Dating in middle age after divorce

Reentering the Dating Scene After Divorce

Help with post-divorce dating for a man in his 50s. August 21, AM Subscribe I'm a year-pld man going through the breakup of my marriage. I'm starting to date again. It's exciting and daunting and confusing! I'm looking to marshal up resources and ideas. Do you have some advice you can share? Something you with you'd known?

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I was married for over 15 years so I was completely out of touch with modern dating and had no idea what to expect. As many of us do, I landed in a rebound relationship immediately after leaving my marriage. The rebound ended up being an even more manipulative and physically abusive relationship than my abusive marriage, and that was my first lesson. Lesson 1: If you date too quickly after divorce, you end up in a similar relationship to the one you left. They were all charismatic and fun, but self-centred and attention-seeking. My relationship style was very one-sided.

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Mumsnet has not checked the qualifications of anyone posting here. Many Mumsnetters experiencing domestic abuse have found this thread helpful: Listen up, everybody. I don't know how to articulate what I am feeling, but am hoping that others will share their experiences starting later in life relationships. My divorce was traumatic--was married 16 years, spouse led double life, left for someone 22 years younger, and did not keep in touch with our children. I started dating someone last year. It is long distance ish and he is more recently divorced.

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Dating in your 50s/post-divorce dating/relationship questions

DIvorce is an opportunity to learn from your past mistakes. If you married young you may not have developed your own identity fully or understood what you wanted and needed in a partner. This is where your age becomes an advantage.

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