Most of us have felt the same but it can happen as several here can attest to

Sorry but wrong you are meant to be loved just not e easy to find

@bobwjr it's not a bad thing!

@Kojaksmom it sounds bad to me.You quit before you begin.

@Lorajay I was married for 21 years to a guy who was a chronic cheater. 5 years after his death I began dating again. I have been nothing but disappointed by the men that I date. At 53 it seems pointless to be looking for a needle in a haystack.

@Kojaksmom actually can be a form of depression if you think you are unlovable don't have to be a Pollyanna but just at least a little optimistic

@Kojaksmom actually many here older than you have f found someone I was older than you when I found last partner of 14years big hint if he was cheating you were looking in the wrong place not everyone is a jerk like your husband jerks do abound but change where you look and who you look at

@bobwjr as an atheist living in the Bible Belt, I too can relate to the initial post that non-traditional people, particularly females,have a difficult time finding a suitable partner. Males,even if they're Progressive, appear to be attracted to females who have traditional female characteristics.

@Kojaksmom true but odds are better here than traditional dating sites not sure what female characteristic you mean

@bobwjr in all of my dating experiences ,I have found that men do indeed appear to be looking for extensions of their mothers.

@Kojaksmom not always usually look for independent woman capable of loving another actual partner you can share a life with may make me seem weird but there you go

Yes it certainly is, but realistically it often times does seem to be what the opposite sex appears to be looking for. It's hard to find someone that appreciates people
Who are a bit eccentric or not the norm.

@Kojaksmom Move to Ohio

Lost most friends when husband diagnosed with Alzheimer's, lost the rest when he died. No friends support, so I'm just gonna eat more worms and watch MASH reruns.

@SiouxcitySue there are many Atheists all over Arizona some are relocated Sioux City Iowans....don't be a loner....make new pals without bibles or faith fallacies

@GreenAtheist I play with the Humanist Society a lot, but making new friends has always been tough due to my "weirdness". Many atheists are very rigid in their anti-theism, to the point of being . . . well . . . rigid, as in rigor mortis. I am an apatheist and don't care about religion, therefore I am not quite militant enough for many of them. Also many of them, at least around here, are Mensa members and they tend to be arrogant to the point of being unapproachable. Strangely, the one woman friend I have was a member of my husband's church and she and I meet for lunch at least once a month. She knows I don't care about religion and it's fine with her. How's that for a twist. Thanks for your wise words and I'll keep looking, but I'm still eating those worms. I'm not from Iowa.

Well said.

@HippieChick58 Have not heard this song in years, thanks.

Some countries do continue to have expanding populations .Last I heard , we weren't one of them. Thankfully , we have both contraceptives , and the intelligence to use them . Most everyone , aside from politicians , who are lacking intelligence .

@Cast1es Very few nations have a declining growth rate (in other words, a population decline, or attrition rate). The U.S. and Canada are not only NOT declining, but because we consume so much more per person (per capita) we are 5% of the world's population, growing slowly (at 0.91%) yet we consume 25% of its' resources.

Yes; one U.S. citizen eats, and uses up the equivalent of 5 humans on this planet.

It is well known that Americans consume far more natural resources and live much less sustainably than people from any other large country of the world.

“A child born in the United States will create thirteen times as much ecological damage over the course of his or her lifetime than a child born in Brazil,” reports the Sierra Club’s Dave Tilford, adding that the average American will drain as many resources as 35 natives of India and consume 53 times more goods and services than someone from China. (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/american-consumption-habits/)

Please; click on this link and explore the site. (https://ourworldindata.org/future-population-growth) ; very educational.

For example; I didn't know that Syria has a negative 2.2% attrition rate, for example (but with all the wars and emigration from there, it's logical.