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Jen's avatar

I am not the one who initiated my breakup (my already once divorced ex fiancé changed his mind about wanting marriage and family as too scary a commitment) so I didn’t feel the relief of freedom after but I have learned to be single and resilient. But now into my 40s and still dating men I can say it’s so so brutal out there and I’ve read a lot of theories why. Beyond the current general dating culture but specific to the troubles women have dating men, one is that hetero men wanting a monogamous relationship/marriage and with a secure attachment style can find that and tend to self select out of the dating pool early and don’t return, leaving a disproportionate amount of avoidant single men the older you get. But to add to that (I can’t remember where I read it), is that a lot of women will stay in ok to not-too-bad marriages, so a lot of the divorced men in the dating pool are there because the relationship was SO bad the woman was willing to leave. That’s obv a generalization, not all men, people are individuals etc but phew it hit really hard and has stayed with me

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Laura H.L.'s avatar

I go see the divorce attorney in the morning. I’m so scared. Nauseated that I have to do this. Worried for my kids.

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