I'm not going to hunt down some random picture of a person on the internet from years ago, but I will say in 2025 just getting on a treadmill 3-4x a week and not eating like crap (avoiding 75% of the aisles in the grocery) can get you to the top 30%ile for your age. Been there, done that 10ish years ago. Agree with the rest of the sentiment in this thread that (at least as you've presented it) you're not being a bad person here.
This is 100% true.
Time is a harsh mistress to women. Your beauty peaks in it's 20s, and then you start getting cottage cheese thighs and your tits start sagging, but there's one thing you do have in your favor here. In order for women to be attractive, you literally just need to have long hair and not eat like a pig. That's it. Do that, and you're ahead of literally 75% of women.
For guys, we gotta lift serious fucking weight a lot of days a week just to not look like complete shit. Counting calories ain't good enough if you're still a pile of pudge and have no definition. We gotta lift to have broad shoulders and arms women want. There's a lot of discipline involved in that, a lot of calorie counting, a lot of hard work.
Women? Seriously, just skip the chip and cookie aisle, cook something low carb every night for dinner, and you're fucking golden. Doesn't matter what else happens, you're someone's type.
And yes, no kids (and certainly no mixed race kids) means the game ain't over for you at all. In fact, just starting - because dudes in their mid 40s to early 50s have their shit together and are ready to enjoy life, and you get to enjoy it with them.
I'll be debt free (minus this house) finally this year, 6 years after I owed 120k in the divorce. I've got an interview in 8 hours for a job with the potential of a 20-30k raise. My fiance hit the fucking jackpot by being here and supporting me thru this shit. It's go time for fun time, and she gets to reap the rewards that some other woman should have, but was too fucking stupid to. And she was exactly in your situation when she met me - doing "okay" for herself, but not great, certainly not comfortable, and now she never needs to worry about a thing.
Why? No kids. Didn't let herself go into a complete sack of shit. Supports me, cooks and takes care of the house, and she's not a fucking cunt. That's a pretty low bar I feel that any woman can hit.
