I think they do want a man around but it is very difficult to find a decent person at that age. It is very difficult to date at any age let alone in your 50's and 60's. From what I hear the available ones seem to be either in debt, have vices or they find out real quick in the dating life cycle why that person was divorced in the first place i.e personality problems. Not saying everyone who is divorced are like this...some marriages fail due just incompability and not all divorced people are at fault...some spouses, men and women, need divorced.
Men can easily be replaced with a dog, cat, horse, or just the companionship of other women.
But would they rather have a man but are relegated to the 14 cats out of necessity?
Women don't care as much as men whether or not they are getting sex either... it just isn't as important to them
Some. Majority do want passion and intimacy at all ages. The ones who don't want sex are in many cases dysfunctional for various reasons and is probably the reason why they are divorced-sexless marriage. And this goes for men also..it's not just a problem with women not wanting sex. Many women complain their hubbies have lost interest in sex as a reason for divorce. lot of Peg Bundy's out there. The marriage counselor next to my office tells me this all the time...very, very common.
“Many women complain their hubbies have lost interest in sex as a reason for divorce. lot of Peg Bundy’s out there. The marriage counselor next to my office tells me this all the time...very, very common.”
Indeed. This discussion in stunningly one sided. Our culture is broken. There are constant commercials for Viagra, Cialis, etc., and what used to be considered “porn” is available at the turn of a tv channel. Strip clubs are no longer the haunt of low lifes, but something to brag about doing with one’s buddies. How does an older woman compete against all of that? On my 18th aniversary, my husband admitted the reason our bank account was thousands of dollars poorer, was because he was at a strip club. I gave up my career to follow him around the world for his job and be a stay at home mother. I never withheld sex and if anything, did what I could to always keep it spiced up. I refuse to give him a divorce and give him a pass though. I took my marriage vows very seriously before God. How many other women my age just head for divorce when they find this type of stuff out and can’t compete? There’s just no competing against a culture focused on youth, beauty, and sex.
Agreed. I would add however, that the sex drive with women is inherently different. Men have a much more pressing, and urgent need for sex when aroused. Women can much more easily postpone the physical need than men can, and that's true at all stages of life. As Old Retired Army Guy pointed out earlier in the thread more than one man has thrown his life away because he was thinking with an erection.