Would you enter a relationship with a single parent?

MercedesBenzoAMG · 2018-01-28T15:32:07+00:00

Not in a billion years.

But I also don't want kids at all and am very upfront about this with any potential partners so I want to filter out any woman who wants kids at all, not only the single parents.

Littleknownfacts · 2018-01-28T15:33:31+00:00

dakru · 2018-01-28T15:39:51+00:00

squidracer · 2018-01-28T15:54:39+00:00

Never again.

I somehow avoided it through my twenties, and finally decided to become more accepting when i turned 30.

I regretted it just a few months after she moved in.

SecSlab · 2018-01-28T17:45:52+00:00

Under age 40, I wouldn’t touch a guy who has a kid, especially if he isn’t involved in his own child’s life. That’s gross, how can a guy not even be involved with his own child? After age 40 I feel like there will be no choice, really.

alby333 · 2018-01-28T17:21:42+00:00

I did. The father who was her partner at the time disappeared during the pregnancy then denied parentage to avoid child support. My so was supporting herself comfortably so she didn’t push the issue the guy was not particularly wealthy at the time and it’s fairly pointless to force parenthood on someone who doesn’t want it. I met her when the child was 7 months old and in all honestly I fell in love with her little girl as much as her. The absence of the father allowed us to put my name on the birth certificate a few years later. I obviously have told my daughter the truth now, it was a hard conversation but we’ve never discussed it again she’s 14 now. In all honesty I often forget I’m not the biological father (people often comment we have a family resemblance I don’t correct them).

As for the mother she was smart,hot and despite the obvious mistake of getting pregnant at 20 a responsible mother with a job. When we bought our house she tried the sahm thing but hated it so she went back to work we’ve since had a second girl.

I have no regrets but then I don’t thing my old lady is your typical single mother.

GinSmokeLies · 2018-01-28T16:34:13+00:00

Probably not. I'd have a lot of trouble with jealousy I think, knowing he shares a child with someone else. It would be tough for me. But if I met the right person I might be able to get past it.

JustAnotherOmegaMale · 2018-01-28T18:43:33+00:00

I'd love to say I wouldn't but I just know my beta cuck ass will probably go for it.

Somewhere in the next 10 years I'm probably living with some washed up single mom and praying that her little brats will eventually call me "daddy".

RockinSocksII · 2018-01-28T15:51:41+00:00

Nope; I don't want kids.

reluctantly_red · 2018-01-28T15:52:09+00:00

Under certain circumstances. She'd have to demonstrate that her life is otherwise totally squared away. The vetting process would need to be more intense.

darksoldierk · 2018-01-28T17:03:13+00:00

No.

Lyanina · 2018-01-28T18:09:22+00:00

Not as long as I can easily enter a happy relationship with someone who isn't a single parent.

Atlas_B_Shruggin · 2018-01-28T15:40:17+00:00

absolutely not. my husband has a son but they had no relationship other than CS, and that was fine with me. no way i could have survived him being involved with the babymomma and another womans kid taking up his time effort and love. im selfish like that

MoodyAres · 2018-01-28T15:45:28+00:00

Fuck no.

carefreevermillion · 2018-01-28T15:48:50+00:00

No way in hell.

crackrocksteady7 · 2018-01-28T16:35:16+00:00

lol fuck no

miamishowband · 2018-01-28T15:53:07+00:00

No way.

FairlyNaive · 2018-01-28T16:14:18+00:00

I saw one case where i would be ok with that, but that was an exceptional woman. In other cases why would i go for someone with baggage, if there are similar/better options w/o it?

TheWhitestOrca · 2018-01-28T17:03:37+00:00

I don’t want kids of my own. I wouldn’t want to help raise someone else’s kid.

truedemocracy3 · 2018-01-28T16:43:51+00:00

At this stage? No. My SMV/RMV is too high that 95%+ of single mothers are below my threshold.

If something ever happened to me to level that playing field then sure, anything is possible I guess. But dating a single mother is generally a desperate measure.

Kralee · 2018-01-28T15:43:55+00:00

Never.

I advocate to all other men and women not to enter into relationships with single parents.

I also advocate people to shame by-choice single parents since it's a strain on a country's welfare system; and all single parents really do is raise maladjusted criminals.

Mr_Smoogs · 2018-01-28T16:09:13+00:00

No. Single moms are a cancer on this society

EsauTheRed · 2018-01-28T17:09:21+00:00

Absolutely not. I'd rather be childless and invest my time in my actual blood relatives, my nieces, nephews, and cousins.

wekacuck · 2018-01-28T17:41:18+00:00

Probably--I wouldn't rule it out. I have kids and I like kids so if we're on the same wavelength I don't see the problem. Possibly being parents is something we'd have in common. I'm happily married for now though so it's pretty abstract.

