Well the thing about modern society is that people are going to re-enter the dating pool at all times of life, so there are always going to be single people around.

I met my spouse on match at 41 and we married when I was 43 and he was 52. My first marriage, his third. I just wasn’t ready to settle down a minute sooner than that; actually I didn’t know I wanted to get married at all until about 37-38. Once I did, I worked on meeting people who were suitable candidates lol. I had a list of qualities I wanted and I was prepared to compromise on things that didn’t matter but not on things that did. Felt like it was a numbers game - meet lots of people, increase the chances. I moved on quickly when people didn’t match up with what I was looking for.

I lived in a smallish town, and he had lived there the whole time - but he’d been married up until a year before. He’s not perfect, and neither am I, but we are very happy. We’ve been married for 7.5 years.

Good luck! But it’s not luck, just time, attention and some emotional resilience. Dating can certainty be trying at times.