I don't recall much. I think at least 3 women said something like that to me. I only remember details about 2 of them. They were both older and I think that was a factor in their reluctance to start over. I think they both had younger kids than mine, and that can be emotionally and logistically a lot harder to deal with. One had a life-threatening illness. I think the other also had health problems but I can't remember any specifics.
One of them had a history of very unhappy relationships and when I was getting divorced she spammed me with venomous divorce/relationship jokes. I ignored all such emails until she finally stopped. I felt it was clear she had serious baggage and I could not think of a good way to tell her that, sorry, I don't appreciate such "humor". I felt that would just be kind of like pouring salt in her wounds, so I just didn't respond at all. The other woman once said something to me along the lines of "One of the good things about growing older is how much more you get done. Young people spend too much time screwing." I don't think I really knew anything about her sex life but that remark didn't exactly paint a rosy picture in my mind. (From what I gather, some women hit menopause and go "Whoohoo! Party Time!!" because they are no longer living under the threat of unintended pregnancy.)
FWIW: In one case, I don't think it would be accurate to say she herself was trading sex for money. Her marriage was mostly sexless and, most of the time, she made more money than him. Yet here she was trying to talk me out of my divorce on the grounds that I needed his money. Go figure.
One of them had a history of very unhappy relationships and when I was getting divorced she spammed me with venomous divorce/relationship jokes. I ignored all such emails until she finally stopped. I felt it was clear she had serious baggage and I could not think of a good way to tell her that, sorry, I don't appreciate such "humor". I felt that would just be kind of like pouring salt in her wounds, so I just didn't respond at all. The other woman once said something to me along the lines of "One of the good things about growing older is how much more you get done. Young people spend too much time screwing." I don't think I really knew anything about her sex life but that remark didn't exactly paint a rosy picture in my mind. (From what I gather, some women hit menopause and go "Whoohoo! Party Time!!" because they are no longer living under the threat of unintended pregnancy.)
FWIW: In one case, I don't think it would be accurate to say she herself was trading sex for money. Her marriage was mostly sexless and, most of the time, she made more money than him. Yet here she was trying to talk me out of my divorce on the grounds that I needed his money. Go figure.