PIBagent · 2018-01-28T18:14:41+00:00

red_matrix · 2018-01-28T18:22:42+00:00

No way in hell.

Doom_and-Gloom · 2018-01-28T18:41:57+00:00

No, I don't like kids. I don't even want kids of my own, let alone be stuck raising someone else's.

speltspelt · 2018-01-28T20:01:31+00:00

Marrying a single mom is evolutionarily more beneficial than never marrying, so men do it plenty despite the griping. If you go through, I don't know, Sexiest Man Alive lists or whatever, a ton of them have stepchildren, perhaps more than have extra biological children outside of marriage.

cxj · 2018-01-28T20:19:09+00:00

Been there, done that.... lead to a false DV accusation which lead me to TRP.

I wouldn’t technically rule out dating a hypothetically awesome single mom that probably doesn’t exist irl, but for the most part single moms are a mess and unwifeable.

TheBookOfSeil · 2018-01-28T20:28:05+00:00

Damn. No love for or from anyone on this thread.

It would depend on who the people are. If it would be worth it, I would give them a chance. Relationships involve a little bit of effort on your part if you want them to be successful. I'm not so picky as to only take someone that seemed "perfect" to me.

gabriot · 2018-01-28T20:52:25+00:00

I'm open to it but the kid better not suck and the parent better be the absolute shit.

grindlegrundle · 2018-01-28T21:08:40+00:00

I would if I was older and established, but right now I'm 21 and still in school! I am in no way qualified to help raise a kid when I'm still a dependent myself.

Christian_Kong · 2018-01-28T22:47:13+00:00

No way. Too much baggage.

My buddy just wedded and recently knocked up a single mom. Her ex was a former military(don't know what branch) person. Dude was out of state and barely took care of the kid. Dude would send my buddy all kinds of death threats and shit one day, and then try to do Christmas with everyone cause his kid was there. It was a mess. Guy was obviously nuts, and he offed himself back in November.

Now that story is more on the extreme end of shit, but even in a best case scenario, you have to deal with someone elses kid. Thats too much baggage for me. I have no interest in dealing with kids in general. I gain no enjoyment from any of my friends kids other than them tormenting their parents. I don't see the big deal with kids. If I am going to put up with a kid it better be my own. I know plenty of desperate dudes that have no issue with this, so it's all personal preference.

I often see and occasionally here, on this subreddit, how a mid 30's man like myself can have anything in common with a 20 something(like I tend to date.) How in the world can I have anything in common with a single mom? I does not matter what my hobbies are, most of her hobbies is being a Mom.

wtknight · 2018-01-28T23:03:08+00:00

Sure, if I were single and I liked her enough I would. I'm in my 40's though. When I was I was in my 20's I don't think I would have considered it, and when I was in my 30's it would have been a minus compared to someone who did not have a kid yet, although I would have considered it.

raginghamster · 2018-01-28T23:36:44+00:00

Nope. No reason to at my age (mid 20s). No advantages unless you love kids, and plenty of disadvantages. No shortage of women who aren't single parents.

Maybe my opinion will change when I'm older but for now it's a pretty clear cut preference for a long-term partner.

despisedlove2 · 2018-01-29T00:28:49+00:00

Not unless I were a single parent for some reason. Or deluded.

deathdef · 2018-01-29T03:27:09+00:00

Hell yeah if they are a good parent. I like kids but don't want one of my own and idm even looking after the kid. There's a lot of no responses here but I haven't seen a lot of their arguments.

polyconfused38 · 2018-01-29T14:43:16+00:00

I’m married with kids, so were we ever to split up I couldn’t really justify not considering single moms as partners. I can’t even say I’d have an absolute preference for non-moms, I’d take a better quality woman with a kid over a lower quality one without kids. But I’d want to have my own kids with her too, at least one.

MrPerfidy · 2018-01-28T16:20:30+00:00

Maybe when you give your opinions, leave a brief sentence outlining your relationship with your mother and her own mate status in your childhood. Most of the replies sound irrational and bitter to me.

MrPerfidy · 2018-01-28T16:19:33+00:00

I dont understand the RP idea about this, because in our evolutionary origins, most mothers were single- the chad men that are daily masturbated with text walls died all the time in glorious combat with now-extinct monsters. There's no way there were even 17 year old women without children and within a few years I'm sure most of those fathers were in the entrails of predators or otherwise prematurely dead.

PBRScagsquad · 2018-01-28T17:44:58+00:00

Nope not raising another mans children, the ultimate cuckery.

damaskrose · 2018-01-28T18:02:32+00:00

No, I barely even want to take care of my own kids let alone someone else's.

madscientistlove · 2018-01-29T06:00:32+00:00

Never ever.

