Online Dating: A Modern Step in Parent-Child Bonding

Single parents and their adult children look for love online.

It was a beautiful weekend, crisp and clear after all that rain. I enjoyed a traditional Saturday breakfast with my family with one unusual addition: online dating story swapping with my father. He's new at this. In the passing of my mother in January following a year of battling cancer, he has since taken up online dating, subscribing to sites such as eHarmony and Christian Mingle. What's odd about this scenario is that not only is my father dating online (and when did he figure out how to use a computer without me?), but so are my sister and I. And we all live together. The topic is now a frequent one in the Graham household and I can't say it's not a little eerie. “What's upsetting to me is that I could think our e-mails are going well …

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