Dating single mothers...

Tidus5005 · 2012-09-11T16:34:10+00:00

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LieutenantKumar · 2012-09-11T16:00:11+00:00

Yeah, but with all the achievements already unlocked

TheIrateGlaswegian · 2012-09-11T17:20:23+00:00

I think this counts as an analogy/metaphor of sorts...

I was given a PS1 memory card by a friend, as he was getting rid of his PS1. It had a save game for Final Fantasy VIII on it, a game he raved about for ages when it was released. I loaded up his save game...he was rubbish at it. He hadn't even completed disc one. I completed the game, maxing out all the magic and obtaining all the GFs, to show him how it's done.

beef0walk · 2012-09-11T17:26:02+00:00

A lot of people think you're lame if you don't want to raise someone else's kids, deal with someone else's exes, be a step dad, and all the other things that can come with dating a single mom. Let's face it, there's a lot more involved with dating a single mom than there is with dating someone without kids.

I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing to want to raise your own kids and start a new family without all the extra baggage of someone else's previous relationship, especially if you're a single guy who has always been responsible with contraception and isn't bringing his own kids to the relationship.

Rolling_Thunder9 · 2012-09-11T17:06:34+00:00

Wow, I wasn't expecting so much hate in this thread. I'm a single father, and I date single mothers, but I laughed my ass off at this joke.

Johnny_Is_Truant · 2012-09-11T18:42:00+00:00

Ach, had a really good relationship with a single mother, but the one thing we made sure of was to keep a measured distance between myself and the wee'un until we were sure it was gonna work out to avoid messing the kids head up. That was for the best because it didn't work out in the long run.

thediscobison · 2012-09-11T16:43:20+00:00

I don't mind dating single moms. My only problem has been single moms often come with crazy a-hole exes, and because of the child/children, they're always going to be part of the equation :/

Cornicorn · 2012-09-11T17:59:44+00:00

I'm 29, have never come close to marrying, have had very very few serious relationships in my life. Currently dating the mother of a 6 year old girl and I could not be more happy. Love the hell out of them both. Certainly don't feel like I'm taking over somebody else's saved game, but I can imagine the reference is relevant in many other similar situations.
The way I see it, if this girl was able to do a good job of raising a girl to the age of 6 by herself while remaining mostly sane and cool... I've found a winner.

alexmanrox · 2012-09-11T17:33:08+00:00

This is the first time I've seen a post stolen from reddit to facebook and then stolen from facebook right back onto reddit. I guess that's worth an upvote...

le_fapion · 2012-09-11T16:58:56+00:00

Dating a single mother, proud to call her kid my daughter and love them both very much... still found this funny, gotta have a sense of humor!

Dutchwank · 2012-09-11T17:28:09+00:00

More like continue a "rage quit" game

luke10_27 · 2012-09-11T16:14:51+00:00

I work with single mothers. You know, help them get their start. - Steve Martin

entropicsinkhole · 2012-09-11T18:54:57+00:00

New single mom here. Yeah, I laughed at the analogy, but seriously-- As a single mom who has a nice personality (IMO!), takes care of myself (physically and mentally), and is financially self-sufficient, I look at it differently. My standards for dating are going to be higher because I have a child. Will this limit dating options? Sure, but do I want to date the kind of guy who isn't interested in sharing a life with both of us? Not at all.

SCUMDOG_MILLIONAIRE · 2012-09-11T17:57:27+00:00

I'm a single guy/no kids and I really enjoy dating single mothers as long as the kid is over 4 or so.

Horong · 2012-09-11T18:07:51+00:00

First I thought it was funny. Then I was sad.

QuarterMileOfNasty · 2012-09-11T18:09:00+00:00

To the comments of being "Rent-a-pops" or "paying for someone else's mistake, I felt the need to chime in.. I dated and wound up marrying a single mother with two children.. I was a single male with no children of my own.. However I was previously married (at way to young of an age..) At the point in time when I started dating the mother, the children were five and three. They were getting to a point where they could speak clearly and be reasoned with (most of the time). This was perfect for me.. I don't care for babies.. because frankly they scare me.. and bore me at the same time. The kids stepped into my life at the perfect time, because I was able to talk to them and we could communicate better. And in times where they couldn't.. I was able to teach them how.. Their father is around.. pays child support once every 6 months because he'll be taken to court and have ordered wage garnishment.. He'll promptly quit his job and find another one two weeks later.. Like fucking clockwork.. It's maddening at times.. and I could understand how some people would say "I'm not paying for someone else's mistakes." There have been times where I've gotten discouraged and wanted to quit trying because you feel that the system is broken and can easily be manipulated to assist a deadbeat... but you don't.. because eventually, the kids will mean that much to you... And with very intelligent kids now at nine and six.. They see all the times that their father has ducked out on them when they needed something.. and they know damn well who did provide them with what they needed. Several times he's dropped off the planet for months at a time.. comes back around and tries to negotiate favors.. When he doesn't get his way he's tried to bait me into becoming violent, but then calls the cops the second I raise my voice to stand our ground.

The children are very exact when establishing between their "father" and "dad." And they will quickly tell you what the difference is.. and they'll quickly correct you, if you accidentally use the incorrect name.

Do they get on my nerves? All the damn time... They're kids.. they're equipped to find that hot button and push it repeatedly until they learn not to..

Sound like too much to handle? It may be for a lot... but I'll tell you this, It's taught me more about stepping up and being a goddamn man than anything else I've ever known.. and I'm thankful to have the opportunity.

Oh P.S. - I still chuckled at OP's joke..

