It's hard being single when you really want to be in a relationship. It's even harder when you're a single parent looking for love. How do you navigate the world of dating when you're a single mother looking for a second chance at love? Finding someone to go out on a date with is easy, but making a connection that leads to love is not. You are more cautious in your choices because you have to consider how it will affect your little ones. A good step toward finding love is to first find friends. You need to develop friendships with other single mothers. One is you will have friends with similar interest who you can spend time with. You won't be spending all your time at home wishing you had somewhere to go and something to do. The second purpose is these new friends will keep you from being lonely. When you are alone and lonely things that would normally bother you might not seem so bad. Those things are still just as annoying as they ever were, but loneliness makes you relax your standards. Once the newness of a relationship wears off you will realize you don't like the ...