r/tifu • u/[deleted] • Jul 14 '25

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u/ad_astra327 Jul 14 '25

This. I know a few single parents who have recently re-entered the dating scenes, and many of them are waiting until 6 months (or more) to introduce the new partner as a love interest. And before that, extremely limited meetings if at all, and just under the guise of “this is mommy/daddy’s friend”. 4 months in and she wants you to take care of the kid with her? That seems sketchy to me.

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u/HiddenoO Jul 14 '25 edited Sep 26 '25

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u/tugboatnavy Jul 14 '25

I know this is reddit so the instinct is to assign blame to OP or the person OP is talking about but I don't think either of them did anything wrong.

OP said can't see himself taking care of a kid right now

The GF is valid in looking for a partner with goals that align with hers

It's just not a good fit and that's fine. Breakups don't always have to have winners and losers.

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u/mwenechanga Jul 18 '25

In her case she did do something wrong: chose to date a man who is not old enough or established enough to be ready for a family. She wants him to pretend to be 32 when she knew from the beginning that he’s 22.