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Dear Breakup Girl,

Help! I am 43. I am thin, I am told I am attractive, usually people guess my age to be late 30s. But I have been divorced 6 years and found no one who will have a real relationship with me. The last one played with me, acted like he cared and then left me for a much younger woman he committed to. I am very lonely. Is it true that I have a better chance of being struck by lightening then getting married again, as I once read?

-- Heather

Dear Heather,

Only, perhaps, if you are a golfer in Florida. A tree-dwelling golfer in Florida. In a pool-dwelling tree. With some metal bolts and stuff in your head. Come in out of the rain and read pp 9-19 of Backlash if you don't believe me.

True, though, it does get harder as you get older. Or at least it feels that way. So if you want some numbers that are actually reassuring -- not to mention possibly accurate -- look here to count all the single men in your state, Florida or otherwise (and here or here to find out what they're doing and where).

And about your other state -- you know, loneliness -- please do whatever you can to weather the [lack of] storm and get back out there, galoshes and all. I know it doesn't feel this way right now, but love can definitely strike twice.

Love,
Breakup Girl

 
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