I think it’s perfectly fine to date people who got divorced a year ago. There are no rules about not dating divorced men. Divorced men aren’t automatically commitment phobics.

As long as they worked on whatever their issues might be and as long as they are not commitment phobics, which has nothing to do with how long ago they got divorced. Some people are married and are still commitment phobics.

I’ve met my husband shortly after his divorce but he was more than ready and processed what needs to be processesed, he never had any fear of commitment at all. He isn’t “ladies man” and would rather be married again than be in a single scene. I’d miss on a great man because I’d think “oh he just got divorced”. There are no rules like that. My daughter started seriously dating a bit less than a year after becoming a widow and she is serious and exclusive, her new boyfriend perhaps wondered about dating a fairly recent widow, but she processed everything through intense bereavement therapy and s very intense grief. So she was ready plus I am sure knowing her late husband he is likely watching from above (if you believe in that) and is very happy that she isn’t moping around anymore.

Waiting long after divorced and break ups and widowhood is a general suggestion but isn’t set in stone rule. There are no rules that people who are recently single need to be moping around miserable or must be sleeping around first. Plenty of people are ready for commitment again.

Don’t scare golden eve from eventually dating divorced or widowed men.