This as-told-to-essay is based on a conversation with Becca Scott, 50, who is based in Berkshire, UK. She is the author of “ Bloom Through Life: How to Thrive Through Difficult Relationships and Create Lasting Change in Your Health .” It has been edited for length and clarity.

Meeting someone new — and having more children — was the last thing on my mind when I separated from my ex-husband in 2016.

I was adjusting to life as a full-time single mom of our two sons, then ages 8 and 11. I was awarded full custody when the divorce was finalized in 2018.

It was isolating. So when I met Simon, a single dad whose sons were of a similar age and went to…

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