Originally Posted by avhg1

I dated a 18 yr with a baby while I was in high school. She said the same thing and she meant it. She never said or did anything remotely like I was a surogate father or something. Eventually, if you do fall in love and get married, you would default into some fatherhood type roles, but in casual dating it shouldn't be anything to worry about. It will completely depend on the seriousness of your relationship.