First of all, apologies to any married feminists who may take offence at this post. That's not my intention. I am not having at go at people's individual marriages. I think some marriages work fabulously well, including that of my own parents.
However, the more I learn about feminism, the more radical I am becoming. I realised after posting on another thread the other day that I don't ever want to live with another man. I want to date and have sex, certainly, and I like the idea of having a 'special' long-term relationship with the right man if I met him, but I definitely do not want to live with him or get married. In my RL I know one or two people who feel the same way (both single mothers like me).
I have realised that day-to-day I only see one man on a regular basis - and that's my boss (who is lovely and very feminist in outlook). All the people I see regularly are women and children (of both sexes). And I find this doesn't matter. I used to worry about the absence of a decent male role model for DS but I've got over that now because I think it is fine as long as he's seeing decent role models full stop. I will teach him that the most important thing is to be a decent person, and that is irrespective of gender. As he grows older and increases his own social circle, he will meet plenty of men and be able to see which ones are good, which ones are bad, and which ones he wants to emulate.
I don't like the idea of living in a commune because I think it only works if you set up the commune yourself with people that you already know you can live with. I'd actually be really up for this scenario but out of my little single mothers community, I am the only one with any sort of independent income, so we're a bit stuck on getting it off the ground, sadly.
I sometimes think about moving in with another single parent and sharing things economically like you would in a marriage. Except that as much as I love my friends I know I couldn't live with them like that because we all have habits that drive each other mad. 
I think it's an idea that works in principle though. What do others think? I often wonder if we'll see a shift in house-buying patterns anyway, with more people buying house in partnerships (i.e. economic not sexual partners) simply because these days pretty much no one can afford to buy a house on their own.
What other alternatives are there - other than living alone as I am doing now? I like living alone TBH but from a childcare perspective it makes sense if you can pool your resources. That said, if money wasn't an issue I guess I could hire a really good nanny and continue to live on my own anyway.
What do other people think?