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Name: Heather Dorsey

Kids: son, age 10; daughter, age 6
Works: relationship manager, The Vesper Service Network; freelance writer
Favorite part of being a mom: Unconditional love from my children.
Least favorite part of being a mom: Repeating myself. (I am speaking English, right?)
Famous for: Being the only mom on the block who can Rip-stick.

Single in the Suburbs

By Heather Dorsey
Sunday, Sep 14 2008, 08:37 PM

I just got finished reading my favorite blog:  "Single in the Suburbs."  Click here if you want to check it out.  This writer, a divorced mom, posts a blog entry every other Monday about her dating life on-line.  I stumbled across her blog a couple of years ago and I have been keeping tabs on her love life ever since.  I find her to be witty, brutally honest and just plain entertaining.

And I think we have a lot in common.

I tried match.com.  My ex-husband had been moved out of the house for over a year and our court date was set.  He had been dating someone for about 10 months and I had accepted that there was no chance of us getting back together. (Yeah, I know...slow learner.)  I had stumbled upon Match.com by accident one day when I thought I was clicking a link to an article, and instead found myself on this online dating site.

After ignoring the invitation to "try it three days for free" or maybe it was "look all you want," I left the site and thought that maybe I had gone temporarily insane.  But then I was back a couple of days later and decided what the heck, it couldn't hurt. I really wanted to meet someone to go out to dinner with or see a movie. 

I've been on and off that site a couple of times in the last few years.  I haven't been on since last fall and don't plan on checking it out again. (I'm happily dating someone.)  But at the time, it was great.  I realized that though I never came across any single, eligible men that I wanted to date, in my day-to-day life--they were definitely out there.  As a divorced parent, it had renewed my hope that I did have a future I would be able to move on to, when for so long I could never envision it.

If you are newly divorced, and wondering where in the world you can meet eligible singles, you should check it out. And don't forget about the blog I told you about.  I find it so entertaining; and if you like it, you can read 64 installments right up front.  I hate that I have to wait two weeks to hear what this midwestern mom is up to next!  Personally I think it is a no-brainer that the guy she is dating now is not for her...

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Kellyb53   

I too have been reading every other week until now, any idea where to read it now that it is no longer available on MSN?

September 3, 2008 2:35 PM

Heather Dorsey   

This is news to me!  Her next installment was due out September 8th. I just clicked on my link to share it with you and you are right; she is no longer!  Geeze, I have a really weird power of the jinx.  If I can find her again I will make sure and let you know.  

September 3, 2008 3:42 PM

Kellyb53   

Wish I knew how to find out where she went.  I looked forward to reading and rereading!  I understand about the how situation also.

September 4, 2008 9:39 AM

Heather Dorsey   

I spent some time yesterday trying to find out what happened to her but didn't uncover any information.  I will keep you posted if I find out anything.  Let me know if you have any luck!

September 4, 2008 12:41 PM

Kellyb53   

Wish I would have paid closer attention to her name and the name of her book.

September 4, 2008 4:38 PM

Heather Dorsey   

Kelly, that I can help you with.  There are still links where you can find some of her old posts if you Google "Single in the Suburbs."  Her name is Sara Susannah Katz and her novel is "Wife Living Dangerously."

September 4, 2008 6:35 PM

DarDar   

If anyone finds out where to read her article I'd love to know!  I feel like I know her..I stumbled onto her articles while using Match.com!  I was hoping she would find "Mr.Right!"

September 4, 2008 6:41 PM

Melinda1954   

I too have been reading her 'Singe in the Suburbs' from the beginning and was more than shocked to find her gone from the MSN Match.com site.

Any clues yet as to where she went?

September 12, 2008 6:10 PM

Heather Dorsey   

I have followed up on some leads and uncovered some of my own, but so far they have all lead to dead-ends.  I will keep looking and let you know if I find anything.

September 12, 2008 10:11 PM

Melinda1954   

ok I was searching around once again and I found the 65th installment of 'Single in the Suburbs'.

go to www.happenmagazine.com/magazine/article0.aspx?articleid=9962

I think this is the right link but if not go to happenmagazine.com and do a archive search under the title 'Dating after Divorce'. I went thru the last article scrolling down and clicking on next installment and bingo there was #65!!

Happy Reading :)

September 13, 2008 10:07 PM

Melinda1954   

I found the next installment at www.happenmagazine.com/magazine/article0.aspx?articleid=9962

I scrolled thru to the end of installment and there was #65. Happy reading:)

September 14, 2008 11:16 AM

Heather Dorsey   

She's back!! Thanks so much to everyone who sent me e-mails with the new link!  Up until now I could only find up to #64.  I think she is definitely better off without Chris.  Too bad she is feeling so isolated at the moment...it is not a fun place to be.

September 14, 2008 6:42 PM

Melinda1954   

2 years ago in July I took my son to NJ to visit relatives. I had been dating someone for 5 years and when I returned to SoCal from our trip, he asked me to dinner then proceeded to dump me. In the driveway after dinner. So after stewing for a few months I went onto Match.com and signed up for their 6mo guarantee. The first guy who really answered my wink & subsequent email and I have been dating for 2 years now( today is our 2nd anniversary of our first date) and we are getting married next summer..July 4th 2009 :) I enjoy Single in the Suburbs because I too went thru alot of frogs before I found my Prince Charming. I know she'll find Mr Right for Her someday soon :)

September 15, 2008 8:17 PM

Heather Dorsey   

Congratulations Melinda! That is so great!  I know for people unfamiliar with Match that it seems like such a strange way to meet people.  But in actuality you can learn quite a bit about someone before you even meet them in- person. (And before they know where you live!).  And in our day-to-day lives as moms, it sure can be hard to meet normal, eligible guys any other way.

September 15, 2008 8:57 PM

Kellyb53   

One thing I cannot figure out, Sara has two kids right?  But only mentions her daughter.  (I probably should go back and reread the entire series to find out.)Does she have another daughter or a son and where the heck is the other child?  I am assuming college but I don't recall it ever really saying.

September 24, 2008 12:14 PM

Heather Dorsey   

That's a great question Kelly! I went back to the first blog she wrote and she mentioned that she had two teenagers.  Since she started writing this at least a couple of years ago I would guess that one is out of the house, at college or in their own place.  Does anyone else know?

September 25, 2008 9:48 AM

Kellyb53   

Just read the latest installment......do they read this LOL.  Her son is in college......

October 10, 2008 2:07 PM

Heather Dorsey   

No kidding!  I thought the same thing...maybe she came across your post in a Google search. Did you also notice that after an initial delay, she is also writing more now?

October 27, 2008 3:39 PM

prfctlildvl   

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for the link to read the next installment.  I had her bookmarked in my favorites and would put the date of the next installment on my calendar so I didn't forget.  What a suprise when I went to read the next installment, clicked on my favs and got nothing.

I was feeling so blue because I wanted to see how she was doing.  I feel like she's one of my friends living far away and we have to keep in touch via emails and blogs LOL

I got so into her writing and really disliked Chris so I'm glad she's noth with him anymore.  I'm also glad she's not talking about her ex all the time anymore.  Now that they are both out of the picture, maybe she'll meet a nice guy.

Here's *fingers crossed* until the next installment.

October 28, 2008 3:10 PM

sdstreit   

lifestyle.msn.com/.../articlematch.aspx

Use this link, it is up to date through entry #67.

I have been able to find it from msn.com.  Clink on the dating/personals link at the top left.  Generally it will be mentioned on the lower right side of the page.  The 66 & 67 entries are interesting  :)

November 17, 2008 2:21 PM

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