relationships

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 …

Online Dating: How About We … Start Again

Posted on 04/9/2013 by Becky Gillan | AARP Blog Author | Comments

AARP Research | Relationships | Your LifeI suspect most people can remember their first kiss, first date, first love — and have even rated those experiences versus subsequent encounters with rose-colored glasses. How many of us have ended up marrying or living for an extended period with their first love? Or maybe you split up and haven’t heard from them since. I married my high school boyfriend, but not until 20 years after graduation. The marriage did not last (over 60% of second marriages end in …

Meet the Nation’s ‘Longest Married’ Couple (80 Years!)

Posted on 02/7/2013 by Associated Press | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | Home & Family | RelationshipsThe Associated Press FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) — John and Ann Betar weren’t supposed to get married. Her father had arranged for her to wed another man, but she and John fled Bridgeport and eloped in New York. That was more than 80 years ago. The couple is still happily hitched, a fact that has led to their naming as the “longest married couple” in the United States for 2013 by Worldwide Marriage Encounter, a Christian marriage group based in San …

Being Single–Two Views

Posted on 01/10/2013 by Becky Gillan | AARP Blog Author | Comments

AARP Research | Home & Family | RelationshipsI have lived half my life alone. However, it appears I am not ‘alone.’ According to our AARP Community research, 37% of Boomers are single, either “never married” (12%), divorced/separated (21%) or widowed (4%). And while being single does not necessarily mean you live alone, 57% of boomer singles live alone and another 25% live only with their children. So, how did I end up being alone at this stage in my life? I was happily married for ten years, …

I’m Lonely In My Marriage

Posted on 11/5/2012 by Dr. Pepper Schwartz | Sex & Relationships | Comments

Home & Family | Personal Health | RelationshipsQ: I’m married and lonely. My husband, age 68, has his own business, works six days a week with 10- to 12-hour days, and is recovering from prostate cancer surgery, with a low testosterone count. Meanwhile, I’m home alone every day by myself with no friends nearby or opportunities to make them (we live in a vacation community with no permanent residents). The one day a week hubby does take off, he sleeps until noon or later to catch up …

Are You Even Listening to Me?

Posted on 10/24/2012 by Dr. Pepper Schwartz | Sex & Relationships | Comments

Home & Family | RelationshipsQ: Why is it that when a couple is trying to communicate, the conversation can get lost when one spouse gets upset before the problem is resolved? The conversation then becomes about arguing and isn’t productive. How does one fix this? Dr. Pepper Schwartz: It’s a great question. Not everyone says what they mean or means what they say — and it costs a lot of extra heartache. There is a style of communicating that you may want to look …