Turning 50 this year and still single (ish -it’s complicated). I’ve spent most of my life focusing on me - my personal growth as a human being, pursuit of my many different passions. And for most of that time I’ve been single primarily because I just never found someone I could connect with on every level and I was never willing to settle. During my 20s I was desperately lonely. But around my 30s I guess you could say I began dating myself, learning to enjoy life on my own terms, without depending on someone else for joy or love. It’s been impossible to find someone with the right combination of artistry, brains, emotional well-being, ambition, stability, and stature (I’m 6’5” and LOVE dating guys my own height). So I’ve had short, intense relationships but never quite settled down. I’m sure it doesn’t help that I’m shy around guys and never quite learned how to approach them.

But now that I can see retirement on the distant horizon, I’m finding that my priorities have begun to change. I’m at the point that I want a companion on the adventure. I’ve lived a full life already. Now I want to share that fullness with someone.

So to answer your question, yeah, it does get a bit lonely sometimes. But since I don’t see that changing, I’ll just keep doing me. Right now I’m learning a new language, working on my latest screenplay, traveling, and working on a dozen other projects. So I keep myself occupied.