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"This morning I realized that my knees sound like someone is stomping on a bowl of Rice Krispies every time I go up and down stairs. And how about the way my feet ache at the end of the day? And the fact that I only sleep 4-5 hours in a night, waking several times on the overnight? I don&amp;#039;t even look at myself in the mirror much anymore. I&amp;#039;m tired of seeing things sag or pooch. I really feel sometimes like I&amp;#039;m too old to be single. Let&amp;#039;s face it, I&amp;#039;m (gasp!) middle aged. I don&amp;#039;t look like I did twenty years ago, and I most likely never will again. Unless I start dating a plastic surgeon, anyway. And then I&amp;#039;ll look kind of like I did in my twenties, but with poofy lips and a startled expression frozen to my face. Not good. At this phase in my life, I should be sitting contentedly on the couch next to my husband, watching CSI and feeling like I can wear my fuzzy flannel pajama pants sometimes without worrying about how I look anymore. I should be in the &amp;quot;comfortable&amp;quot; phase of my life, not starting the dating phase over! Some days, I just think to myself that I&amp;#039;m too tired for all of this. Maybe I can just be comfortable with myself, and not bother with trying to impress anybody else. Unless, of course, you know of a forty-something plastic surgeon who has a thing for girls in flannel pants. I clean up pretty good. How long did you wait after your divorce to start dating? Was it too soon? Or was the timing just right for you? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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