Am I the asshole for leaving?

Hi, everyone!! I started talking to this guy from tinder this June and we hit it off immediately. I thought he was really sweet and cute (and a chef, no less!).

I won’t get into details but then my summer flipped upside down. I was suddenly homeless with nowhere to go, and started travelling across province lines between my new city and my home city. Chef and I never ended up meeting, but he stayed throughout it all. He was bound and determined that he was going to take me out when I finally got settled. I found it charming and decided to keep flirting with him.

Then today I learned he has two children of his own. They don’t live with him, but he also never mentioned them to me.

Children are a hard pass for me. I’ve never wanted children of my own because I really dislike them. Once I found out he had kids, I was immediately turned off and told him I didn’t think I could do this anymore.

He was confused and tried telling me we could work around it, but I’m really bothered and I want to stop talking to him.

Even if it only turned into a casual thing, I still would be uncomfortable with the thought that he has kids.

This isn’t a judgment against single parents or those who have or want children. I just know that kids are NOT for me and not for my dating life (I can barely take care of myself lol).

Anyways, am I the asshole for dipping on him? I just feel guilty because he really was a great and sweet guy and now I just wasted his and my time.