Moving on....

[AntoniaB]

This seems to be what a lot are saying, that the "around 50" mark is pretty good as far as the dating pool of available people who have great qualities/life experience/etc. I'm 43 and the majority of the crowd I'm friends with is in their 30's and later 20's, and I don't seem to find a lot of men at all in the late 30's/early 40's age range, and I there are no common interests I've found (films/books/music, that sort of thing) with people I meet closer to 50 in this geographical area.

I really try not to be "ageist", but I have significantly more in common with people younger than me by 10 years than people older than me by 10 years. It's like I'm not of the same generation as those 10 years older, and it's really painfully obvious that there is no common ground.

Sometimes I think the right person for me is out there, he's just not gone through his divorce yet, lol.

But I actually do see evidence that those in the early 50s seem to have more choices, so don't despair :-)