*edit for spelling

FriarNurgle · 2012-09-11T16:51:55+00:00

As a single father I'd like to think its more like using a cheat code.

fishgats · 2012-09-11T17:08:05+00:00

I guess I'm the only asshole who's seen this quote multiple times before.

ApologiesForThisPost · 2012-09-11T10:48:34-07:00

I only ever get to play single player.

reddit1st · 2012-09-11T19:22:14+00:00

I am a single mom. Married, birthed child a couple years later, divorced a couple years after that. Father is in child's life. Father and i will never get back together; ship has sailed and tanked like the titanic. I found this post very humorous. Some might say i laughed way too hard at it.

scifiwoman · 2012-09-11T10:28:43-07:00

...but with the difficulty turned up to maximum.

Fiend138 · 2012-09-11T17:31:50+00:00

As a young mother who is struggling to stay with the child's father this is one reason I'm afraid to leave...

TheRealMishkin · 2012-09-11T09:50:42-07:00

Having a child gives a woman more responsibility but that should not mean that she can't make you just as happy as someone else. People fall in love and sometimes they fall out and then women take care of the children - that doesn't make them bad partners.

Locutus-of-Borg · 2012-09-11T10:16:05-07:00

Yep. they're a package deal!

beingaverage · 2012-09-11T17:39:51+00:00

Since when has Reddit's front page consisted of Facebook quotes from people who have stolen from Sickipedia..? A new low.

BeezGurl · 2012-09-11T19:38:06+00:00

If the woman had well behaved children and was getting LARGE child support and/or she had lots of her own money...many haters would change their minds quickly...the fear of many men is all about resources and "wasting" them on another man's progeny. If the man has little resources this fear is compounded. If he is well off, he likely does not sweat it as much. If the woman is great it is worth the hassle though. Yes of course kids can be a PITA (crying babies eek!)...but at least you get a chance to see if she is a good mother before you have kids with her yourself...Too many people have this picture of a single Mom as broke, struggling and looking for someone to leech off of but, that is not always the case...Does anyone agree that at LEAST half these haters would quickly change their tune if the single Mom was loaded?

halsitosis · 2012-09-11T19:22:57+00:00

hmm.. i know it's a joke and all but recently becoming a single mom this kind of made me sad that i will definitely be missing out on some opportunities. i understand why men would do a 180 after knowing, it just sucks.

Mingusfan101 · 2012-09-11T10:22:50-07:00

It's kinda like in "Glory Days," by the Boss.

Kevin717 · 2012-09-11T17:46:09+00:00

Funny how many people steal from ABH

Mattson · 2012-09-11T19:18:39+00:00

I guess a single mother with an STD is considered a corrupted save?

alliela19 · 2012-09-11T12:31:02-07:00

I hope 2x doesn't see this...

0311 · 2012-09-11T18:43:23+00:00

More like taking over the payments on someone's car.

wurz81 · 2012-09-11T16:54:25+00:00

As someone who dated a single mother and had a bunch of money extorted out of him with a fake pregnancy, this is correct.

ohmysocurious · 2012-09-11T17:01:11+00:00

Well, I guess I learned I really am the reason my mom stayed single.

I wish I was aborted. Poor mom.

Ikimasen · 2012-09-11T18:07:01+00:00

I tend to like a good metaphor, and I like when you can really extend a metaphor, but as a single dad divorced from a single mother, after I read this thread I don't have anything clever. People are people. She did some awful things, and she felt like she had to run to get away from them. But she deserves to be happy, and if you met her you'd like her if you met her. I made some serious mistakes and I don't want to be written off either.

Shit, wait. You just got a game after the expansion was out. You can play all the extra content but, trust me on this, you got it way cheaper than if you'd bought them both separately.

Edit: If you met her if you met her you would meet her if you met her pleased to meet you meet my meter, this is not my metier.

Bix_Nood · 2012-09-11T17:46:09+00:00

Single motherhood has the be the dating equivilent of at least 60lb. My shitty dating profile mostly gets PMs from a bunch of fugly wideloads - I know with 99% certainty before even checking that every single hot chick will be a single mother. Or very occasionally crazy.

If u can't deal with my kids u can't get wit me

Okay!

svengalus · 2012-09-11T17:46:51+00:00

My widowed sister-in-law needs a man bad. I'm sick of fixing all her broken shit and mowing her lawn.

Randomlooksee · 2012-09-11T10:31:31-07:00

Saving you countless hours of grinding!

Calsun · 2012-09-11T17:12:22+00:00

That loads with no money, and no hope of progression.

HITLARIOUSplus · 2012-09-11T17:32:35+00:00

r/ShitRedditSays has condemned this post

makubex · 2012-09-11T15:50:28+00:00

At least you know she puts out!

TH0UGHTP0LICE · 2012-09-11T17:28:34+00:00

Dated some single moms: never again. Not worth it. Not even close.

I don't even hit it and quit it anymore. Still not worth it.

I've worked my ass off to make sure my life wasn't fucked up and ruined; why should I pay for someone elses mistake?

runmymouth · 2012-09-11T17:49:50+00:00

But the save game has you maxed out on level with all the great gear. You don't have to deal with the baby stage, kids are fun. Babies are not.

phukunewb · 2012-09-11T17:45:34+00:00

con - they have someone else's kid(s)
pro - the kid(s) can really enrich your life
con - not as tight usually
pro - usually good in bed and less inhibited
con - often quite busy leaving you with more time to yourself
pro - often quite busy leaving you with more time to yourself

2012-09-11T16:35:52+00:00

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funny

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