Recently, one of the television morning shows featured a slice about dating, which concluded that girls have a better chance of becoming America?s Next Top Model than of meeting a decent man after the age of 40. The topic of the segment, a pretty but surgically-altered 44-year-old, moaned the 60-year-old coots she dates consider her too ancient for them. The perky hostess empathized, pronouncing that she knew of one successful man who had a rule for the girls he dates : Half his age plus seven years. Deflated, I turned off the TV. Sure, I?m happily married to a person who never lets me forget that he likes me. But what if, God forbid, he stepped in front of a bus? Would I ever find romance again, or would I be tossed on the reject pile on the idea of my age?I took a look around. My husband?s 40-year-old buddy lately got married, not to a 22-year-old Hooters waitress but to a professional girl his own age. A chum of mine, a 42-year-old teacher, met her husband when he appeared for Thanksgiving pudding at her cousin?s house 2 years ago ( they now have a baby girl ). My bro, who is 35, has a tendency to date older women, as do a rising number of men, according to a story in last year?s Connecticut Post.A striking example of an over-40 love magnet is Mary, an Irish girl who was widowed while her children were young. After a mourning period, she resumed her active social life and, in her forties, fell head over heels in love and remarried. She and her new husband enjoyed music, dancing, and watched one another become grandparents. When he died 2 years back after 25 years of marriage, she turned into a widow for a second time. But, common of Mary, she at last came to the belief that life was for the living. The last time I saw her, men were lining up to dance with her at her granddaughter?s graduation party ( they weren?t pity dances, either ). The lady is attractive, snickers simply, and has a zest for life. Regardless of the issues she?s faced, she?s happy. Who wouldn?t want to dance with her?And that?s the key to being attractive at all ages : regardless of your circumstances, you must permit yourself to be content. Life will never be perfect. Your divorced boy could be living on your couch, you could share a driveway with an annoying lady who places her rubbish out a few days before pick-up, or perhaps you just gained three pounds.Just let it go.According to Abraham Lincoln, ?People are as happy as they make up their minds to be.’ Write a catalogue of your blessings and keep it with you. Read it before you hit the pillow at night and before you set your feet on the floor in the morning. Decide to be happy, and you’ll be happy.What?s more, you will become the girl men want to know better. Contentment is a woman?s best cosmetic, the late actress Jane Russell once recounted, and she knew a{ thing or two| bit| little about being attractive. Makeup, jewelry, and plastic surgery cannot compare to the power of contentment to make you the fun and desirable woman you know, deep inside, you actually are.Is it possible to meet an honest man after the age of 40? You tell me..