Dating: Ready to meet the kids?
One of our readers has been seeing a woman for about 8 months and things are getting serious. The woman he is seeing has decided that she feels comfortable enough to introduce him to her children. He has none and is actually “not that great” with kids.
He wants help in figuring out if he is ready to meet the kids. How do you know when it is time to introduce your kids to your date? Should there be a serious and exclusive relationship before you bring your kids around the person you are dating?
What should you do if you aren’t “kid friendly” but you really want things to go well?
Do you think dating a single parent is harder when you don’t have kids too?
By Wise Diva, Misadventures in Atlanta Dating Blog
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Comon Cents
September 25th, 2012
5:07 pm
Looking for computer love? Does that mean you have a hard time meeting guys in real life or you just want to meet a guy on the computer? BTW, I have to co-sign on disco’s 5:02 in that, you haven’t even MET dud yet. How you gonna offer him to Bluz when you know nothing about him? (or her for that matter?)
Comon Cents
September 25th, 2012
5:09 pm
Oh, well. I guess that afternoon interlude is over. BUT… if that’s her real name, she does blog.
michellehotanta.blogspot.com
Mrs. SexyCool
September 25th, 2012
5:10 pm
SwizzBeats – ijs…
Benita Michelle Wheeler
September 25th, 2012
5:10 pm
Thank you Comon Cents. I am a born again Virgin.
Single and Happier "Life Happens!" (these folks are lucky I love what I do)
September 25th, 2012
5:11 pm
bluz yep we are so different (LOL) but it’s all good, time to go play in traffic
Single and Happier "Life Happens!" (these folks are lucky I love what I do)
September 25th, 2012
5:12 pm
comon I resemble that remark, there’s nothing wrong with computer love, it’s just like any other love
Single and Happier "Life Happens!" (these folks are lucky I love what I do)
September 25th, 2012
5:13 pm
what’s a born again virgin??
Into the Light
September 25th, 2012
5:13 pm
there’s nothing wrong with computer love, it’s just like any other love
Depends on the size of your hard drive….
Sorry, couldn’t resist.
disco
September 25th, 2012
5:14 pm
and your upload / download speed…
Into the Light
September 25th, 2012
5:15 pm
Okay, project at a stopping point for today so I’m out.
Single and Happier "Life Happens!" (these folks are lucky I love what I do)
September 25th, 2012
5:15 pm
ITL would you like me to insert my disc (LOL)
Benita Michelle Wheeler
September 25th, 2012
5:15 pm
You all are uninviting and bullies!
Comon Cents
September 25th, 2012
5:15 pm
S/H~ Not implying that it is, but if you only want computer love, why would you be opposed to meeting someone in the real world as opposed to on the computer if it’s all the same? BTW, A born again virgin is someone who believes that when they dedicate themselves to Christ they are a new creature and all the old has passed away. Therefore, everything about them is born again. Including their punani.
Into the Light
September 25th, 2012
5:15 pm
…and your RAM.
Okay, seriously, that’s the last one….
Single and Happier "Life Happens!" (these folks are lucky I love what I do)
September 25th, 2012
5:16 pm
Benita I’m serious, what’s a born again virgin?
Benita Michelle Wheeler
September 25th, 2012
5:16 pm
Goodbye
Mrs. SexyCool
September 25th, 2012
5:17 pm
BMW – what I say? (lol) Oh…come back and play. We are harmless.
SAH – That’s something church folks made up.
“I may not be a virgin anymore, but I’ve still got the package it came in.” ~ Unknown
Single and Happier "Life Happens!" (these folks are lucky I love what I do)
September 25th, 2012
5:17 pm
comon not trying to take up for her, but how did you get to she only wanted computer love?
Comon Cents
September 25th, 2012
5:20 pm
Ok, Benita, if you are going to hang out on the blog, you have to stop being so sensitive. Everytime someone says something you don’t like you can’t snatch up your toys, per se, and go home. All that “Goodbye” and “You guys are univiting and bullies” crap is for the birds. If you’ve been lurking (as you said you have) then you know that we all have our little spats on the blog. C and I had one when I first came. Bluz and C have had one since I’ve been here. I’m sure there are others that Mrs. SC could fill us in on since she’s been here the longest (I think) Isay that to say, talk to those who talk to you and move on from the ones that don’t. But when you throw something out there, don’t be surprised when people come back at you. That’s my 2 cents…
disco
September 25th, 2012
5:22 pm
CC – and I’ll see your two and raise you five.
Comon Cents
September 25th, 2012
5:22 pm
S/H~ Re-read her 5:02. She also posted it earlier when you said you met the soon to be Mrs. Married and Happier on Black Planet. That’s how she and Rich’s hookup started.
Comon Cents
September 25th, 2012
5:22 pm
disco~
Whatcha got gal?
Single and Happier "Life Happens!" (these folks are lucky I love what I do)
September 25th, 2012
5:23 pm
yea cosigning what comon said, on here opinions are like arse holes, we all have one and they’re all full of isht (LOL) Hell I’m admiring you already, we hide behind our monikers you put it all out there (LOL)
Mrs. SexyCool
September 25th, 2012
5:23 pm
Comon – giiiiirrrrllllllll, let me not even get started on blog history…..most of which I’ve forgotten. I was party to one of the biggest blog spats EVER….but um, yeah…I’m still here. (lol)
Blog spats, Blog drama, blog scandal, blog romance, blog get-togethers, blog rumors, blog roommates – everything that can happen in real life, happens on the blog.
