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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm so happy I found my wife in College. Dating was CHEAP! Probably saved myself a fortune. Most of my single guy friends in our 20s and 30s had to have a good income to keep many of their GFs around with constant eating out, entertainment, and travel. They guys I know that showed off their money had an easier time with the girls. Fancy car, apartment, etc. Didn't mean they made more, they just were more willing to spend all their money rather than save.[/quote]

That's because the norm for dating in college was not spending a lot. It's very different for the single guys in their late 20's+ and can't take a date to a college bar for dollar drafts. For men who are newly divorced, dating in their 30's+ is going to be very different from when they were 21 and single. So if a divorced guy in his 40's makes $150K, that doesn't go very far to pay his mortgage on a place large enough for himself plus kids, pay for kids' upkeep, save for college, save for retirement, possibly pay child support, etc. and still have money left over for dating at an age when you have to spend more for dates.

So to answer the OP's question, yes, I think it's much harder for guys with an average income to date if they have kids. It's probably not as hard if they never married because they can just live in a 1BR condo and don't have to pay any kid-related expenses.[/quote]

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