to ask if dating a woman with kids is different to dating a man with kids?

[whateveryouneed]

I have a toddler. I'm a single parent and would like to start dating again.

I see lots of threads on here where women are advised to run like the wind when faced with the prospect of dating a man with children, especially if they are young.

I'm in my 20's and always find this disheartening (even though I don't disagree necessarily).

Do men feel the same? I mean, I'm worried that the chances of me meeting someone until my child is much older are slim. Do men really want to date women with toddlers?

Feeling rather lonely.

My DD's youngest was 2 when she met her now boyfriend. He doesn't have children and is fine with her having them. He now stays over when she has got tjem and finds ways to relate to them. Pokemon is his and her eldest's thing. He has had to say to her ex that he doesn't want to be their Dad, it's a different relationship. They are both under 30.

I think it's important to give the relationship time to grow and not jump in to have another baby. But having existing children isn't a barrier.

@jimmyjammy001, that depends on the Mother's babysitters arrangements, some have them on tap. My DD and her peer group haven't found that men in their 20's, who will date women with children are few and far between.

[quote whateveryouneed]@hampstead1234 that was actually my post. I was doing the hour long round trip for my exes daughter. It was awful. I left him. [/quote]
Is this the ex you have now had a kid with?

@Pogmella

Statistically your partner is the most likely person to kill you *@RoLaren* so do be careful if you’re not single yourself 🙄

Really- single mums get so much flak for dating. I’m sure OP doesn’t have ‘paedophile’ on her list of desirable traits in a life partner

Paedophiles don't walk around with it tattooed on their foreheads!

@jimmyjammy001 yes I was pregnant at the time of posting my previous post. It was an abusive relationship in many many ways.