I think your interpretation is right Nicole. This is a guy who TOLD you he regretted having your daughter, and he probably WAS freaking out at that time that now he was "trapped" by fatherhood and responsibility.
Contrast that with Ginger's recent date on the Surviving part of this board. She went out with a guy whose wife left him. He has kids and he told Ginger something to the effect of he enjoyed being a husband and father and felt it was a role he was born for.