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Originally Posted by basmoq
People in general are not accepting of single fathers or stay at home fathers. Most women with children tend to avoid the fathers with children at parks, reading times at the library, etc. You will have to work very hard to convince the women around you that you mean their children no harm before they will allow you to socialize, and even then they keep you at arms length. I've met a few other fathers that are in the same boat and I recommend you try to meet some as well. If you can, start your own fathers club of sorts and frequent the story/play times and such together as a group. The easiest way to meet other parents locally is by checking with the local church, bookstores, and libraries for their offered story/play times. Whatever you do, don't lock yourself up in your house with the baby, get out as much as possible and keep your sanity.
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I hadn't thought about that. Nice thing about my community is there are lots of activities geared toward children. It's a small community to so everyone gets to know each other pretty quickly. I didn't think about how mothers might avoid me and my child because I'm a single father, but I can see how that will be a problem. I do have a friend who's due date is right around the same time as my child. Maybe she will be willing to go with me to such events?
I do plan to keep up to date with children events (great thing is our local newspaper posts events for free and there is generally something going on every day)! We also have a group that focuses on getting parents and kids out on outdoor outings, things like walking along our riverwalk and pointing out flowers. It's going to be tough having two homes across the state.