It's not easy raising children on your own, and getting back into the dating game can be an even bigger challenge as these confessions prove.
In a new thread on the secret sharing app Whisper men who refuse to date single mothers have revealed the reasons why - and some of them will shock you.
Making use of the app's anonymity, the bachelors didn't hold back when it came to the perceived pitfalls of dating women with children.
For many men the prospect of raising another man's child was a rather a daunting one.
One man claimed it was too expensive to date single mums, saying they're harsher on a bank balance than prostitutes.
