The Observer Online dating Online dating leaves middle-aged women in 'single wilderness' Single women in their 40s and 50s are increasingly feeling that their love lives are over as men their own age use online dating to cherry-pick younger models. But when did confidence and sexual maturity become so unattractive? Susan Broom, 48, says she has given up on online dating because men her age wouldn't contact her. Photograph: Katherine Rose For The Observer Susan Broom, 48, says she has given up on online dating because men her age wouldn't contact her. A survey this month found eight out of 10 women over 50 think they have become invisible to men. Seven out of 10 women in the study felt overlooked by the fashion industry, while three-quarters of women in their 60s believed they had lost their identity by being labelled as a mum. Women and men are living longer and fitter lives; the average age at which we divorce is rising — 41 now for women and 43 for men — and the number of single parents is projected to rise to 1. There is a new demographic of confident and experienced women, at their sexual peak as far as science is concerned, who would like to find a partner. But life, friendship and love for the single woman in her mids and beyond has its own particular complications and sorrows.
You appear to share common interests and possess a similar attitude. A pattern emerges. One dark, lying there in the exhilaration of another good session, you tentatively ask what the achieve is. Every time these thoughts creep in, you remind by hand of when you were amused a few weeks ago. You remember the stuff they talked about doing with you although have made no moves toor when they said that they really enjoy your company. Afterwards posing the question, the air changes.
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