Dating is different when you get older. You're not as trusting or as eager to get back out there and expose yourself to someone.
I know for works for me - those wonderful sad love songs.
The Peking man was a thinking being standing erect dating to the beginning...
I was with a famous comedian when a young fan walked up and asked for an autograph. The comedian blew him off. I'll never forget the look on the young boy's face. He was devastated.