Women regard a never-married man of mature years with deep suspicion. Mature years plus conspicuous devotion to his mother is doubly suspicious. Make that tenfold.
If he says his mother is deceased, especially if the death occurs at a tragically young age, he had better be able to prove it because plenty of women will consider this a bald-faced lie, at the head of an army of same.
Moreover, if he has never been married before age 40 or so, your typical woman reasons that he has been on the shelf for some 20 years and countless women have NOT selected him for a mate, and their collective wisdom is not to be dismissed lightly. Thirty years and he is all but radioactive. A deceased wife would be an advantage there, or a great fortune perhaps.
What do women want from a never-married man age 52?
A good explanation.
It is to be dismissed utterly, because it's all ego-mind delusion. People who make decisions about another's character based on speculative fantasies simply disqualify themselves - they are too stuck in their heads to make reliable partners, anyway. Every decision she makes in a relationship will be based on what her friends say, or what some TV character did in the same situation.
Only you can judge you. The opinions of others don't count.
Given my experiences with women, I’ve taken on a simple philosophy: “I hate people in general, and women in particular.”
There’s a comedian who told a joke: “The next time I think about getting married, I’ll just find a woman I hate, and buy her a house.” Well, the last time I was in love, it only cost me about $17,000: Thank goodness we didn’t get married: It would have cost me a whole lot more.
There are a lot of men out there who have decided that we’ve worked too long and hard to get involved with someone whos ulterior motives might be no more than climbing abord a gravy train. While you may not be of that sort, there are many out there who are, and are very good a deceiving men, especially those who wish to be deceived. I can now say that I was (key word here is “was”) of that sort.
I’ve heard women complain that “men are scum.” It’s NOT just men, there are plenty of scummy women out there too.
Mark
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