Can I still find love?

[SweetAmandine]

I'm F, 39 years old and have one DS who is one and a half years old.
I am no longer with my DS's father.
I would really like to be in committed relationship or married; just longing for the companionship.

Is that still possible for me?

Not going to lie, being a single mum does make it ten times harder, but it's possible.

Unless they have kids themselves. i.e. are single dads/co-parerent, etc, most men would choose not to date someone with kids, sadly.

Eventually you will but luck to you it will be hard

I'm not saying it's easy (I don't think it is at any age though), but I met my second husband when I was roughly your age. Both had children, both divorced. Because we had children to think about we took things reeeally slowly. Married after a few years. That was a long time ago now. We and our children (now all adults) are very much a family.

I would add some caution though. Neither of us were looking, or that bothered about being in a relationship. The risk if you're activiely looking to be committed / married again, is that it will come across when you meet people, and they may be frighted off. Or that you will be willing to overlook warning signs because your focus is to find a partner.

Do your best to find companionship in other parts of life, other interests etc. It takes the focus off finding someone and increases your chances of finding the right someone, and of being less tolerant to warning signs.

@perfectcolourfound thank you for your response. Beautiful how things worked our for you and your family. Thank you for the word of caution.
I just wanted to add that I'm not actively looking at all, haven't made any attempt at finding a partner. My entire focus present is on my DS and work. It's just that I know within me that I'd like partner to share my life with. I hear lots of people say they are content being on their own but that's not me. I'm happy generally, I have a supportive family and lovely friends just not that special someone for me.