This is why parents should stick to dating other parents. Everyone grows up wanting to be special to someone, to have a REAL partner. Gonna always put the kids first? Be prepared to be rejected by a lot of childless singles. Yeah, what parents don't realize when they say the kids will always come first is that a single person hears "Well, if you were dying on the side of the road at the same time my kids wants an ice cream cone, sorry but you'll be on the losing end". Yep. Maybe that sounds extreme, but if you're going to use such extreme words (i.e. "always"), be prepared for the backlash. Yes, I know the rebuttal is going to be "I didn't mean THAT!" but you said it....don't blame me (and any other single person on the face of the planet) for using the dictionary definition of "always" and not attempting to mind read or decipher your own personal interpretation of the word.

Yup, another problem. OMG Its not like I was old enough to help raise my brother and sister! I thank my parents for years of infertility because it kept me from slutting it up in high school and becoming preggo at a young age. Girls would bring their babies into school and everyone would coo at them. I would just roll my eyes and think "good luck with that!" because I knew the sucky side of it all, I knew what work it was, I knew these girls had no life. Everyone else thought it was fun and games. But since I didn't actually thrust another being from my loins, I am assumed to be clueless when it comes to kids. Hardly. My advice would be considered and not immediately written off if I had my own kids. So. Not. Worth. It.