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Beethovenfan West County St. Louis , Missouri USA
Konigsberg: Yes it does ... have to have a babysitter all the time. Have been there ...done with it.
It is hard to date without having kids...Some treat your profile like a resume...
stefonline Dublin, Dublin Ireland
rolltideroll: I have been a single mom for 5yrs. I can find men to date its just that they get tired of having the kids around after about 6mos.




That's nothing new....men get tired of having kids around after 6 seconds did'nt you know that....they are selfish creatures and want you entirly to themselves without any interuptions.....banana grin
TurkishDelight Dublin, Dublin Ireland
Its as hard as you make it..

Can you imagine how hard it is to get involved with a ready made family unit.....add the ex spouse/partner to it, then th eormer in-laws...

It must be a bloody minefield for those who dont have children to suddenly find themselves an instant family.
X_REBEL North Shore, Auckland New Zealand
rolltideroll: I dont know if any of you other single parents feel like it is so hard to date.


As a single guy i can say from my perspective that dating women with kids is last on my list. As i don't have them why should i get involve with someone who has them? Women with kids will always have that "third" party factor in there lives and with all the drama that goes along with that. Me personally not in the mood for that. And no this isn't called selfishness, but just plain logic and common sense. wine
Konigsberg Jurassic Park (Site B), Nova Scotia Canada
Beethovenfan: It is hard to date without having kids...Some treat your profile like a resume...


I think it is quite normal to read anybodies profiles like a resume .... frankly, it is one.

The only difference is ...some people do have sense of humour some don't. So it is up to us to make it read as a favorite book or like a dry recite of what has been accomplished in our lifes.


I think daiting itself isn't a hard deed .... it is what we want and expect to find. You know, those imagies of happiness we percieve.


But what do we really know about WHAT do we want or need?



Children are a little suckers ( i have 3 of them), chatterboxes they have an ability to make anyone to go nuts or to get a headache in a matter of minutes.

So patience, patience, patience ... or wait until they will grow up.

conversing wave
X_REBEL North Shore, Auckland New Zealand
lanabyte: I think it's more difficult because you have to consider how this person will be around your children. It's not only you and your wants and needs, but the children's too. Children should always come first. I think parenthood matures you in some ways that nothing else does.


I can just imagine all the work and effort in the relationship for men dating a woman with kids and then just to find yourself playing "second fiddle" to someone's else's kids. doh
Konigsberg Jurassic Park (Site B), Nova Scotia Canada
X_REBEL: As a single guy i can say from my perspective that dating women with kids is last on my list. As i don't have them why should i get involve with someone who has them? Women with kids will always have that "third" party factor in there lives and with all the drama that goes along with that. Me personally not in the mood for that. And no this isn't called selfishness, but just plain logic and common sense.


True it is, can't argue this one

I do respect your honesty handshake



Topher83 Yorktown, Virginia USA
Im not a single parent.. But I will go as far as to say that I don't think "dating" is very easy to anybody.. Though I could just be a retard (shrug)
TurkishDelight Dublin, Dublin Ireland
X_REBEL: As a single guy i can say from my perspective that dating women with kids is last on my list. As i don't have them why should i get involve with someone who has them? Women with kids will always have that "third" party factor in there lives and with all the drama that goes along with that. Me personally not in the mood for that. And no this isn't called selfishness, but just plain logic and common sense.


For once I agree with you...
X_REBEL North Shore, Auckland New Zealand
cjteach1: a real man accepts the kids as part of the package


A real man with no kids will use his brain and stay away, as for men with kids, that's a different story... drinking
stefonline Dublin, Dublin Ireland
X_REBEL: As a single guy i can say from my perspective that dating women with kids is last on my list. As i don't have them why should i get involve with someone who has them? Women with kids will always have that "third" party factor in there lives and with all the drama that goes along with that. Me personally not in the mood for that. And no this isn't called selfishness, but just plain logic and common sense.





You have been stricken from my list as a potential partner and father to my kids......rolling on the floor laughing



Thank god for that.....wipes sweat from brow....rolling on the floor laughing
stefonline Dublin, Dublin Ireland
Men do not think with their upper brain....but they do think with their reptilic brain......rolling on the floor laughing
Konigsberg Jurassic Park (Site B), Nova Scotia Canada
Topher83: Im not a single parent.. But I will go as far as to say that I don't think "dating" is very easy to anybody.. Though I could just be a retard (shrug)



laugh you are too young to be a retard. Just wait until you will get kids. Let Spirits help your mind !
X_REBEL North Shore, Auckland New Zealand
stefonline: You have been stricken from my list as a potential partner and father to my kids......
Thank god for that.....wipes sweat from brow....


Hey i'm still a kid myself....laugh
X_REBEL North Shore, Auckland New Zealand
stefonline: Men do not think with their upper brain....but they do think with their reptilic brain......


I agree and they are the "easy" one's to handle for women...laugh But then you get a few who actually uses their "real brain" and that means trouble for woman...laugh

The sad thing about life for men is that they haven't learn't their lesson about the "power of pussy", so to speak...and women know this of course... sigh
stefonline Dublin, Dublin Ireland
X_REBEL: I agree and they are the "easy" one's to handle for women... But then you get a few who actually uses their "real brain" and that means trouble for woman...

The sad thing about life for men is that they haven't learn't their lesson about the "power of pussy", so to speak...and women know this of course...




I did'nt know cats were that powerful................doh



Meeeeooowwwww.........Puuuuuuurrrrrrr....grin
dcj22 Somewhere, Kansas USA
stefonline: Men do not think with their upper brain....but they do think with their reptilic brain......



My friend got her husband a t-shirt that says "I'm With Stupid" and an arrow.

The arrow points down! rolling on the floor laughing
stefonline Dublin, Dublin Ireland
X_REBEL: Hey i'm still a kid myself....




Hmmmmmmm I wonderconfused



Hell I'm just out of nappies myself.....blushing
X_REBEL North Shore, Auckland New Zealand
stefonline: I did'nt know cats were that powerful................
Meeeeooowwwww.........Puuuuuuurrrrrrr....


Oh believe me that "pussy" is the most powerful...even more than the biggest and strongest lion out there...Most men are powerless....but i suppose that's in our "blueprint"... laugh
gordy22222 whitehorse, Yukon Territory Canada
i ve raised couple of sets of kids that were not mine they were great as little tykes turned into drug and alchol as adults 2 of them.not my fault couple of real winners im proud to say im not sure i would do the family thing again imgettin a little long in the tooth for that but if a girl and kids came by and needed me i might try again .she would have to have her head screwed on proper never again air heads or hard drugs,,j m o




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