How does reciprocity apply here? My point is that fussy, nit-picking males aren’t worth the trouble. Single mothers have quite enough to do without adding a demanding being to the mix. Couple that with the complaining addition’s desire to expropriate her resources for his personal use, and you have an undesirable situation. I’m certain we can agree that any single person of substance is a target for users. Anyone who is raising offspring doesn’t need another dependent.
Reciprocity as in I’m not bringing that kind of baggage into the relationship. I want a woman who is also not bringing that kind of baggage into the relationship. You say fussy, nit picking males aren’t worth the trouble. Do you mean males who actually have standards? If you are talking about a situation in which the partner is a freeloader just looking to sponge resources from the other, I don’t think anybody likes that. You say that anyone who is raising offspring doesn’t need another dependent. I don’t disagree. I would just say that applies to people who are not raising offspring as well - and that’s what another man’s child is - another dependent.