Find Me Somebody to Love: Aspiring Towards a New Relationship
I can still have those lusty feelings, recognize them for what they are, appreciate the woman who triggered them, and the move on with my life as I am rebuilding it.
In Search of the Ideal Woman: to Rescue, Restore, and Ravish
You've gotta get out there to get over yourself. It's in the relating to a real woman in a real setting that things might become interesting.
Breaking Up: Grief and Loss as a Journey
There was something hopeful about imagining hundreds of women who were looking for a relationship. I wanted to dip my toe in the water and see what they looked like.
The Fatherhood Wide Open Interview: Getting Real About Whole Parenting
Fatherhood Wide Open podcast interviews John McElhenney about becoming the best single dad possible.
The WholeParent Mission: Positive Single Parenting Year Four
I do believe that my kids come first. The marriage is over, but my parenting never ends. If I can stay focused on their wellbeing I can get over any frustrations I have with their mom. I am committed to being the best dad I can be, in spite of troubles, depression, anger, flights of fancy.
Refinding Yourself After a Breakup
Losing my consuming relationship was critical to finding this loneliness and then finding the way to reach out to people who cared about me. Even if I didn't really understand how they cared about me, I could not deny his check-in on Facebook.
Dear Single Moms, Here Are the Top 7 8 Things Single Dads Want
But I came upon a different perspective with my latest loss of a 2.5 year relationship. I don't want to date at all. I want to have some women friends and see if anything develops from our friendship. Like everyone goes into the friend zone until I'm 6 months sober from my last intoxicating adventure. I'm not ready to date or be in a relationship even though it's what I long for. I like being a couple. I like mundane joys alongside someone I love.
Our Thin Threads of Love: Weaving a Pattern of Greatness Together
We are complex individuals with independent lives, building bridges and rope swings between our two countries, but we're reconnecting and recommitting in each moment, each day. We seek new ways around common disagreements, new ways to navigate old ghosts that can haunt us from previous relationships.