Getting Back into the Dating Game as a Single Parent
There are several reasons why you have the feeling of happiness. As a single parent, you will definitely have the person who gives you the priceless happiness, which is your child. Your child gives and provides you a different feeling of happiness and fulfillment. However, you can never deny the fact that the happiness you get form having a child is different from the happiness you will when having a special someone.
How to get back to the Dating Game
• First is to set your priorities. Your child should be the outmost but you must think of yourself sometimes. There is also a need to ask yourself whether you are ready to get into relationship. If you answer it with “yes”, then you can get back to the dating game.
• Keep yourself still attractive through taking care of your body inside and out. When you decide to go out for a date, you should be prepared emotionally and physically. Not because you are already a mom, you do not have the time to beautify yourself. You still need to stay handsome and beautiful as always.
• Accept dating invitation to the person you think will meet your expectations. You might not date only one man, if necessary; you need to meet other man to identify who would be the best man that meet your standards of being a partner in life. Just remember to choose the right man or woman that would really takes care of you and your child. He/she must accept and love not just you but also your child.
• Once you already find the man or woman you think will be the “Mr. or Mrs. Right” for you, you can go out with him/her most often. This will allow the both of you to get to know each other more.
When is the right time to get back in the dating game?
There is no specific date or time on when to start dating again as a single parent. For as long as you know in yourself that you are ready to meet someone for a date, no one is telling you not to do so. Getting back in the dating game is something that implies that you are ready to enter a new relationship. It is a good indication that you come to learn to find your own happiness that no one could give. Just remember, do not forget that your child is your main priority in life. You must not spend most of your time dating with someone and forget to spend some time with your child.
Everyone deserves a happy life. Although you are a single parent, you still deserve to be happy and to have someone whom you could spend the rest of your life with. You deserve to have someone who could help you in raising and guiding your child, as he/she grows older. You and your child deserve a happy and complete family.
Have a look at this : The single parents guide Or Getting back in the game