It gets worse for women as the population ages. That's just fact.
The ratio of available men vs. available women skews heavily in favor of men as we age. Fewer men available due to a number of factors, primarily because (a) we tend to die sooner than women and (b) men who opt out of dating after divorce.
I divorced four years ago this coming July and getting dates hasn't been an issue. Getting quality dates was the issue for me. Of all my divorced friends, I'm the luckiest as I've been seeing the same woman now for 18 months and she's fantastic. Yes, she has her "batshit crazy" moments but they're pretty few and far between. We're in sync together on about 80% of things and the other 20% we're both very flexible on. I don't think either one of us ever wants to get married again and honestly, I like having my own place where I can retreat, recoup and recover when I need to. As best I know, she feels the same way (yes, we've talked about it.)
My boys (22, 24) both like her very much and her daughter has expressed her feelings of approval towards me to me. I think we've both done good jobs with our kids. All three are fine young people, working hard to make their way in this world and they're all very responsible.
What more could a 57 year old guy like me ask for at this stage in my life? I didn't want the divorce even though I was miserable in my marriage to a very cold woman. In hindsight, I'm not "glad" that it happened, I'm glad however that I found this wonderful woman.
And her age, if I may ask?
Regards,