Dating

Is normal to feel weird about dating again? My son is 18 months old & I have a man who treats me sooo well. He is so amazing. & he loves my son. I really like him & enjoy spending time with him. I haven't let him around my son much yet, but he has met him. I have known this guy for 4 years & I know for fact he'd never do anything to hurt me or my son. But I almost feel guilty for dating. I've spent alll my time strictly focusing on working & caring for my son. I would never loose my focus with those things, but lately I have been staying every other weekend with him while my son's dad has my son for visitation. Usually I would just stay home & clean. I just feel guilty. I can't really explain it too much. But I need to be happy.

Dont feel guilty you deserve to be happy. Your not doing anything wrong. Your not ditching your son to just be with the guy your dating. Have fun & enjoy life.

Dont feel guilty you have to be happy to! my entire pregnancy i was doing everything on my own with no contact from my sons father. When i was 9 months i reconnected with a guy from middle/highschool and we took it VERY SLOW! he has been with me since that day and has not left mine and my sons side. he does so much for the both of us and we couldnt be happier! i know my son looks at him as his daddy even though he is 8 months but just how they play and act with eachother is as if he is his bio father/ son... Just make sure you dont take all your focus off of your son which im sure you wont! but you can always make time to be dating and be happy!  

dont feel guilty from what u told me he sounds great and Dylan needs a good father figure in his life because Preston is not

Thank you so much for the advice. It makes me feel so much better. I seem to overthink things. I just wanna make sure that everything I'm doing is what is best for my son. My son comes first no matter what.

Quoting Dylan'smommy011:" Is normal to feel weird about dating again? My son is 18 months old & I have a man who treats me ... [snip!] ... Usually I would just stay home & clean. I just feel guilty. I can't really explain it too much. But I need to be happy. "

Trust me, I am right around the same age as you and new to being a single mom and I feel the same thing.