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    Getting Back Out There: How to Feel Empowered & Confident on the Dating Scene

    8th June 2021

    Life is starting to get back to normal, which is positive, but also scary for many who are now used to staying at home. Dating has been solely online for a year, so bringing it back to the real world, and safely, can be daunting.

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    11 Dating Tips For Single Parents

    26th January 2017

    Getting back into the dating game after taking some time out can be hard, especially for single parents. The creator of The Love Life Agency, Charlotte Lewis, has been kind enough to share with Single Parent Pessimist her useful tips for us single parents to get back into the dating game; Some of the most…

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    Single Parent Dating in the City: My Rant and Contentment

    30th May 2015

    I’m at quite a good stage of my life at the moment where I have finally gotten to the stage where I genuinely am not bothered if I ever get into another relationship again. You may roll your eyes and think ‘yeah right’ but it’s actually true. I feel content.  That’s something I don’t think…

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    I’m A Date-Free Zone And Here’s Why…

    17th January 2015

    If you remember, I became quite the playa last summer and this lasted until Christmas, but something has recently changed… I suddenly have no interest to date. At all. Seriously! Now don’t get me wrong I had a great time dating various guys, some were just for fun and others had potential, but now I…

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    Single Parent (Dating) In The City: Why Do Some Men Use Serious Dating Sites For Casual Sex?

    29th July 2014

    Intrigued by the question in the title? Yes as part of my monthly Single Parent (Dating) In The City feature for BrightonMums I have spoken to a number of men to try and answer this question. See the results here. Follow me on Twitter, Pinterest or Facebook

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    Single (Parent) In The City: The Male Perspective

    20th May 2014

    I’ve just written this month’s Single (Parent) In The City feature for BrightonMums and it features a rather controversial male opinion about single women on the dating scene. See my piece here and feel free to let me know your thoughts! Follow me on Twitter, Pinterest or Facebook

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    #3dates3mths Challenge 2: Online Dating

    23rd March 2014

    As you know, I’m currently taking part in the #3dates3mths challenge, set by online dating company, Just Singles.My first challenge (safari dating) went really well, and I ended up getting a further date from it (but that’s a future post!). The event reminded me what it feels like to be admired and fancied- and oh boy how I’ve…

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    #3dates3mths Challenge 1: Safari Dating

    23rd February 2014

    Signing up for online dating recently has really given me the courage to try new, more daring ways to find my next man (or should I say victim). This weekend I tried something I’ve never heard of before: Safari Dating. The concept is that the men ‘hunt’ the women, by finding them in three different bars, and…

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    Returning To The Dating Game: My Dating Challenge!

    28th January 2014

    Can you believe I’ve been set a challenge to find three dates in the next three months?! As you all know, I’ve been single since Chunk was 6 weeks old (nearly two year ago…EEK!) and I finally feel ready to try to meet a decent guy for both me and my little man. Online dating…

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Hiya, I'm Claire..

Mum of one, step mum of two and dog mum to Yogi. A veg-growing, food-loving, trashy TV addict. I write openly about life, parenting and my quest to be healthier in mind, body and bank balance. Now a bride to be!

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💔Openly grieving my Partner & Mum

How can I start to progress positively through thi How can I start to progress positively through this grief?
Really struggling to know what little steps to take to stop being so stuck
#griefawareness #grievingwidow
Ashes and abandonment issues, as well as how my fa Ashes and abandonment issues, as well as how my face has aged during this awful time.
#griefawareness #griefandloss
I feel like im being punished as I wasnt the nices I feel like im being punished as I wasnt the nicest, calmest most selfless person over the last couple of years. I fear this is my punishment in the worst way possible and I dont know how to continue coping like this alone
#grievingpartner #grievingdaughter #grieveoutloud
The second I wake these questions and feelings ove The second I wake these questions and feelings overtake my brain and the panic sets in.
Its exhausting and terrifying.
Will this ever stop?
#griefjourney #grievingprocess
Grieving and mammograms are quite the combo #griev Grieving and mammograms are quite the combo
#grievingprocess #widow #mammogram
Crying loudly in a supermarket is quite the experi Crying loudly in a supermarket is quite the experience
#grieveoutloud #griefjournal #grievingsucks
I cant believe its been 4 weeks since I had that p I cant believe its been 4 weeks since I had that phone call from your sister and my world fell apart.
It brought me to my knees and I laid on the kitchen floor screaming for hours afterwards.

Only 12 days after my mum passing, days after you assuring me you'd be back for her funeral to be by my side. 

There was no goodbye,  no preparation.

I don't remember our last conversation or when I last said I love you and it haunts me

This pain is unbearable. Im grieving you, us, who i was before this happened and our future.

The pain of not having you here to grow old with, to talk to, to hold. I miss your voice, your smell, your walk.

You could calm me and understood me like nobody ever has.

I wish we had more time but im grateful we had 7 and a half years. 

I hope you wait for me, as you are my person my soulmate, my everything.

Stoob and Cloob forever 

#grievingpartner #widowlife
#griefandhealing #partnerloss #mumloss #griefandhealing #partnerloss #mumloss
#boundariesarehealthy #grieveoutloud #boundariesarehealthy #grieveoutloud
Loneliness and anxiety high today I want to figure Loneliness and anxiety high today
I want to figure out a pattern to this grief rollercoaster to try to work with it as todays been such an anxious one after a more ok day yesterday 
#griefjourney #grievingwidow
Gut punches whenever the phone buzzes, to panic at Gut punches whenever the phone buzzes, to panic attacks from memories surrounding me.
Been another rollercoaster of a grief day
#grievingwidow #grievingdaughter
The guilt of grieving heavily for my partner and l The guilt of grieving heavily for my partner and less for my mum is a topic in my head today
#grievingdaughter #grievingwidow
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