I [48m] got divorced several years ago. Since then, I’ve been trying to meet and date women around the same age. I’m wondering if I should lower the age threshold into the thirties. Here’s what’s at issue. All the women, or at least the majority of women I meet in their forties are now emptynesters or are about to be. Some are even grandmothers! Meaning, they started having kids at 18 to 20 years of age. I did not have my first child until I was 30. My last came at 38. So my oldest is 18 and graduating HS this year and my youngest is 10. I waited until I was 29 to get married and we were married for 14 years.

So basically many of the woman that I meet today have entered a different life stage and have expressed no desire to date when they find out I have young children. The people I meet with children my age seem to be in their early 30s. It just feels weird to me to try and date someone that young. Should I give it a shot?