Did anyone end up with a decent/professional/loving man when you were a single parent?

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I am a single mum to a little boy and I can’t imagine ever meeting anyone again. I’m 35 so not getting younger. I would love a family unit but I am in a professional job and relatively high earner. I feel like I will never meet anyone in the circles I am in and will forever be left out. I would happily date any nice man, it’s not about their job, but I’m just conscious that I only tend to meet people through work and extensions of people/friends I know in similar jobs.

Yes. Widowed at 33 with tiny children at 33, met him at 37 after a year of dating. Professional, normal, all own teeth 🤣

I wasn't determined to get a new man to maintain the family unit, I just prefer having healthy romantic relationship with a man to being single.

I spent around 3.5 years seeing my post-ExH partner (who became 2nd DH) before we started living together, and I was very much the dominant parent in my household. 2nd DH was more like an uncle figure, although obviously part of their day to day lives once we were living together.

I've now spent 4 years seeing my post-DH2's-death partner, and have no intention of living with him for the moment, said children are now 19 and 16, and I'll be waiting until the 16yo has finished sixth form at least. Again he is more like an uncle figure to them. He will help out (is picking the 19yo & GF up from the airport tonight cos I'm out) but doesn't overstep my boundaries.

I guess some women are determined to 'get' a new partner at any cost to create a family unit.

You see, zonky, it's the casual tilt towards misogyny that kind of rules you out of being taken seriously in this discussion. Since you have nothing constructive to add, I suggest you scuttle off and find some board where your views are just another little turd bobbing around in the sewage.

How bloody rude.

I was 40, divorced with a four year old when I met my second husband at work. He was (and is) intelligent, kind, great with my daughter and has always been 100% committed to us. He brought her up as his own - he didn't have any himself (my ex put himself out of the picture). We have been happily married for twenty six years. We were very lucky, we met at absolutely the right time for both of us.

Yes and I met him through work. We've been together nearly twelve years now.

I was going to add something but I simply couldn't put it better than this!!

*step rather!