When dating a single parent who has custody of the children..?
Do people think there is more at stake than just dating the person, since there are children involved?
It’s been kind of bugging me that people think it shouldn’t matter. Shouldn’t it matter that children are involved, too?
First… this was asked because so many think that dating a single woman should be no different. It is different and not an excuse. Kids see and hear and aren’t stupid. They have feelings too.
It just bothers me that so many think single moms use that as an excuse or believe it should be treated the same as dating a single woman with no kids. It can’t be treated the same because… with kids involved… it’s not the same. I wasn’t asking for me. I was asking to see what others think.
I don’t need dating sites.
Good question. The children are involved, even if it’s only a casual date; young kids have feelings that should be considered. I wouldn’t advise telling your five year old that this is your Uncle Bob, or Aunt Sally, but I wouldn’t try to keep them totally in the dark either. Children are curious, and don’t like feeling left out while mom goes out to dinner and they get to eat macaroni and cheese…again.
What you pose can be somewhat of a difficult situation, because you need to develop a balance between a young child not having any connection at all or thinking every new person in their parent’s life is a new Daddy or Mommy.
Something else that can eventually become important if the dating becomes more steady and/or serious is how the person interacts with the children, and visa-versa.
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yes definitely should be more caution but thats the parents job not the person theyre dating.
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Well ….. yes …. it does ….. personally, I’m no longer faced with that dilemma …..
but, while I was stumbling through … that mine field … there were some scenarios
I would have considered …. and some others in which I would have preferred to
step on the mine ….. in any case …. unless one is looking to become a parent of a ready-made family … one should make his reservations known …… so the single parent will know what to expect … or not expect ……. and those kids shouldn’t be jerked around either ……
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Good question. The children are involved, even if it’s only a casual date; young kids have feelings that should be considered. I wouldn’t advise telling your five year old that this is your Uncle Bob, or Aunt Sally, but I wouldn’t try to keep them totally in the dark either. Children are curious, and don’t like feeling left out while mom goes out to dinner and they get to eat macaroni and cheese…again.
What you pose can be somewhat of a difficult situation, because you need to develop a balance between a young child not having any connection at all or thinking every new person in their parent’s life is a new Daddy or Mommy.
Something else that can eventually become important if the dating becomes more steady and/or serious is how the person interacts with the children, and visa-versa.
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