This is Dating While Gray, the grown-ups guide to love, sex, and relationships.

I'm Laura Stasi.

Can you believe this is the final episode of season three?

And we have something special planned.

Instead of our usual format where we explore one specific topic,

we're hearing from you, the listeners,

comments you want to share with the dating all-gray community

and questions you'd like experts to address.

So we're calling this episode something I've been itching to say.

Caller, you're on the air.

Whenever listeners send emails and voicemails, I'm reminded that while our individual experiences are so personal, they're also universal, like these two comments and then a question. Hi, Laura. I want you to know how much I enjoy your show. I've been listening from the beginning and enjoy hearing about love for adults my age.

I'm 58 years old and have been divorced now for as long as I was married, 18 years.

The marriage ended badly, and I chose to concentrate on my career in raising my three young children instead of dating.

I had a lot of healing to do and had no room to bring anyone into my life.

Fast forward to five years ago, my children started leaving for college and I decided it was time.

I joined a match and met a great guy who had no trouble embracing my multicultural mixed race family,

something that is obviously very important to me and a partner.

We dated for three years, talked about a life together, and then he decided it was over,

and he ended the relationship. That was tough. It's been two years since this breakup,

and I am now back on match.

I'm a pretty good catch. I have a master's degree, a wonderful career, and even though I

shut myself off from dating for a very long time, I never thought I would end up alone.

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