Parents without a partner did tend to be less happy than child-free peers but they also reported fewer depressive symptoms than non-parents without a partner, largely, it seems, because they derived more meaning from their lives.
So what about the women who, by choice or by circumstance, are parenting without a partner?
A friend, a parent, a partner, a mentor - all these people make great listening pals.
Without a club, without a partner (his girlfriend left him in May) and abandoned by his drinking entourage, Roberts, who is back living with his parents in Chester, made contact with Sporting Chance at the start of last month.
Unfortunately, like the chair without a pot, I was a woman without a partner.
Some people have the instinct simply to parent, with or without a partner; some to birth a baby; some to have a child genetically theirs and their beloved's.
If a household member was not available, a parent, guardian, or partner provided information.
This could be a parent, friend, partner, boss, etc.
The loss of a parent due to intimate partner homicide has a major impact on children.
Most of the other LGBT faces offer up congratulations, until they find out I'm doing it without a partner or co-parent.
