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I tried dating a single parent, my first boyfriend (for narrating purposes I'm going to call him Bob), but there are more than just the pitfalls of the child and the possibility of being a step-parent because taking on a ready built family means you also have to take on relations with the child's other parent and their family.
With my experience that did not work so well, the mother of Bob's son hated the very idea of Bob dating again. So to express her displeasure she refused to let Bob see or even talk to his son and started having the boy call her brand new husband "dad." It was a mess and to make matters worse the former in-laws were also gunning against us.
The relationship ended, not because of the mess with the child or the ex but for other reasons. Still after that I've been wary of dating guys with kids, so I totally feel the pain.
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