Single Ladies In Your Area - Listener Letter: “It’s harder when you’re a parent” (Patreon Teaser)

Episode Date: April 4, 2025

In this week’s bonus episode, we hear from a listener who is struggling with balancing dating and parenthood.To listen to the full episode and to enjoy WEEKLY bonus content during the break, have access to BTS photos and videos, messages from Amy and Harriet, AND support the pod 💖 sign up to our Patreon at patreon.com/singleladiesinyourarea OR isitham.org (really.)We want to hear your dating stories! Email in at [e-mail] Single Ladies In Your Area on Instagram @singleladiespodRecorded and edited by Aniya Das for Plosive.Photos by Matt Crockett and Linda Blacker.Design by Welcome Studio. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Do you want to dive in? Yes. This is from Sam. Hi, Sam. Hello, Sam. Hello, Sam. Sam says, dear fellow single ladies. She's a single lady. is from Sam. Hi Sam. Hello Sam. Hello Sam. Sam says, Dear fellow single ladies. She's a single lady. Hello Sam.

Welcome. I am loving your podcast and dating is so hard. Exclamation mark, exclamation mark, exclamation mark. I felt every single one of those exclamation marks. I'm a single mom, 37 and my daughters are 10 and one. That cute. Before my smallest came along, I was a very active solo, non-monogamous lady on the kink sex party and swingers scene. That is a mouthful as I am sure

you also... Good for you, Sam. I was very active solo, non-monogamous lady on the kink sex party and swingers scene. She's a shagger. That is... Sam is having the time of her life. Is a positive shagger. Yeah. She's like doing everything that we aspire. So far, it's just been showing off in this email, Sam, but that's cool. That's cool. Yeah. We're happy for you, Sam. Yeah's cool. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, we're happy for you Sam.

Yeah, good for you Sam actually. Yeah, good for you. You don't have to throw it in our face Sam. So, then one shag went a bit serious. Whoops. And I now found myself with my young girl. Time to check on the skies. It's another sunny day in Calgary. Forecast calls for high levels of economic activity. Late afternoon we've got a burst of potential in a place ranked North America's most livable city.

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