re: The Bitterness of Missing Out on Love

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But it goes back to the fact that I'm 36 now. Even if I do go out and aggressively date I feel like I'm going to have to make a choice:

A) Date women closer to my age (30 and up) who will most likely be divorced/separated/out of a bad relationship and possibly have kids.

or

B) Date a woman significantly younger than me (early, mid, maybe late 20s) which typically causes its own issues. Never mind women in that age range will typically be more superficial and we might not have as much in common. Never mind we would've grown up in very different times.

Neither option is great and I have no clue which way to go in that regard.

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I'm not really a relationship dude anymore, but this is a failure mentality. You're already telling yourself what you will find before you even look. With that attitude, if you actually found someone high quality and worth making sacrifices for you would feel unworthy.