dating over 50

So You Want to Start Dating Again…

Posted on 04/26/2013 by Dr. Pepper Schwartz | Sex & Relationships | Comments

Home & Family | Relationships | Your LifeQ: How do you enter the dating world at my age? Dr. Pepper Schwartz: First, you can tell friends you really want to start dating again, and see if they know anyone suitable. Sometimes they do! More often, however, they do not, and then you have two choices: Start going to lots of community events and organizations in hopes of meeting new men or women who might also be single and looking for companionship, or going online. You can try …

Different Kinds of Retirement Benefits

Posted on 01/9/2013 by Dr. Pepper Schwartz | Sex & Relationships | Comments

Home & Family | Relationships | Your LifeQ: I’m a 65-year-young woman and had been without sex and a relationship for four years. I have met a 61-year-old man and and we have been seeing each other for six months. The sex we have is something I dreamed about. I call him my sex therapist. He has introduced me to “toys” and oral sex, among other wonderful experiences. Is this normal at this time in my life, or do I need some help? We are seeing each …

3 Steps To Naked Beauty Confidence

Posted on 10/24/2012 by Lois Joy Johnson | Beauty | Comments

Beauty & FashionYou’ve never looked better right? Highlights, manicure, pedicure, whitened teeth and a wardrobe that rocks. Just in time for new adventures in the 50+ world of online dating. You write an irresistible profile. You’re brilliant at reeling in “the possibles” and throwing back the losers. You do first-date “auditions” at Starbucks with Oprah-like skill. In fact, getting back into dating mode after a breakup, divorce or widowhood isn’t hard at all… until things get intimate. The idea of romance and …

A Dating Story: A Widow’s First Time Out

Posted on 09/25/2012 by Tammy Gordon | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Relationships | Your LifeFelice Shapiro is a writer, entrepreneur, and publisher as well as the founder of Better After 50, a weekly online magazine. In addition to being a teacher and avid runner, hiker, and yogi, she is an AARP contributor. After my husband died, I remembered hearing that, according to the Jewish religion, a widow was required to mourn for 30 days and then she could “get back out there.” And, what’s more, the brother–in-law was expected to marry his brother’s widow …Oh …

The Takeaway: Dating Websites Don’t Deliver On ‘Scientific’ Matchmaking

Posted on 02/7/2012 by Elizabeth Brown | Brooklyn, NY | Comments

News RoundupsMiddle-aged men and women are the most avid users of dating websites. But while these sites have many advantages, they also bring serious drawbacks—which a team of U.S. psychology professors has highlighted in a lengthy new report.