Hey Saturday Founder, Saskia Nelson, shares her top tips on how to create stand out dating profile pictures. Done well, stand out dating app profile pictures can be your secret dating super power, even helping you connect more meaningfully and more quickly with potential matches on dating apps such as Frolo Dating. Ideally, you want your dating profile pictures to show potential matches what you look like, but you also want to give them a whistle-stop tour of your life, lifestyle, passions and vibe. At a glance, matches could learn something meaningful about who you are from your dating profil ..read more

Kirsten and her son after she saved to get her own mortgage on her dream homeKirsten is a 42 year old single parent to her son. When she and his father separated, she worried about housing. With careful budgeting, saving and long term planning, she eventually made her dream to own a home a reality. Here’s how… I’m Kirsten & I’m a 42 year old single parent to one beautiful boy. 6 years ago, when I split from his father, one of my biggest worries was housing! We lived in Norfolk where property is pretty cheap by national standards. My marital home was a 3 bedroom, 3 storey new buil ..read more

A budget friendly half term doesn’t equate to half the fun. Fact. So, here’s Frolo’s 7 wholesome things to do this half term on a limited budget.  Remember, what our kids often value the most are the memories made and quality time spent together! They’ll recount stories of how funny they found it when you got lost, got stuck in the mud or forgot to pack underwear.  1. Set up camp from your own home Beat the budget, with no pitching fees to worry about! Work with the space you’ve got. Set up camp in your own back garden/ balcony/ living room. For extra parent points, create a cool the ..read more

Single mama and Dating coach Brianna of @healedlikekintsugi talks us through her journey of dating while ignoring those all important red flags. You know when you see a red flag in someone and you ignore it, but you’re not sure why you keep doing that? Here’s the tea on why that’s happening: You don’t trust yourself.  You Don’t Trust Your Own Judgment And your own ability to put yourself back together if you’re wrong about someone. Whether you’ve been told you’re wrong a bunch of times growing up, whether you’ve been gaslit by a manipulative mofo for 7 years (I am aggressively pointing t ..read more

Countless single parents have shared what Frolo has brought to their lives – from support & advice to true friendship. Frolos who use the app regularly share how it’s transformed their lives and enriched their children’s. In this blog, we hear from them. Single mum, Cat to a 5 year old son “There was a huge sense of falling into the shadows when I became a single parent. Not really knowing what to do and how to go about life, the loneliness soon crept in. I was juggling mum guilt alongside 24/7 parenting, court battles, schooling and then covid! But then Frolo came into my life and a sense ..read more

Separating is never easy, but it can be amicable. Whether you’re the receiver of the news that your relationship is over, or the initiator, the end of a relationship is a difficult process to navigate.   Kate Daley, Co-founder of amicable, shares her tips for keeping things amicable when it’s decided that your relationship is over. 1. Is your relationship definitely over?  It’s really important to understand the difference between a ‘bad patch’ and a complete breakdown. Research shows that if there’s criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and stonewalling, it’s probably beyond rep ..read more

Scotty, a single dad and frolo shares his experience of his first Frolo Meetup. Daunting at first, he soon made friendships for life via the app. My first official Frolo Meetup was for the big weekender in Birmingham (adults only). To say I was nervous was a massive understatement as I didn’t want to be on my own. I should never have been at all.  The main organiser, Amy hosted multiple zoom calls before the event and allowed for us to discuss plans and let the frolos get to know each other. I originally joined these calls with no intention of actually going. However the fr ..read more

Aoife Desmond is a single mum and co-parent to a teen. She has been separated over four years and is a Frolo founding ambassador. She shares how Frolo Meetups have helped her and her daughter. The first Meetup I ever attended was one I’d helped organise at the Explorium in Dublin – it felt like a great place for younger children, babies and teens as the space has group activities for all ages. It was my first time meeting Irish frolos so it was a bit daunting. I put up some signs in the café and waited for frolos to trickle in. We had a fantastic turn out with single mums and single dads o ..read more

Aoife Desmond is a single mum and co-parent to a teen. She has been separated over four years and taken several solo trips away with her daughter. She shares her advice on how her holidays have evolved as her child has grown.  Our first ever trip was a weekend to London to see the Harry Potter play when my daughter was Harry obsessed! The time of year was perfect for this – pre-Christmas, Hyde Park was fabulous, Leicester Square all Christmassy. We were so excited about Hamleys and room service macaroni cheese, that the weekend went well. But, wow, was it was tough! We’d planned this tri ..read more

In this piece, we look into grey rocking, a technique used to divert a toxic person’s behaviour by acting as unresponsive as you can when you’re interacting with them.  You don’t necessarily need to have a narcissistic ex to feel like you need new tools to cope with the challenges of co-parenting. Sometimes it’s just tricky to get along with your ex, so we need all the advice we can get, right? What is grey rocking? Psychologists advise grey rocking is a technique used to divert a toxic person’s behaviour by acting as unresponsive as you can when you’re interacting with them. Essentially ..read more