To my casual readers you should know I'm divorced.  I'm single, at least in the term that I'm not married again.  How single I am is my business but suffice it to say I'm single.

Today I'd like to visit the topic of single women in the dating realm.  Here is the situation.  For whomever I'm seeing, I don't overdose on seeing them.  The reason is simple.  In my life my children come first and my own needs come second.  It isn't that difficult to explain.   This means any time I set aside for going out comes after my children's needs are met.  But to the people that meet me for the first time, they don't know that.  They just see a guy that appears to be single... if I'm not in the company of a woman.

For instance... The other night my children are away visiting with their respective mothers.  What do I do?  Ahh the quiet! LOL.   I put my K2'S, skate over to blockbuster to return a movie, skate down to the park and skate around it.  Then I skate a few miles down the road and pick up a chocolate milk.  Skate to the gym and get in a workout.  Take some time out by the pool to cool off and back on the road.  It's approaching 7pm and I figure I'll hit McGlynn's for a bite to eat and watch some of the Phillies game. 

Now this seems like an innocuous evening right?  Well, first off let me tell you that women do in fact objectify men as much as any man sees a woman dressed scantily as an object.  Stopping on a bench in the park to rest and read, a woman sits down next to me and chats me up. Yes she asked me what ...   more »