Single dad struggles with loneliness

Search for listings for father's groups in your area or use your sales and marketing skills to try to form one (check out the site athomedads.org).

Having a supportive group of friends will take the edge off your loneliness.

Also reassess where you live. I assume you need to live close to the kids' mother, but even switching neighborhoods could bring you in proximity to more at-home parents, which translates into more encounters, more conversations and more friendships.

Enroll the kids in preschool this fall. The moms at school will be thrilled to find a devoted single dad in their midst. They'll hook you up with other dads -- and dates.