A personal essay exploring the author's experience dating as a single mother and encountering the pervasive demand for 'unserious' women in online dating profiles.
I became a single mother seven years ago. I ended my marriage because I simply wasn’t happy, wasn’t in love and believed I deserved to feel fulfilled. I didn’t want to merely exist in life or in my most important relationship. I wanted to be my authentic self. I wanted more.
It’s true that life has been extra serious in recent years. Seven years ago, in the blink of an eye, I became fully financially independent from my ex-husband and took over the house and mortgage. I threw myself into work and landed my first editor job, and then another, and another after that. My kids have gotten older, too. One is now a teenager, and in some ways, both of their struggles feel more urgent than diapers and tumbles on the playground.
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