Listen to your heart always man.
You may know the gal I was dating for a bit, and then just friendzoned, L
Awesome girl and honestly I like her a lot. Same thing with her, she's 28 body count of around 3 figures, and a very messy past - mine's also bad, but when a woman has truly run the mill their pair bonding ability is shattered and they are not quite right. L went on 5-6 dates with me and would clam up and begin shivering at any move I made, so nothing happened physically.
Best way forward is to get a solid one you're happy with, usually if they're younger, they're less likely to have gone down the rabbit hole into the sickest depravity known to mankind.
But these older chicks who've been through the meat market, man, they're just not desirable and we kinda know in our heart of hearts, this is 2nd rate, used up, unwanted goods here - this is a waste of my life force.
You will definitely be able to get better chicks, dude, you really will and you're showing great signs of being able to crack this and achieve abundance.
I want it for you man. It'd inspire me a lot and you deserve it man
R