Starius
Practically Family
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Here are just a couple of my observations.
As far as online dating is concerned, it certainly works for some people. But I think a mistake that some people often make is they assume it is some magical solution to finding someone when really, its just another way to meet people. It really isn't that different from meeting people in other traditional ways... you still have much of the same advantages and disadvantages. Really, the only major difference is that you can meet different pools of people than you otherwise would. Above and beyond that, I wouldn't associate any other special properties to online dating.
As for having a young child, some guys wont mind, some guys might get a little freaked. Truthfully, I have very little dating experience so take my advice with a grain of salt... but in my first year of college, I was sweet on a girl who turned out to be pregnant. I sent her flowers while she was in the hospital having her baby, etc. At that particular time, her having a kid didn't seem to bother me at all. Nothing ever came out of that, however, relationship wise. Today, though, I find myself less inclined to the idea of dating someone with kids, for my own personal reasons.
In any event, my view is that having a child will probably be less of a hindrance in the dating game than someone might think. I think guys who are against dating women with kids tend to be more vocal about the situation than guys who are okay with it, thus a mis proportioned stereotypical bias is created.
As far as online dating is concerned, it certainly works for some people. But I think a mistake that some people often make is they assume it is some magical solution to finding someone when really, its just another way to meet people. It really isn't that different from meeting people in other traditional ways... you still have much of the same advantages and disadvantages. Really, the only major difference is that you can meet different pools of people than you otherwise would. Above and beyond that, I wouldn't associate any other special properties to online dating.
As for having a young child, some guys wont mind, some guys might get a little freaked. Truthfully, I have very little dating experience so take my advice with a grain of salt... but in my first year of college, I was sweet on a girl who turned out to be pregnant. I sent her flowers while she was in the hospital having her baby, etc. At that particular time, her having a kid didn't seem to bother me at all. Nothing ever came out of that, however, relationship wise. Today, though, I find myself less inclined to the idea of dating someone with kids, for my own personal reasons.
In any event, my view is that having a child will probably be less of a hindrance in the dating game than someone might think. I think guys who are against dating women with kids tend to be more vocal about the situation than guys who are okay with it, thus a mis proportioned stereotypical bias is created.
