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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I'm not single but I am 48 so I will try to answer based on similarly aged friends.

Of the single women I know @ my age, many are single mothers by choice and are very happy, with a big friend and support group, lots of hobbies and interests,  and occasional romantic relationships. It helps to make a decent living so that they can pay for a middle class or upper middle class life. Having a child or two makes it complicated to date but it doesn't seem to bother them.

A couple are single: one childfree and dating a guy a year older than her (she's 50) and one childless and not seeing anyone (she's @ 48). The 50 year old is happy and also glad to be in a relationship,  but she was also quite fulfilled without one (she told me she had forgotten how wonderful sex was). But she is someone who seems very ambivalent about getting close to anyone (her current relationship is long distance).The 48 year old I think is very unhappy; she wants kids and committed relationship and hasn't had that ever. She seems despondent.

Re marriage and kids, I have been with my DH for 15 years.  It is hard work to be in a relationship with someone for so long,  t ok deal with all of the daily grind or parenting,  chores, bill paying,  etc. To deal with ageing bodies, rebooting desire,.passion and romance.  To deal with midlife crises and roads not taken. But its wonderful to be going through life with a true partner,  with someone who loves and cares about me, and is willing to do the hard work, who tries to please me, who accepts me with all my terrible faults, and makes.me laugh and smile. I think I would be very sad without knowing him. [/quote]

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