Comments on: Welcome! http://www.divorceddadsonline.com/2007/06/22/welcome/ Fatherhood and Divorce. How to live your life as a single dad. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:55:43 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jason http://www.divorceddadsonline.com/2007/06/22/welcome/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Jason Sat, 09 Feb 2008 15:38:38 +0000 http://www.divorceddadsonline.com/?p=3#comment-7 Thanks for leaving your comment! I welcome advice with open arms as it's important that other readers share their ideas and their thoughts. I want to say that I completely agree with you, it's important for two people in a relationship to make time with each other. I'm not sure why this happens but I've seen many men, and women, shift from being well-balanced in life, work and home and then after divorce they swing into focusing on one. For a while, I was like that. I traveled for work and focused on my weekends on my daughter. The difference is that I made time on the weekends I didn't have my daughter to date and go out. It's a hard situation, trying to balance it all out. Have you talked to him about this? I mean, really sat him down to tell him that you need alone time? Thanks for leaving your comment! I welcome advice with open arms as it’s important that other readers share their ideas and their thoughts.

I want to say that I completely agree with you, it’s important for two people in a relationship to make time with each other. I’m not sure why this happens but I’ve seen many men, and women, shift from being well-balanced in life, work and home and then after divorce they swing into focusing on one. For a while, I was like that. I traveled for work and focused on my weekends on my daughter. The difference is that I made time on the weekends I didn’t have my daughter to date and go out.

It’s a hard situation, trying to balance it all out. Have you talked to him about this? I mean, really sat him down to tell him that you need alone time?

]]> By: Ferney http://www.divorceddadsonline.com/2007/06/22/welcome/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Ferney Sat, 09 Feb 2008 15:11:48 +0000 http://www.divorceddadsonline.com/?p=3#comment-6 I'm not sure I understand how this website works but I have gone through the posts and I really appreciate all you've written. I'm in a relationship with a single dad of two children. I've never been married before and don't have children. They have joint custody and in the agreement he has them every weekend because the ex works on the weekends. This means that in a year and a half we have never had a weekend alone. I was really relieved to read your posts and get some sort of validation that the feelings I've had throughout this relationship are things that you address here, particularly on your post on dating. I wish there were more resources like these to come to for advice or just read about others' experiences. Thank you for being one! I have no idea if you welcome any advice or want to hear from the other side, but I want to say this in case it helps someone out there. I had accommodated the schedule completely but it's worn me. I wonder now if this might be easier for people when both are divorced and have children. For guys who want to hear a girls' side, we love your kids for the most part -- just like you get annoyed with them, we do too. But if you really like a girl, try hard to have quality alone time and interests of your own that don't all revolve around children. Again, it's fun to hear about your kids and to experience them, but you have to build the relationship on your own merits and interests. I'm about to bail!! And I just thought something good came out of my efforts. So, I'm just passing this along. Have a great day. I’m not sure I understand how this website works but I have gone through the posts and I really appreciate all you’ve written. I’m in a relationship with a single dad of two children. I’ve never been married before and don’t have children. They have joint custody and in the agreement he has them every weekend because the ex works on the weekends. This means that in a year and a half we have never had a weekend alone. I was really relieved to read your posts and get some sort of validation that the feelings I’ve had throughout this relationship are things that you address here, particularly on your post on dating. I wish there were more resources like these to come to for advice or just read about others’ experiences. Thank you for being one! I have no idea if you welcome any advice or want to hear from the other side, but I want to say this in case it helps someone out there. I had accommodated the schedule completely but it’s worn me. I wonder now if this might be easier for people when both are divorced and have children. For guys who want to hear a girls’ side, we love your kids for the most part — just like you get annoyed with them, we do too. But if you really like a girl, try hard to have quality alone time and interests of your own that don’t all revolve around children. Again, it’s fun to hear about your kids and to experience them, but you have to build the relationship on your own merits and interests. I’m about to bail!! And I just thought something good came out of my efforts. So, I’m just passing this along. Have a great day.

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