When I tentatively dipped my toe into the world of online dating, post-divorce, I received a message from a man who was also recently separated. After a day or so of messaging, he revealed he had not been open about his CEO status. The reason? Fear of being targeted by single mothers who wanted ‘rescuing financially’. He felt he was being pursued by women who were ‘after my money’. By then he knew I was a single mother, but one who was, he had confirmed, financially independent. I think he thought I’d be pleased he had made this distinction, but instead I felt indignant on behalf of all of the solo mothers deemed to be after a
