Maybe, but I usually prefer to date married ones.

Sure, both my ex-wife and my wife were single mothers. If you like children you can get friends for life even if the relationship doesn’t work out.

I did. We got married and had two more. In retrospect, I think she would not choose over 30 years of active parenting. I am really enjoying how close I am with my kids and, while I’m still close with and important to 2 of the older 3, their dad is still their dad.

Nope! I don’t really like kids and don’t want them. Part of the reason why is I don’t think I’d be a very great parent. To reasonably date someone with a kid, there would need to be some level of commitment also towards the kid and I simply do not want that.

Yes - dating is ultimately just “do i match with this person, like them, and can we get along together enough.” but the odds of me dating them diminish when increasing the amount of kids they have and increasing how messy their ex’s involvement is.

Edited-To-Add: coupling yourself to a romantic partner is also coupling yourself to their friends and family, but while you can choose not to see your in-laws every christmas or hang out with your wife’s girlfriends, you can’t reduce contact with a S.O’s live-in children or crazy exes (assuming the ex has shared custody)

Wouldn’t be my first choice, but possibly.

Since I’m childfree, dating a single parent is a non-starter.

If I was not childfree, I think I would be open to it.

I don’t want kids of my own but I love kids! I would LOVE do date a guy with kids. Bonus points if he is a widow.

Absolutely. I’m also a single parent. However, my kids are big and independent. I’m not interested in replacing an absent parent or drama or starting over from littles. I have a career, I’m financially stable and content alone. So a partner would need to add to my life. I don’t think it’s impossible; I do think it’s unlikely. Kids themselves are not an outright no. Blended families can be beautiful.

Yes. I’m gay and kind of open to having children, so a partner having children (but me not being a primary parent) could be a nice balance.

Absolutely not. I can’t stand kids and would immediately leave if I found out they had kids, whether they were young, teens, or adults.

No, I don’t want any children of my own, so that would be a complete dealbreaker

I did and made another one of my own with her. I did take my sweet time finding out if our parenting style and future plans aligned before comitting, of course.
I also like the kid, which was a must.

Overall it worked out great! Two kids but only had to endure one pregnancy. That’s a win in my book!

Nope. I’m childfree.

I was a single mom of 4 when dating so was not open to dating childless men my age. Ended up with so many kids without having more, when we consolidated, but they all get along and as adults are happy for the network of siblings. They are much closer than I was with my brothers and sisters.

I absolutely would NOT have expected a childless man to be into me - it would have been an uphill battle to convince me. If I had been younger, maybe, but it seemed like anyone my age would have already had kids if they wanted some.