I would take it off at one year anniversary of death.
And continue dating.
Lucky for men, a man with money can date over one third of all hot looking 25 year olds, even at age 53 according to science papers.
SCIENCE PAPER of "inbox attention measurement" shows :
Men Peak at 50
For Online Daters, Women Peak at 18 While Men Peak at 50, Study Finds:
https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/advances/4/8/eaap9815.full.pdf
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/style/dating-apps-online-men-women-age.html
OkCupid Says Men Are Most Attracted to 20-Year-Olds:
The science paper at https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/advances/4/8/eaap9815.full.pdf ignores income, but the higher the income the more of a catch the age 50 man is.
Remember, a 50 year old man gets MORE ATTENTION from all women all ages than any other age male (49, or even 51). Some say its because women over 34 all desperately seek the same tiny pool of men age 50 who are on the dating market.
If you are age 50 and TALL (Whites are tall) , or RICH you can date far more percent of age 25 women.
Whites (blondes) are very tall
Half of all Caucasians from Netherlands are 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m), or TALLER.
Half of all Caucasians from Denmark is 6 feet (1.83 m).
Those are solid facts from science papers. For above 6'3" (such as 6'3") it eliminates 85% of Caucasians though.
Caucasians in USA 70 years ago were taller than modern Netherlands or Denmark, but most science tables for 2019 are "all races" and include all the very short hispanics, Indians, and Asians that now inhabit USA.
https://www.wisegeek.com/which-country-has-the-tallest-people.htm#didyouknowout
https://elifesciences.org/articles/13410
http://www.randalolson.com/2014/06/23/why-the-dutch-are-so-tall/
Women who state they pref tall men, merely do not want to "appear racist" and are using height 6'+ to filter for white people, or the very small percentage of black basketball players.
15% of Caucasians in USA are 6'3" or taller! And 70 years ago it was far more than that!
A 50 year old man with a house and a job, and tall, according to science studies is in highest demand based on dating site communications studies.
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