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My mother and father divorced two years ago after a long marriage. She is 64, and the divorce hit her hard. She was very upset because, among other things, my father started dating soon after the divorce and has been steadily going out with a woman for the past six months. Meanwhile, my mother had a hard time dating. She complained about it bitterly, saying it was not fair my father got to restart his life so easily while no one would go out with her. I think part of the reason why her dates bombed so badly was that she has been very bitter and negative, and it scared men off. But she insisted that it was because men want young women (which is funny

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