Tara liked Rick and was attracted to him. But as they sat in her kitchen and he told her about himself, she was having trouble concentrating on his words.

Dating a single parent comes with a rulebook all its own. Here's a selection of the most common things you should consider when embarking on a relationship with someone with kids.

It was love at first sight. Alas, the love was between Marilyn and Spider, the 7-lb Yorkie she'd brought home a few days before her first date with Travis.

Is your idea of a good time attending a car-free day in your community or flying to Vegas for a weekend?

One day they're hot, the next day they're cold. Sometimes all the signals read 'Go' and other times 'Stop.'

"Everything in life has an expiry date." So says author and lecturer Paul Talbot. And he's right.

Recently, some friends were discussing their "dream dates." For the ladies in our group, the ideal man was apparently a doctor or a lawyer.

When I was a kid, my brother and I lovingly referred to our mom as the "witch doctor."

You can learn a ton about a person from their book collection.

You're up at 5 am for boot camp class. Then it's off to an early business meeting to brainstorm some new strategies for the sales department.

When we hear the word 'divorce' we almost always think of the ending of our romantic relationships.

I'm sitting on the restaurant patio, dying to check my makeup after an afternoon melting in the sun at a Florida baseball game.

Ever wondered why it's called "falling" in love, not skipping or tumbling?

The weird hang-up calls, the erratic work hours, the stories that just don't quite add up.

You're at the gym so often even the rowing machine knows your name. You rollerblade in the summer.

There's not a person on the planet that hasn't checked out someone else's medicine cabinet on a whim or a moment of weakness.

Your best friend may eventually tell you that you've lost your sense of self, and your meddling mom just might concur. But why wait for the humiliation?

Could your dog have a sixth sense that could help you sniff out Mr. or Ms. Right?  

Air travel's a pain, road trips are too much work, and bus tours are just... not sexy. But a cruise...

For too many years, Norman's cologne seemed to have a scent of its own: Desperation.

Maybe their clinginess scares the bejesus out of you and you don't know another way out of the situation.

On the surface, everything seemed fine when Kevin and Sophie moved in together after dating less than a year.

Back in the days before online dating profiles, when you met someone with potential, your friends were (of course) dying to check him or her out.

We've all got a teeny bit of psycho in us.

Next to marriage, moving in together is the biggest step you can take as a couple.