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By Cathy Meyer, About.com Guide to Divorce Support

Dating For Divorced Dads

Tuesday December 2, 2008

Certainly, divorced dads know how tough it is to survive the divorce and its aftermath. Especially when you have been an innocent victim, or when you put a lot of effort into saving the marriage only to not succeed, there are some serious scars.

Many dads take a long time to recover before they are ready to date again; and some are ready within a few weeks or months. But when you are ready to start dating and developing relationships again, the dating scene for a divorced dad is loaded with pitfalls.

Divorced dads have some real challenges when entering the world of dating: a more-than-likely sour experience from the divorce and perhaps some negative feelings about women in general; a lack of recent experience in this arena and accompanying nervousness; often a self-esteem problem stemming from the divorce,; and children, whether or not you are the custodial parent.

So, if you have decided to jump back into dating, just how do you go about finding women to date? How do you inject yourself into this new...read more about dating for divorced dads

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