That kswizzle15 thread got me thinking of the social responsibility many of us men are not doing to keep some women in check.
Now I want to say that there are certain circumstances in which you meet someone later on in life with a kid that might be a good idea, but most often than not there are just way too many potential problems to deal with. This is about social responsibility and how many of us are letting some women even after they have a child with another man have these unrealistic expectations because they are not being checked by the guys around her way.
I will share a story with you that is appropriate at this time. I might have told this story before...this has happened to me in a couple of ocassions, but I will share my Florida to NY story now. I once dealt with a girl in my teenage years who was attracted to the thugs and got attention from the guys on the block often because of her looks. I saw where this was heading and at 18 I told her straight up...if you get pregnant and have a kid or 2 don't expect to call me and take you seriously. She was stuck in her ways and learned the hard way of how quickly those windows closed once she had a kid. Turn back almost 2 years and I had just returned to NY from Florida trying to decide where my next stop would be...guess what? I run into her...she has a toddler and is single, she was a bit shy to talk to me because she knew what the deal was. We started talking casually again, but apparently old feelings that I was not even aware of were still lingering in her and inevitably the question came up..."We can never work huh". My response is basically the same across the board as I have always said...you knew the deal from way back. I don't have a family...you do and I am not going to be
#2 after a failed relationship.
I want to start fresh and that other guy you felt was better than me has the unique position of NOT being better than me, yet being in a position that I cannot compete with...that alone kills any potential. MOST of us feel this way, why not speak on it? She could be the baddest one you've ever met, but you are going into something that by nature will bother even the most forgiving man at one point or another. I am little more relaxed when it comes to meeting a new woman who has a kid in school and the guy is for the most part out of the picture, but a girl you knew from the past? She can tell you the world, but if its a recent delivery...it is in ALL of us to try to see how it works with the one who fathered/mothered the child...that REAL separation takes time. Nothing you can say or do will change that, TIME is what does it.
I wish @kswizzle15 the best, but his situation sounds like a guy who is about to be played as a chump by a woman who is looking for support while still keeping the guy she initially fell in love for around.