While exploring that question, I came across, a website designed to pair sugar babies with sugar daddies or mommas. Business idea: How could I make this more enjoyable for women, so they can weed out the bad eggs before suffering through a terrible date? I thought, surely I'm not the only person struggling to find someone. After one too many failed dates, I seriously considered starting my own dating site. The questions were surface-level (like, do you prefer romantic comedies or horror movies?) and it was impossible to get a sense of what these men were about. It seemed like these sites were almost trying to set me up for a disaster. It wasn't just because the men didn't look like their profile pictures. I went on a few dates here and there, but mostly they were just … bad. But OKCupid, eHarmony - none of them felt quite right for me. So, I decided to hop online and window shop. By then, I was 50 with three kids and unwavering aspirations of getting my MBA. As striking as this blonde-hair, blue-eyed guy was, he just wasn't stable enough for me. His easygoing and carefree personality was the polar opposite of my ex.
I wanted to take control of my life and smile again.Ī few weeks after signing the divorce papers, I jumped right back into the dating game with a 29-year-old I had met at a work function. After 15 years - six of which involved intensive marriage counseling - I finally decided to walk away. I existed to make dinner for the kids and provide an open ear when he needed to vent. Foreplay felt like a chore, and eventually we weren't having sex at all. But over time, I felt myself becoming more like a nanny and less like his wife. He's an entrepreneur, so I was always sympathetic to the demands of his work. Together, we had three beautiful children and lived the classic, white-picket-fence life for almost two decades.īehind that fence however, I was miserable. After a fluke first marriage at 27, I met the successful, headstrong man I was taught to believe every woman wants. After divorcing my husband of more than 15 years, I was single again and ready to have some fun.įor a long time, it did.