dance class-ceroc maybe, or salsa, but I find it hard to motivate myself to do it alone.
Have you tried online dating? I have done it, and although I never had more than a fling from it, found it quite entertaining. It was also nice to get taken out by a man once on a while (not to mention a bit of sex and male attention!)
If you can get a babysitter (and as your ds is ten maybe your options are a bit wider in this regard since he is not a baby.) do try and organise nights out
sometimes.
I can also relate to the "not wanting ds to feel different" feeling.We also live in a "naice" area, and have no money, no car, rent our house etc.
Having said that, I tell myself that it's good to be different.
Also, don't feel like its totally your job to entertain your son.
It's great that you want to take him out and do nice things, but if I remember back to when I was a kid, my parents took us camping once a year, and ,er...that was it! I see it as your job to make sure he is able to hang out with other kids, and has his own social life.
You need to make your life fuller, join a class, make more friends. Its hard to meet decent men, but the wider your social circle, the more likely it is that you will stumble across one.
And I need to take my own advice!