I am a new comer to this thread and I hope to gain some valuable, mature and thoughtful advice on relationships. I am a well educated professional with a bachelors degree, independent and working on a master's degree. I have never been married and I do not have any children. What is wrong? I am having a hard time finding true love and I am in my mid 40's. I am running out of my best years. Afraid I am gonna end up alone with a bunch of cats and newspaper. I have some good standards but I every time I meet someone I find out some things about them that are horrifying or they flip the script on me and they change on me or I get dumped. Is it something I am saying or doing? It seems like the older you get the harder it is to find compatibility. Or life changes them over the years and they turn out to have a criminal record or gay. Maybe I am meeting them in all the wrong places. Perhaps I should go around more professionals I have something in common with.