Does being a single parent make you less or more dateable ?

It only means I won't have to birth them out my own pompom.

Working in obstetrics I know how darn difficult and painful it all is. 👀

All children are worthy of good home. They don't have to be mine biologically for me to mother them.

In my case, it's the number 1 reason (combined with my shiftwork and together they make me 'unavailable' apparently for romance/sex/etc.) why single women in their 40's and 50's won't consider me. I currently have this in a couple of my dating site profiles:

"I do part-time shiftwork as I'm a hard-working single dad with a lovely amazing inspiring 6 y/o daughter who stays with me for nearly a week at a time over every second weekend plus three adult children that are living their own lives. If you have kids as well that'd be really awesome.

Note that my focus is being the best dad I can to my 6 y/o daughter in the circumstances and if you are interested in me you must accept both of us as I will not sacrifice being a dad for the sake of sexual/intimate/romantic connections. "

I make it abundantly clear that my daughter comes before any adult relationshipping.

I dated (and married) a woman with two kids. I thought of it as a bonus, despite the challenges.

i will date a guy with kids, esp if they are similar ages to mine, which are young. they can enjoy our dates too :)

I'm open to men w kids but a lot of them are deadbeats or bad fathers. I just blocked a guy this weekend bc he told me his kids live with their grandma most of the time. That rubs me the wrong way lol

It works both ways I'll get a date with someone and then they find out that I have prime custody of my daughter and then they don't want to date me even though they may have kids of their own.....

Being a parent doesn't make someone less dateable to me by just that fact alone.

If I were single, I wouldn't want to date someone who was a parent who had a contentious drama filled relationship with their ex, someone who consistently badmouths their ex, or anyone who didn't have 50/50 shared custody without a really good reason why.

I also would be very leery of someone seeking to date me because I was already a parent.

Yes. I was a single parent years ago when I had my first child.

I started dating my current wife when her daughter was in 8th grade. We had an understanding that she’d move to my house once her daughter went off to college. We were married the summer of her freshman year in college.

I would not, under any circumstances, marry a woman with young children. I’ve had mine and am thankfully done.

I have dated single mothers and wont do it again. Too much drama, not enough time to enjoy each other as a couple, ex husband/babby daddy issues. The worst is when you break up, you miss the mom and the kid. Double heartbreak. Its easier to date someone that is not attatched.

It depends on the age of the people dating.
A young person may find a potential date with kids unavailable. They can't be spontaneous.
Older people who are dating the second time around, who have kids, may see a potential date who has no kids, as a red flag.

It depends honestly, definetly if it turns into a long term relationship. Then there will have to be an agreement about the kids. How they are raised, which rules etc.

I think it makes it harder for us for sure. My son is almost 14, my daughter is an adult and honestly I wouldn’t date a man with kids under 13.

I think many men fear they will end up paying for the children if the relationship gets serious.

I don't have children, nor do I want a partner with children

I don't even know if I want a partner who wants to have children with me

It should definitely make you careful about who you date. Two women I know, with admittedly questionable taste in men, opted to stop dating until their children were grown.

It doesn't bother me. Just don't want any from my own wretched genes.

I would. Some don't like it, but they are children.

Single isn't the right word. That's a package

it makes everyone else much less dateable to me

Much less. And she should be careful. If she gets desperate enough she will date someone very harmful.