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Listener email: '..I feel too 'old' to try and date anymore…'

Listener email: 'Hi Ciara, May I ask you to use this letter as your final Friday e-mail and good luck on your new venture on Newstalk Breakfast. This is a cry for help… I’m a 62 year old male and I’d like to hear advice / points of view from your listener’s regarding my situation. I am Irish and split-up with my Polish girlfriend three months ago, after a ten-year relationship. She’s 50 years of age. I’ve a much higher sex drive than her which led to the relationship breakdown. I’m also a widowed single father of three sons and have reared them well, thankfully. I get on very well with people, though I tend to be a loner and always have been. The Love, Friendship and Companionship we shared was a hugely important aspect in both our lives and is now gone for both of us. The loss is certainly a massive sadness for myself and I would imagine my ex. Of course, this has left a huge void in my life now. I also feel very bad that I’ve hurt her deeply, psychologically, by ending the relationship as I was the main person in her life and now she’s completely alone. I feel guilty for walking away - however I’ve helped her progress her life so much over the last ten years. I now feel “Old” and that I will never have another relationship. I feel destined to a life of Loneliness after a Hard Life as a widowed single father. Do I just accept this situation and carry on regardless, as I feel too “Old” to try and date anymore…?' What do you think? Ciara hears from listeners  Photo by Ylanite Koppens from Pexels Listen and subscribe to Lunchtime Live on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'. see more