To think that men are less invested in...

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.. any babies conceived with a new partner if they're already father to children with a previous partner?

Just a vibe I get reading posts.

That’s a sweeping generalisation.

Women posting on here are the ones who have problems with their partners, not where everything is lovely.

I can’t say that’s true in my case.

If anything it’s been easier for him to “be invested” in our children together, because they live with us 100% of the time.

I suppose it's probably not sensible to make any generalisations using mumsnet posts

I think that's a weird and sweeping generalisation. Some men are less invested in a 'new' baby, some men are so invested in a 'new' baby that they forget their older children, most don't do either of these things.

Can you be more specific about why you think so? Are you planning a baby with a man who’s already a father? Have an ex who might be...?

If anything, children from previous relationships get a rough deal.

@AnneLovesGilbert no, this is no way applies to me. I just feel as though I'm reading increasing numbers of posts from either pregnant women or stepmums with their nose put out of joint, really begrudging their partners prioritising their previously born children (and sometimes their previous partners too!)

I think this is a gross generalisation and you will get as many answers as there are fathers. If a man is "less invested" in any one child than any of the others then he's not likely to be a great father to any of his children.

Not true in my experience. They often do better the second time around.

This is a bit daft as others have said - there is presumably a higher chance of people complaining about difficulties rather than those raving about the success of their second families. Also maybe if someone reads a thread that relates to them in some ways it can trigger them to start one of there own and therefore result in a spate of similar threads

Your follow up post is completely different from your initial question.

Men seem to be less invested in the children they father from mothers they were not married to (or publicly legally committed to). That’s my observation. Old fashioned and controversial maybe, but seems to be a pattern to me?