Advice for my sister-in-law

[CoccoLover]

My SIL has asked me for advice today and I can not give her any good advice. Anyway she is mid twenties single with a 3 year old little boy. She has been chatting to this man for awhile now and has started to really like him and she thought he was interested in her. However the other day she started to speak about her little boy and now she is upset because he seems to have changed when talking to her. (That is all I know) :(
I asked her if she had mentioned her child before and she said she had but think he may have forgotten. She says he is shy and doesn't think he would ask her on a date directly. My reply was to ask him... But she said she did not want to now in case she has got the whole situation wrong or he does not like the idea of her having a child.
I have NO clue about any of this stuff as I am married and have never been single with a child. Do men not like women who have got children?? Surely not. Maybe he has not changed she just thinks this in her head. (confidence problem)
Anyone been in a similar situation? Any advice I can pass to her would be much appreciated.

Some single men are not interested in women with children. Just like some single women wouldn't be interested in men with children. That's just the way it goes unfortunately - if this is the case with the guy your sister likes, it's better tbh to have found out sooner rather than later.

Plus there will be lots of men who won't be put off by her already having a child - just because this man might have been doesn't mean every man will be.

I'm a lone parent, and I'm not short of offers (all of them are shit, admittedly). There are plenty of men and women not put off by children.

Sounds like an awful lot of bother, I always mention I have a child and often refer to her as she is the biggest part of my life.

She should ask if her having a child is a problem, put it out there, let him respond. If he's bothered, then such is life, move on

I doubt if her having a child is a big deal to him, he would have forgotten she told him.

The fact is, is that some people don't want to be in a relationship with someone who has kids. And that's a valid choice. As long as he doesn't lead her on and tells her its an issue now, I don't see the problem.

some people would find the role of step parent hard. Some people just don't want kids at all.

Thank you for the replies. I do hope she is just thinking to much in to it. Without me going into loads of detail without her consent. The day she found out about her bundle of joy was the day she left a very hard relationship which she had been trapped in from when she was young. So for her to start to feel anything towards any man is a huge step for her.
Least now I can give her some advice :)