Well aware that the purpose of this site is to support those LBS who are Standers, however i couldn't help but comment on LetttingGo's earlier thread about dating and "you will meet someone". Let me say that I am now divorced for almost a year, I've dated 30+ people and there has not been one (not one) that has not been a train wreck/MLCer or some guy just out there to get la*d. Most men want to date a woman in the 25-38 age range, someone who could be their daughters age. And they are serious that this is what they want! No idea what experience others have had; I screen closely and extensively, and the fact is that in the 50+ age group, your prospects are abysmal at best. I would always have preferred to take my xH back, but recognizing that xH is so mired in his own tragic life, I wanted to take control of my destiny. Educated, very well employed, good looking, slender: The prospects are very poor for finding someone. Consult any literature or marketing research on the same subject and you will find confirmation of my acendotal evidence. Taking the xH back is likely to be the best offer one will get; then an LBS gets to decide to "take it or leave it".
I do hate to be so negative, but midlife dating is somewhat akin to swimming in a cesspool.