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Have you ever dated a single parent?

Did they eventually start pressuring you to help out with the kids? When is that supposed to start? I'm too young for this! 馃槚
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Picklebobble256-60, M
As a single parent myself i would say don't get involved unless you feel your relationship is likely to last.
It really does affect children if there are people they get atatched to, who then disappear from their lives.
If your partner has children, then it's part of the deal.
It would be unreasonable to expect otherwise.
Sadie14F
See that's what I thought too. Why be involved in their lives if we aren't in a solid relationship? I don't know what he's thinking...
Picklebobble256-60, M
Well you need to talk to him about it.
Maybe he's thinking that you'll be together long term and he wants to introduce you to them and vice versa in the hope you'll both bond.
Sadie14F
@Picklebobble2: there are THREE of them.
Picklebobble256-60, M
WOW !! That would be tough for ANYBODY !!!
Do you think it's too much, too soon ?
Sadie14F
YES! lol I do!
Picklebobble256-60, M
Then you have to tell him !!
Parenting doesn't come naturally to some folk. And if you are at the stage where you just aren't ready for all that, it's unfair of him to expect you to be.
Sadie14F
I already did and I think he's mad at me. I haven't talked to him in person about it yet.
Picklebobble256-60, M
Well it seems a bit immature, to be mad at you !
You didn't ask to be involved in his family and he must have thought it might be a step too far too early.