And many people do: According to an AARP study, most divorced men and
women in midlife find someone new.
Not exact matches
And then there are older
women who are happily dating or
in relationships — according to an AARP study, most divorced
women in midlife do
find someone new — 75 percent of
women in their 50s reported enjoying serious, exclusive relationships after their divorces, often within two years, compared with 81 percent of men
in their 50s (although more older men tend to marry again than older
women).
But, that was decades ago, and some stuff has happened since then — a divorce, years as a more - confident young single
woman, a second marriage, another divorce, being single with kids
in my late 40s, having a few committed relationships at
midlife and
finding myself single again at an age that feels, well probably is, old.
Truth: A recent study
found that
women with the highest levels of estrogen
in their blood had the lowest levels of cognitive function;
in Japanese Americans, tofu consumption
in midlife is associated with the occurrence of Alzheimer's disease
in later life.
One of the things I often hear when I'm coaching both
women and men
in midlife is how busy their lives are, they've come through a divorce and have
found themselves again, they've got into a rhythm, have a new
found freedom and are really enjoying their own company.
THE HAPPIEST COUNTRY Lisa Napoli's Radio Shangri - La will undoubtedly be compared to Eat, Pray, Love —
in both,
women in the midst of
midlife crises
find peace on adventures far away from the U.S..
The study
found that happiness among more than 350,000 Australian, British and German men and
women tended to follow a U-shaped curve, with levels higher towards the start and end of life and unhappiness often gripping people
in midlife.