Talking about finding love when you're raising a small child on your own is like opening up another vulnerable part of yourself. Yes, we're strong. Yes, we can handle things that many wouldn't. But that doesn't mean we don't crave warmth, support, and a real partner by your side.
Why is it so difficult?
1. Fears.
Fear that you won't be understood. That your child will become an "obstacle." That a person won't accept you in a package with sleepless nights, children's tears, and chaos in the apartment. Fear that you'll have to build trust from scratch again, and your heart is already tired from the experience.
2. Lack of time.
When your day consists of caring for, working, cooking, and going to kindergarten or the clinic — a "romantic mood" sounds like something from another reality. A date after nine in the evening? Yes, but you're already falling asleep sitting up.
3. Difficult surroundings.
There will always be someone who will say: “First the child, then the love.” But isn’t a mother a person? Can’t love make us even better for our children?
4. The desire to choose with the heart, not out of loneliness.
When you are alone with a child, you can’t afford to have a thoughtless relationship. You are no longer just looking for “likes or dislikes”, you are looking for someone who will become part of a small family.
But still… possible
Despite fears and barriers, love for a single mother is possible – and even special. Because when you meet someone who sees not only a woman, but also a mother, who respects your strength and accepts your child as part of you – it is no longer just love. It is a partnership that is nurtured with care and maturity.
And yes, the path to this is difficult. But that doesn’t mean it is hopeless.
The main thing is not to give up on yourself
Maybe right now you are tired and think that love is not for you. But you have already experienced a lot, built a lot yourself. And if the heart still wants warmth, it means that it is alive.
Love will find you when you are ready to accept it as it is: strong, wise, gentle, a little exhausted, but a beautiful mother.