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One ruined my cottage, another threw away my passport: After these disasters, this is why I will never date a woman with children again By Clive Taylor Published: 21:18 EDT, 19 June 2024 | Updated: 21:22 EDT, 19 June 2024 e-mail View comments Recently I went on a second date with a woman I found seriously attractive. Tall, slim and blonde — and a partner in a law firm, meaning she was both intelligent and solvent. She was also the mother of two teenage boys, which at the time I didn’t think twice about.

I’ve got two girls myself, aged 23 and 22. I planned our Saturday together carefully. A country drive and a romantic pub lunch, with plenty of time to get to know each other.



It goes without saying that I’d pick up the bill for everything, probably well into three figures, as well as buying her flowers to mark the occasion. And, yes, I imagined that if things went well we might end the day at mine, getting to know each other in a different way. My hopes were quickly disappointed.

The evening before we were due to meet, she texted to say our leisurely drive would now include a plus one. Her eldest needed a lift to his Saturday job at a garden centre. When we dropped him off, there was no ‘thank you’, just a ‘see you guys this afternoon’.

Afternoon? Clive Taylor, who is in his late-50s, says he now wants to be the priority in a relationship, so he'll never date a woman with children under 16 again It turns out his mother had promised we’d be back at 3pm to pick.

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