Martha Stewart used to envy her married friends after her marriage fell apart in 1990 … but now she says the joke’s on them — because she’s got no stone around her neck.
The businesswoman and media personality recreated her iconic 1995 PEOPLE cover … and toldPEOPLE she’s vastly happier as a single gal just out there having fun — with younger dudes!
Martha, who turned 85 Monday, says … “The older you get, the less you really need a mate, I think. I wouldn’t want to be beleaguered with an older, ill person.”
She assures that she goes out plenty — maybe not on official dates, but she’s enjoying herself and says she got “lots of friends.”
That said … Martha says her friends know if they invite her to a party — she ain’t going to be there for long … because she likes to be the last one there and the first to bounce.
Bottom line … Martha ain’t into vintage … she only likes the younger models.