@Dutchess_III Yep, my daughter was 15 when I divorced and I had zero involvements for about a year after and then I never introduced her to my casual dates, just not necessary.
Had she been a younger child I was always, very staunch, on not bringing home strange men and not even introducing your child to someone until you had been dating a long time, like 6 months to a year and even then, very limited contact unless you were sure the relationship was going to become more serious. Your children come first and you can date on the sly or just not date at all and focus on your children. Nothing wrong with dating but bringing home guy after guy or moving someone in in a short period of time is just wrong IMO.
My ex was living with a women within the 1st 6 months of our divorce of 22 years. My daughter hated the situation. Every new women he completely dumped our daughter in favor of the new squeeze. Of course it didn’t last, rebounds rarely do and he then went on to wrangle up several more women in a short period of time and he finally found someone to marry about 4 years ago.
My daughter can’t stand the women. haha
He’s the type that just can’t be alone and I find that to be a weakness of many single people. Nothing wrong with wanting a relationship but don’t be stupid about it when you have kids and a lot of people are, right down to completely abandoning their kids emotionally and sometimes even physically for whomever comes along. Sad and pathetic.