I've recently separated from a man who rejected me constantly, such that I tried everything you can think of to be attractive to him, and then in more recent years, gave up (it was too painful being rejected all the time) and turned to food to fill that void within. I'm not ready to date, but I think about it a lot.
I'm posting here because it must be that some others are dating over fifty because you, too, have escaped a dead bedroom situation. I wonder how you healed from the rejection.
I'm in therapy and trying to lose weight. I'm not going to put myself out there until I regain some confidence. But I have this little fear that keeps popping up, that I'll never feel fully secure again. My husband started out with a lot of attraction to me and never could explain to me what changed. I don't know if I can get over two decades of rejection. How have people moved on from this type of situation?