I don't have a lot of dating experience, when I did plate a single mom for a couple of months it wasn't bad because it was just sex and I pretty much never saw her kid.

I did have a few single mothers try to rope me in to pay their bills, but I recognized it and didn't get sucked in. So in that regards I guess I'm lucky, the one I did plate didn't want me to be a father or wallet, and the ones that did want me to be those things I blew off.

What are the horror stories others here have? I see so many posts of people saying 'learn from my mistakes, never date a single mother'. What went wrong?

Educate those of us who would rather learn from the misery and mistakes of others.