I was 49 when I entered the dating market again after a divorce. I'm an American woman. I am no longer young, slender, etc. I've had cancer and lost a breast. And yet I still ended up finding good men to date and eventually I found one that proposed to me. I honestly think the reason - while I am independent, educated, etc., I am also easy to get along with. And I let him be the man in the relationship. My ex, meanwhile, has tried to get me back after realizing that the woman he thought he wanted was super materialistic, etc.