hey.thanks for this thread. i’m a single mum of a 5‑yr old and only started dating last year. i faced some of these red flags:
red flag: when they didn’t ask about my child’s interests/send anything small like “hope your son had a good day” — it felt like “i’m just here for you not your real life”. big turn‑off.
red flag: they always wanted “us time” but never asked “us + kids time” or acknowledged the shift. if a date always means “kid free” for *you*, but never “kid around & you join”, that ratio bothered me.