"Dear Mariella, do you have any tips for building self-confidence and resilience as a middle aged recently divorced woman? So far, I've only met men who are after one thing…"

I have a number of friends in their fifties and sixties who are single, or single again. Often this is by choice, but whether on purpose or through necessity, frequently a solo midlife was not in their game plan.

Annoyingly, middle-aged men seem to partner up pretty swiftly - and in direct opposition to the effort they put in to remain healthy and attractive. Plus, they inevitably carry more baggage than a travelling circus (as do we).

Yet mature single men (and I am generalising) appear imbued with quite extraordinary self-confidence. As the patriarchy is still in charge, I suppose that much of this is because the

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