Mrs. SexyCool
September 25th, 2012
5:24 pm
Hhhhmmmm….I wonder if my BlackPlanet page is still up. Hell, I wonder if BlackPlanet is still up? Is it?
Single and Happier "Life Happens!" (these folks are lucky I love what I do)
September 25th, 2012
5:25 pm
okay I see it comon, but I’ve been accused of that so many times, you just struck a nerve.
Single and Happier "Life Happens!" (these folks are lucky I love what I do)
September 25th, 2012
5:26 pm
Mrs Sexy, yep it’s still there, and folks still hooking up on it (LOL)
Comon Cents
September 25th, 2012
5:26 pm
Mrs. SC~ I have NO idea if Black Planet is still up. I was never a fan. Too much chaffe and not enough wheat for my taste.
Mrs. SexyCool
September 25th, 2012
5:27 pm
Okay…found BlackPlanet….
Let me see if I remember my login…
disco
September 25th, 2012
5:27 pm
I enjoy the blog but I can’t let it get my blood pressure up. I’m too hot tempered in real life to be getting worked up with anonymous folks I don’t know. I just can’t do that to myself. not saying I won’t engage in friendly debate but I won’t be sitting here at my desk with the shakes behind wanting to bust up a blog person’s grill. nope. not going out like that.
Comon Cents
September 25th, 2012
5:28 pm
Sorry, S/H I wasn’t trying to strike your nerve. LOL! I just find this interesting. Y’all know I am still relatively new to blogging and Benita is the first “new” person who has really shown up to blog since I came. Maybe I’m just tired of being the newbie so I want to believe her and have her stay?
Comon Cents
September 25th, 2012
5:29 pm
BTW, Mrs. SC, I’m glad you’re still here. I like some of your stories and perspectives. **blog head nod**
Single and Happier "Life Happens!" (these folks are lucky I love what I do)
September 25th, 2012
5:29 pm
Disco, I’ve never understood how you could get upset at someone you don’t know. I used to be on this chat line called WBS and once this girl told me to watch what I say her big brother was standing behind her, I was like what’s he going to do, beat up the keyboard (LOL)
Comon Cents
September 25th, 2012
5:30 pm
disco~ So, where you going for that drank tonight, girl?
Mrs. SexyCool
September 25th, 2012
5:30 pm
I have NO IDEA what my log in password is – I think my bp name was dlcat or dlcat13….
Hhhhhmmmm….
And not still hooking up…..stop it….
Why did my gf tell me that her sister’s cousin who has moved to GA from NY and is staying with her sister (sleeping on her couch) is meeting dudes from the chat lines, bringing them to the house and having sex with them on said couch? O’ nasty behind…..sheesh…
Single and Happier "Life Happens!" (these folks are lucky I love what I do)
September 25th, 2012
5:31 pm
Comon I was liking her too, and looking at that pic, if I wasn’t contemplating marriage I’d be looking for some computer love (LOL)
Mrs. SexyCool
September 25th, 2012
5:31 pm
What, Comon?!?!?!? You don’t like ALL of my stories?!?!?
I’m leaving. Goodbye!
(not)
Single and Happier "Life Happens!" (these folks are lucky I love what I do)
September 25th, 2012
5:32 pm
Mrs sexy the sister doesn’t know where the door is?
Comon Cents
September 25th, 2012
5:34 pm
Mrs. SC~ That actually made me LOL!
Mrs. SexyCool
September 25th, 2012
5:34 pm
Well, that would only be useful if the sister herself were not a bit, um, out there…..
Comon Cents
September 25th, 2012
5:34 pm
S/H~ You ain’t married yet… Go get you some
Benitacomputer love.Single and Happier "Life Happens!" (these folks are lucky I love what I do)
September 25th, 2012
5:35 pm
Yea Mrs sexy, take your ball and go home (LOL)
Comon Cents
September 25th, 2012
5:35 pm
Mrs. SC~ Please don’t tell me she’s having 3 ways on the couch with the skanky dudes sis is picking up from the chat lines. At that point, I gotta go…
Single and Happier "Life Happens!" (these folks are lucky I love what I do)
September 25th, 2012
5:36 pm
Comon I’m not trying to play with anybody that’s looking for something serious while I know I’m in a relationship, now if you just want to have some fun, like you said, I aint married (LOL)
Comon Cents
September 25th, 2012
5:37 pm
S/H~ I’m just guess, but I think she’s looking for something serious…
Mrs. SexyCool
September 25th, 2012
5:39 pm
One last, “You won’t believe this ish” before you go home.
WHYYYYYYYYYYY has one of my neighbors turned his house into a nightclub, complete with its own FB page and flyers that he hands out?!?!?!?!
The name of the club – The House Atlanta – if ya’ think I’m lying, look it up on FB.
(Need to call the folks and have them shut this mess down. #LawdGeezus)
Comon Cents
September 25th, 2012
5:39 pm
I’m out. I’ll catch you guys tomorrow.
Single and Happier "Life Happens!" (these folks are lucky I love what I do)
September 25th, 2012
5:39 pm
I think so too comon
Single and Happier "Life Happens!" (these folks are lucky I love what I do)
September 25th, 2012
5:40 pm
you aint dialing yet Mrs sexy?
Comon Cents
September 25th, 2012
5:40 pm
Daaammnn, SC. Really?!? Your neighbor is trippin! That would never fly in my neighborhood. That isht would be shut down before he could have printed the flyers…