Finding love as a lone parent, please give me hope

[Hopelessss]

I’m soooo low. 36, single, lone parent. I’d love to meet someone but it seems hopeless. Just want some hope.

I did! Via OLD. Kissed a few frogs along the way but generally enjoyed it. I hear a lot of horror stories on here about OLD but my experiences were generally positive

Which site @courtrai ? Xx

And who did you leave DC with when dating?

Tinder and Bumble were the best in my area. Avoid POF as that's where the nutters lurked

My DC were teens do childcare wasn't an issue and I can see that made life much easier

For me I preferred to actually meet people rather than lengthy texting arrangements as it gave the opportunity to see if you actually like the person. I quickly wised up to not drinking in first date as it very much my clouds judgement

Split with DS dad when he was 3, met DP when he was 9, now engaged. There is always hope. However I focused on DS for years and kept DP away from him for a good while and I honestly think you need to focus on being ok alone before you have a chance of finding the right relationship.

@CloseYourEyesAndSee what did you do about childcare? Xx

Friends, family and occasionally his dad 😆
once I knew him better he would come over after DS was in bed and sleep on the sofa, leaving early.

I was a single mum to a 7 & 4 year old, joined tinder...met a couple guys on my child free weekends (they go to their dads every other weekend). It was nice to pass time in the evenings talking and texting people - i know some people disagree but it did wonders for my boredom and self confidence! I then met my boyfriend, it wasn't easy at first only being able to date on child free weekends but we did lots of phonecalls and texting. Then he started coming over on evenings once the kids were in bed and we'd have dinner together. There's always hope :) we've been together a year and a half now xx