I was afraid, when I broke up a 22 year marriage a few years back, that I wouldn't be able to find a woman in the 50 - 60 range who would want me. In fact that fear was part of what kept me in the relationship for the last few years we were together. I quickly found that I had some sought-after traits: I have a job, my house is clean and neat, I'm not looking for a mommy, and I have minimal bad habits. I was given to understand that I would be snapped up soon, and I was as soon as I was ready to be. Apparently, a lot of guys who get divorced at my age do so because they are terrible at being in relationships; my single female friends report that most of them are looking for someone to take care of them. In general, decent guys in our age group aren't sitting around being single if they don't want to be. My unscientific and ego-centric study of the subject indicates that there are a lot more good single women in this age group than good single men.

And that's just the available pool of mates -- you still have to find the one who turns you on, makes you laugh, and has personal habits you can live with comfortably. Maybe you have to identify the acceptable men shortly after they get divorced and be ready to move in as soon as they are ready to move on. Maybe it makes a difference if the divorce was his idea or hers.