I'm gonna say... I'm really naive when it comes to dating and relationships in general, and especially at this stage of life.

Yesterday a friend of mine, 40 female, started talking about my stbx.

She said....

"She's in trouble. What she thought existed doesn't. She's beautiful, but if she thinks she's going to be stay-at-home and kept by a successful man, he'll see she's over educated and under employed which will be a red flag. If she's pleading for help because of illness or injury or hard times, very few men of means are going to step into that. She can't provide a man with children or security. An older man that is marrying for companionship will see that she isn't someone that can care for him. All she has to offer is short term connections where she gets something out of it. She'll never have the devotion of someone that she gave children to and had a first home with."

Is that accurate??

Because to me.... If I love someone, I'm just going to take care of them.

But I'm thinking..... That sounds accurate.