1. You've freaked out patrons in a nice restaurant by talking about sperm, ovulation cycles and donors with your brunch companions.

2. Mother's Day is a Holy Day; Father's Day is spent with a lot of women and children.

3. You take your breast pump with you on a first date. (from Julie)

4. The most intimate relationship you've had in a while has been with your RE. (from Heather)

5. You simply smile in response when someone bonds with your single parent status by saying: "Me too -- the kids go to their dads every other weekend," or "Me too, my partner is a cop/firefighter/nurse so I'm a single mom 2-3 days a week." (from Cheri)

6. Your child is away at a sleepover and you don't know what to do with yourself. Then you make a to-do list of 20 items and find you don't have nearly enough time after all. (from Cheri)

7. Two weeks, while in the trying stage, is the most agonizingly long period of your life. And if Aunt Flo comes, it is the most agonizing period of your life. (from Patty)

8. You spend your morning helping your kids get their shirts on so they aren't inside out and their pants aren't on backwards. Then you get ready for bed and realize your tag is on the front of your shirt and your shirt is inside out. (from Patty, mother of three under age five, including twins)

9. You tell people the Dad's name is "donor 5824" and they look at you as if you are from outer space. So you get to explain how you bought the boys online. (from Patty)

10. You have a childhood picture of your present or future child's "donor dad" stored in your iPhone. (from Mariam)

You don't have to be a mom to play. Once you're on the Thinking path, you become a Choice Mom. So go ahead...think about it...and add your own in the comments below. I'll turn it into a great list as a feature of this website.

Mikki