The secret diary of a single parent bloke
I’m exhausted, ill, and stressed. I’m just on autopilot, and feel terrible. Every weekday is like this: 7:00 Get up, get kids up, make breakfast, shower, get kids ready for school; 8:15 Get kids into car; 8:25 Drop kids off at school. I’m breaking the school rules dropping them off this early. They frequently get Read more…
Writen: Tuesday, September 19th, 2006. Uploaded: Wednesday, January 26th, 2011A year ago, I started an evening art class. I’ve always liked, and been pretty good at, art. And I really wanted to meet people and make some friends. It’s pretty fair to say that the class was awful- in one year I’d drawn dozens of boxes, a picture of a bottle (which I thought Read more…
Writen: Thursday, September 14th, 2006. Uploaded: Wednesday, January 19th, 2011Perhaps unsurprisingly, I haven’t been very bothered about keeping in touch with Dee. However, she seems very keen on me. I’ve had lots of texts and phone calls, but I’ve been very non-committal about seeing her again. I really thought that I should just dump her, but she’s the first date I’ve had in ages, Read more…
Writen: Sunday, September 10th, 2006. Uploaded: Wednesday, January 12th, 2011The first date wasn’t exactly brilliant, but despite that, I’d been chatting to Dee and had a second date. It’s been a while since I had a date with anybody, and over a year since I had a second date! And it was a bit strange. After her comment last week, when we met I Read more…
Writen: Saturday, September 2nd, 2006. Uploaded: Wednesday, January 5th, 2011After my recent holiday (and in particular, the holiday snog), I’ve been back on the internet dating scene, and have been on a date with Dee. I met her on the same dating website as Jody, Helen and Karen, and we’ve been chatting on the phone for about a week. We arranged to meet in Read more…