Does finding love have a used by date.

For many years you have been used to being a wife and mother, among the many other roles that have contributed to the life you have built. There will be mutual friendships you and your husband will have formed that have become an integral part of your social network. Many traditions go along with having a family such as your immediate family birthdays and anniversaries, get togethers for you and your husbands relatives such as Christmas, Easter, more birthdays and of course the in laws commitments.

There are school commitments for the kids like parent teacher night, sports carnivals, dropping your kids off and picking them up from their friends house and helping them with their home work. With all the difficult commitments comes a satisfying trade off whereby you get to see your beautiful children growing up slowly day by day, and becoming strategically involved in watching them develop into young citizens of the world. You live your life for your family. So what happens when all this routine is simply, gone!

Breaking up with your husband after years of marriage will certainly see you lose your identity for a period of time. You are not used to living your life based around you, your family became your whole priority. In this initial period of tragedy, your friends and perhaps a relationships counselor will be your best asset.

You will need to get used to a new routine with your ex to be able to maintain your children's well being. Soon your focus will start turning back to yourself with the amount of spare time you now have on your hands. The question of dating again will also start to ring loudly, but how on earth do you train yourself to be a confident single woman again. It may well have been 10 or 20 years since this question was raised, and with a few more years under your belt this time, is it even possible or realistic to consider such a thing?

Firstly, you must come to terms with your situation and allow time for this to happen. Take small but decisive steps to work on your self esteem and image. Take the fight head on, and ever so slowly you will come out on top. As far as meeting Mr. Right, you should know that there are thousands of different scenarios that attribute to couples breaking up. Whilst you feel like you are the only person that understands what you are going through, you could not be further from the truth.

Try using the internet and online chat rooms to find other male singles to chat to. Online dating sites are a fantastic way to take small steps in finding a new partner. And where else can you do this from the security and comfort of your own home.

The days of going to a club, or relying on your friends to meet singles are no longer an option. Online dating is now an integral part of the singles and dating scene, this concept of matchmaking may seem strange to you, but think of it as a whole generation of technology that you have missed out on, so give it ago!