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It may or not matter, that why I posted the question. From my perspective It's about making the decision to purposely decide to have a child alone, and would that affect a womens prospects of having a future relationship with a man?
I have a woman at work that decided to do this twice. Shes not a Lesbian, she was just 35 and wanted a kid and the available male pool was lacking so she decided to go it alone.
If anything, I'd have more respect for a woman who chose to have a child alone than one who chose to have a child with a deadbeat loser, which seems to happen more often.
The lack of a bio-father, custody battles, general nastiness between exes, drama drama drama, etc would ultimately be a nice thing to have when dating a single parent.
If anything, I'd have more respect for a woman who chose to have a child alone than one who chose to have a child with a deadbeat loser, which seems to happen more often.
"which seems to happen more often"
It does. The reason I brought up this specific question is because it is not brought up often. Dead beat dads, abusive realtionships, and not involved parents are discussed all the time.
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The lack of a bio-father, custody battles, general nastiness between exes, drama drama drama, etc would ultimately be a nice thing to have when dating a single parent.
That would be a very logical decision. I can understand that outlook. For me I would have to balance the need for a child to connect with his bio parent vs. how bad of an infuence the bio parent is. For whatever the reason, the need for a Father seems to be marginalized further and further every year in modern society.
It may or not matter, that why I posted the question. From my perspective It's about making the decision to purposely decide to have a child alone, and would that affect a womens prospects of having a future relationship with a man?
I have a woman at work that decided to do this twice. Shes not a Lesbian, she was just 35 and wanted a kid and the available male pool was lacking so she decided to go it alone. She went to a sperm bank and was inseminated artificially.
she did what was best for her and that's great. If a woman is financially secure and decides to have a child then I don't see an issue with how she gets pregnant
Since I am a woman who dates men I will switch it around to would I date a man who intentionally became a single father through surrogate and the answer is (this will surprise people)yes, assuming the surrogate isn't in the picture. Now, would I date a man who donated sperm? good question and not sure what I would say.
That's why I said "potential issue," because it would be an issue for some and not for others. I'm just saying if there is an issue, it's likely to be due to the fact that there is a child, not due to how the child was created.
If there are any issues or problems I would say it's a lack of balance in the parents life and not necessarily because he/she has a child.
she did what was best for her and that's great. If a woman is financially secure and decides to have a child then I don't see an issue with how she gets pregnant
I can understand her position considering it was her last chance and she was desperate.
"If a woman is financially secure and decides to have a child then I don't see an issue with how she gets pregnant"
To me that could reflect how important it was to her to have a father in her childs life vs a test tube.
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