I have never been married

I’m single and looking, but it’s tough to find anyone near my age who is not only single but has also never been married. I have no desire to be someone’s second husband, or worse yet, someone’s stepfather. I want someone on the same playing field as I am, not to mention that my religious views don’t permit divorce and remarriage. The only time I would consider marrying a woman who’s been married before is if she were a widow.

One problem is that most women my age are married. I have two age ranges of women I could date. I could date women in their early 20s who haven’t been married yet. That would be ideal, but I don’t know many women that age, and most women that age don’t want to date a guy in his 30s anyway. The other option would be to date older women, like in their 40s, but the problem with them is that most of them are either divorced or postmenopausal, which leaves having children out of the question. I want my own children. And I don’t mean stepchildren.