I started hobbying shortly after the sex in my marriage ended, and we were staying together just for the kids. I have no guilt about that, and I would not have started earlier, when the marriage was OK.
These days, and at my advanced age, it is the main source of pleasure in my life. I've lost my desire for any of my previous hobbies such as golf, tennis, playing guitar and sax, and I have no interest in the effort, expense, and complications of dating civilians subsequent to my divorce in early 2020.
I get up inthe morning these days with a spring in my step on those days where I have an mpa or sp date planned, and always enjoy that special "first time" anticipation and thrill when meeting a new lady in the industry, especially when the session is better than I anticipated.
Also I find with my few regulars that whatever "connection" we have established, while obviously an illusion, is more than enough to satisfy my minimal need for "romance".