Episode 11: Nikki Mitropoulas Of The Netflix Show The Single Wives, Talks About Getting Over Fear And Giving Love A Chance
Nikki Mitropoulas
Nikki Mitropoulas never imagined losing her young husband in a horrific motorcycle accident. Being 8 months pregnant at the time, she faced the reality that her son would never know his father. Her son Danny was born just days after his father, Daniel passed away.
Nikki spent the next several years raising her son.
By chance one night while having drinks with friends, they saw an ad for appearing on a dating show and they all applied on the spot!
Producers called Nikki the next day and she was chosen to be on the show, The Single Wives. This proved to be life-changing for Nikki, who had been living a life of fear and pain and grief.
In the interview, she talks about taking new chances, overcoming fear, and giving love a chance.
You can reach Nikki at @nikkimetro on Instagram or on Facebook at NikkiMitropoulas
TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:
Nikki felt overwhelming joy over the birth of her son and this overwhelming sadness meeting him. She felt guilty for smiling at him.
The day of the funeral was the day she took her son home from the hospital.
Nikki says she knows she had to go through her grief but she wishes she would have gone through it faster. Because she missed out on a lot of that time with her son. and that wasn’t fair to him that she wasn’t fully present with him.
For the first 5 years everything was pain and fear and grief and when Danny turned 5 she said “No! Enough! I can’t do this anymore!”
She had a lot of guy friends prior to The Single Wives and anything that came close to or resembled a relationship, she would pull away and feel guilty.
Playing it safe creates regret!
“Until you feel it, until you feel like you’re ready, it’s got nothing to do with a time frame” ~ on when to introduce your kids to a new man in your life.
You can get good moments from anything. if it’s a horrible date, so what? Who Cares? Go and have a laugh about it with your girlfriends over a glass of wine.
Milestones are hard to get through. They can be really hard, but beautiful at the same time.
