Op I have been to all intents and purposes single since splitting from my dds dad when she was tiny and she's now 20!
The 1st 2-3 years after the split I REALLY wasn't interested in dating at all! I'd been too hurt, I had way too much going on (messy divorce, ex showing up drunk and aggro etc
Plus raising dd, initially working full time and then back at uni and working part time etc etc)
I've dated, had a few flings, but really nothing serious ever developed and with hindsight I think that's because I didn't really want it to.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with being single! People don't question and judge men for being single at any age!
The worst was my mother, it culminated in a huge row because her marriage was abusive for the most part and so I really was pissed off she was banging on at me that I NEEDED to find a man! To "provide a father for dd" and all that bollocks.
I'm afraid I gave her some home truths about her own relationship (although really it wasn't stuff I'd not said before but in a row things do become quite...fiery) and ultimately she backed right off - most of the time.
It wasn't me reacting quickly/over reacting it had been years of every conversation inc "so have you met anyone...nice?" "You need to get yourself back out there" "it's not healthy staying single" "dd needs a man around" bollocks!
A few years later when I told her I was bi she thought I were winding her up! 
Not in a homophobic way but just she thought it was something I would say to fend off the "you need a man" nonsense
@Limeeye I have friends that are child free by choice and also some that are childless NOT by choice but who haven't made that public for their own reasons and I get annoyed on their behalf at some of the questions/comments they get. You have a lot of patience!
@Yummypumpkin yes there seems to be a correlation there actually, the ones that gave me the hardest time were the ones in shit relationships themselves! Perhaps a touch of jealousy?
Relationships are like school or university. It's just not for everyone.
Totally agree!
I don't think committed relationships are for me.
I like dating, I like sex sometimes (less and less fussed as time goes on if I'm honest), but I LOVE living on my own and mostly suiting myself.
@Sakurami yes I think what some who've never been through a split/divorce don't realise is that even if it absolutely is the right thing to do, it's still a hugely emotional process and it takes time to recover from that and process it all.
In my case - and I'm sure others where it was due to infidelity - it can also be very difficult to learn to trust again.
I cried the day my absolute came through, even though it was nearly 3 years after the actual split. My good friend at the time was also divorced but with her she had married v young and had fallen out of love with him and so v much her choice and yet she said she had a wobble that day too - cos nobody gets married or moves in with someone EXPECTING to get divorced/split up!
The one person that DID understand was a relative who's partner had died rather than they split. She totally got that I needed time and space to get my head around everything and see how I felt.