S3E8: Mom's New Boyfriend

Love Letters

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4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

As a newly single mom, Lauren had to wrestle with two big questions. First, when to start dating again. Second, how and when to introduce her daughter to the men she was seeing. For Lauren -- and for anyone trying to date while raising kids -- the stakes can be quite high. Have a story of your own? Email us at [email protected].

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Meredith.
0:02.0	Listeners of Love Letters know that mental health is something I take very seriously,
0:06.0	which is why I want to tell you about season 3 of the podcast Turning Points,
0:10.0	Navigating Mental Health.
0:11.0	Each episode gets real about the ups and downs of navigating mental health. Each episode gets real about the ups and downs of
0:14.2	navigating mental health and the turning points that can spark lifelong changes.
0:18.3	Host Francis Lease, a clinical therapist, talks with psychologists, doula's, writers and experts about breakdowns, breakthroughs, and everything in between.
0:29.0	Turning Points, a podcast from Point 32 Health in partnership with Boston Globe Media.
0:34.3	Find turning points wherever you get your podcasts.
0:37.1	One of my close friends, Lauren, is a single mom, and she's taught me a lot about the paradox of Wednesdays.
0:46.2	Wednesdays are an interesting thing because it is very common I think for divorced parents to split custody with one parent getting the
0:59.3	Wednesday and every other weekend. Why Wednesday? I don't know who's it because it's like
1:05.2	midweek so it's like you don't go too long without seeing your parent? I think that's
1:09.1	probably part of it and I should say a lot of people do it this way
1:14.0	meaning when Lauren doesn't have her kid on a Wednesday and it's actually free
1:18.0	a lot of single dads can't go out because many of those dads do have their kids on a Wednesday.
1:24.0	That's the night I have to socialize, to see my friends, to go out on dates,
1:28.0	and that is the night that a lot of men are not available
1:30.0	because they're with their kids.
1:31.0	I guess the primary custody people can date the primary custody people.
1:35.0	Right, so that needs to be a category on Bumble.
1:38.0	Hey, free startup idea.
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