I'm a single parent and the man I've been seeing for the last 5 months is also a single parent. It's not OLD, we already knew one another. We've had the exclusivity talk.
It can be tricky getting our schedules to align due to his work and me not having regular childcare (because my children have SEN) but we manage to get together for a day/evening during the week atleast once (sometimes twice) for a handful of hours.
For the first time things have aligned that we both have a child free night this weekend (this is rarer than hens teeth for me) so we've made plans to go out for dinner and then back to his.
I assumed he'd want me to stay over.
He asked how long was I able to spend with him and I said I could stay over head back in the morning to take over at home.
"Let's do a few hours" is what he came back with.
Instant disappointment.
I asked was there a reason he didn't want to spend the night together and he said he was just being considerate of my DM having the DC, then joked that he didn't want to hear me snore.
My DM is staying at my house. It isn't an issue for her. She assumed I'd be staying out herself.
His DC will be at his parents all night.
(I don't snore either!)
Wouldn't you be jumping at the chance to spend the whole night with somebody you say you're falling in love with?
I'm feeling a bit rejected. I have ADHD and do tend to feel rejection sensitive dysphoria so I can't always be sure that I'm not just being sensitive.