If I said this once, I've said it a thousand times. It's NOT the age but where you are in life. If you are a lot younger than the woman but you are both still working, I'm sure dating and being together would be welcome. But if you are still working and the woman happens to be retired with lots of free time, I don't think waiting around for you to finish work, waiting for nights or weekends would fly. Having to schedule your vacations and not being available for spur of the moment trips or times together sure isn't fun either.
So sorry for your loss. I know the feeling. I lost my sister recently. It is a life changing event, physically and emotionally. Time eases the pain but never the sense of loss.
I finished washing clothes and was putting them in the dryer. I closed the door and turned it on. I heard this thumping noise and thought for a minute "I don't remember putting sneakers in there to dry". YIKES!!! Opened the door and my cat flew out screaming.
Another time I was putting things away in the hall linen closet before I went to work. When I got home, I thought it was strange my cat didn't greet me. I called him and heard this far away meow. Finally found him closed up in the hall closet. He was in there all day.
He really was great in his time. Some of the modern day sitcoms copy his style (e.g., camera going in for a close up of a persons facial expresions). THE OFFICE does it big time.
RE: ARE YOU REAL
Real here. Hi neighbor.