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buartha · 2018-01-28T17:07:22+00:00

Aye, if I were single. I quite like kids but don't want my own biological children so it would be a nice compromise.

My partner has a son, but he didn't really have a hand in raising him and his son is only like a year and half younger than me so it didn't really affect our relationship the way an actual child would (beyond me getting mad when he visits and eats all my vegan baked stuff.)

Neoprime · 2018-01-28T17:17:19+00:00

Only if she is godless/no religion.

notworthmuch20xx · 2018-01-28T17:29:13+00:00

very reluctantly if at all, except for certain circumstances

LewisCross · 2018-01-28T18:54:58+00:00

Not a chance no way. Ever.

BisquitBill · 2018-01-28T19:47:18+00:00

DemonConsulting · 2018-01-28T19:48:23+00:00

Depends on why they are a single parent. If the mother of the child died or abandoned them and there were no other issues (like the child hating me or just behaving horribly or something), I wouldn't mind.

If there is an ongoing custody battle/ baby moma drama, etc. I wouldn't want to get involved.

DaphneDK42 · 2018-01-28T20:03:31+00:00

Yeah. Kids are great.

CuddleLumpkin · 2018-01-28T20:47:00+00:00

I have kids. I’m in my 30s. If I found myself single I would pretty much expect to date fellow divorcees with kids. I think it’s important to state your demographic before we make the conclusion that single parents are undesirable partners. Of course some 22 year old single guy who may or may not want kids in the future, who is travel and heavily career minded wouldn’t want to date someone with kids. That would be a disaster

LifterofThings · 2018-01-28T22:05:08+00:00

If my bf and I for whatever reason split up? Yeah, sure. I'd be a single parent myself so it would hardly make sense to veto other single parents.

That being said at this point in time, if my SO died or left, I can't imagine being gung-ho to jump back into the dating pool. Eugh.

Willow-girl · 2018-01-28T23:59:35+00:00

I have in the past, but I'm very glad my current partner is childfree! Think I'll keep him, lol. ("Bonus children," my ass!)

1UPZ_ · 2018-01-29T08:58:05+00:00

depends on how they became "single" parent.

Sleeping around recklessly with random men... NOPE.

Legit relationship that ended up sour or ended because of legit reasons, maybe she got cheated on?, or the guy changed or refused to "grow up" and accept responsibilities etc (but its still a red flag on her for falling for someone like that)... then YES. But if its her, who cheated... NOPE.

Centurion53 · 2018-01-29T10:11:59+00:00

Fuck no

methylotroph · 2018-01-29T13:05:50+00:00

I have, and I don't recommend it.

Whisper · 2018-01-29T14:22:48+00:00

Maybe if her daughter was over the age of consent. And hot.

Alfalfa121 · 2018-01-29T15:57:22+00:00

the_calibre_cat · 2018-01-29T18:21:52+00:00

If she was still of childbearing age and could bear ideally two biological children of my own, yes. Gotta fulfill that genetic imperative, that's my purpose in life.

Actanonverba11 · 2018-01-29T18:26:41+00:00

No. No way in hell.

tplg · 2018-01-29T19:46:32+00:00

With a man who got a woman pregnant and then ditched her or couldn't keep her around for whatever reason - no, as it shows poor judgment or a poor RMV on his part. Also, the woman might still be part of his life through the child which isn't something I'm willing to put up with.

With a man who's a single parent because he's a widower - sure, it's the one case where single parenthood is acceptable because it's not the person's fault. But even then only if I'm 100% sure that he's actually with me for me, not just because he wants the kid to have a mother.

HoChiMindy · 2018-01-30T01:37:31+00:00

I'm childfree so no. I generally consider single parenthood the result of poor decision making.

HarpyMaster · 2018-01-28T18:54:53+00:00

Only if it's a sex-only relationship, i.e. fwb, Otherwise, no.

MonTrenA · 2018-01-28T20:22:01+00:00

Na man that ain't me.

I try not to shop at the scratch and dent sale.

skdjk100 · 2018-01-29T03:24:05+00:00

What if the single mother was cheated on by the guy??

MrPerfidy · 2018-01-28T16:19:44+00:00

I dont understand the RP idea about this, because in our evolutionary origins, most mothers were single- the chad men that are daily masturbated with text walls died all the time in glorious combat with now-extinct monsters. There's no way there were even 17 year old women without children and within a few years I'm sure most of those fathers were in the entrails of predators or otherwise prematurely dead.

pinkgoldrose · 2018-01-28T16:24:23+00:00

Yes, especially if he's widowed that's free children for the taking.

Title	Would you enter a relationship with a single parent?
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Date	January 28, 2018 3:29 PM UTC (8 years ago)
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