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Dating another parent

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PineConePineCone · 08/12/2025 18:20

I’m a single parent and I would like to start dating again but does this make me a massive hypocrite that I don’t want to date a man that has children? I was speaking to my sister and she said I wouldn’t be able to meet a man without kids now that I have my own and that I would have to accept I will have to meet another parent.
so as a comprise I guess I would consider men with older grown up kids late teens / adults. My own kids are teens and I’m not looking for a father figure for them, I purposely waited until mine were older before I considered dating again as I didn’t want to date with young children. I don’t want to blend families or deal with exes etc and I am totally fine if a man didn’t want to date me as I have children (I’d understand and respect that) so is it a good compromise only considering to date someone with grown up kids?

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PineConePineCone · 09/12/2025 19:00

not If they have their own kids already that are older most of us with older kids don’t want to go back to the baby years again 😂 I’m glad mine are past that stage now and ime I know I’m generalizing but it’s mainly women that want children so I’m sure most men with grown up kids aren’t bothered about having more (different for a man that hasn’t had any at all) but it’s usually women that want children ime!

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DurinsBane · 09/12/2025 22:47

PineConePineCone · 09/12/2025 10:21

I don’t think it’s massively unusual? Lots of mums similar age as me at their school (so may depend on area) I’m 37 and happy to date older (but not by too much)

We had 2 adult kids when in (very very late!) 30s!

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