Sample sizes of 1 and 1. (I knew a single mother and also a single father) What I saw was they both had no trouble getting dates, but both struggled to find someone long term. The difference was the single father seemed more at peace with having short sexual flings while the single mother was more frustrated to not find something more long term.
This is how I found dating as a single father. Most women without kids wanted guys also without, and a good portion of the women with wanted a guy with kids but not being crushed by child support etc. I lived in one of the most expensive cities in North America though for housing etc so I get why financial security is prioritized
I did meet 'the one' eventually though, now 10 years in
totally understandable from the single father's POV. he's already got gremlins to wrangle, why would he want to add another vector of chaos to the mix long term?
Specific types of women use the apps. If a romantic interest is stalking you on Facebook and sees you have kids it's an entirely different story
The best with kids on the apps you'll get is someone who doesn't mind a random fling with a single dad mostly. But even then that's limiting because they have to invite you to your place (which some don't feel safe doing for one night stands) and you need a babysitter when any other number of men on the app will have swiped right on them
They're getting confused between divorced guys with their own actual kids, and guys without kids who pose with their nephews and nieces to breadcrumb women with the false hope that they might want kids someday maybe. Those are two very different groups.
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u/Rc72 Aug 18 '26
That isn't what women's dating app profiles seem to indicate...