You are jumping to a few conclusions there my friend. First of all I said first dates in general are going up. And a date doesn't necessarily include sex.
You are absolutely correct. The culture of younger singles is the hook-up. It is very rare for a couple to wait several dates anymore. And obviously you are not one of these women.
unheard of for a single father to raise a kid? where do you live? even 12 years ago it was no biggy where i am. hella single fathers. maybe back in 1942?
I currently live in SoCal. I have lived in the Midwest, NorCal, and Oregon.
I am sure you are just doing as I often do...exaggerate a little for dramatic prose.
1942 divorce was as rare as mixed race marriages...much less fathers raising children alone.
I have heard of lots of single fathers for years also, though they usually have "Joint custody" (in name only) and have visitation every other week end. This is very common.
During the 70's as divorce became more common, a few fathers (my own included following the death of my mother and a divorce of second mother) did raise their own kids...sort of...they had important jobs, so they remarried quickly to get the kids a stepmom to raise the kids.
It is also fairly common for the teenage kids to make the choice to live with dad after several tumultuous years resenting the guy mom sleeps with.
Dads with infants and toddlers alone is still very rare dude.
Years ago when trying to get medi-cal for my daughter, after finally understanding that the child lived with me...called it a reverse situation, pursued her for child support, license revoked for non payment, then with couny social worker got all support responsibilities removed...I have never received a cent.
Sorry Dude, except for the unruly teens who have their mothers at wits end and get sent to dad's... this is not common.
I work in a high school with ~2500 kids who fall into the teen catagory. Way less than a percent live with their father and not the mother, and MOST of those...grandma is in the house! Not so much father's raising kids alone as the grandparents, while the father still lives with his parents.