Don't really think age takes front stage in it althought it does play a part. Distance comes into it also but that can be dealt with when need be.I's say that it's a mixture of habit (being on our own) and knowing what we will and will not accept as we mature.What may have looked good at 30 may not be the same at 40 or 50. As some one once said ....I still believe in happily ever after....just haven't gotten there yet.
With as high as the divorce rate is these days, I really find it hard to believe in that saying of happily ever after anymore, even love at first sight doesn't really seem to last as long as it used to. Example for you, I used to look at Annies pics on a daily basis, but I don't anymore, nor have I talked to her recently.. I guess growing old(er) means you do start to lost the ability to daydream about something that won't happen, now I kind of believe in using the K.I.S.S. program (Keep it simple stupid), and keep it real..so far, that seems to work, atleast for me
Depends on who you talk to getting older may not be a detriment to dating. Perhaps being older, one knows what one doesn't want, and won't settle for less.
I've been back on the market for about seven years and it never used to be that hard but I have found that in just the past year or so it seems to be getting a lot harder. I am not sure what's changed.
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Maybe the comfort zone is a habit, being independent for 12 plus years
But I do know it just takes that one person, if he is out there to get my attention
And of course not to mention the few I have taken interest are just to far away
For others distance is not a problem , but for me it is
Or maybe I am a hermit