Dating for Boomers

Cupid may be popular in some circles, but in others, he wouldn't do much better than Giuliani. Most singles today are content with their solo-status and feel it's not worth the trouble to look for love. According to a study conducted by AARP among people 40-70, only 16% are willing to do anything to find love. That's why Cupid couldn't garner enough votes to win a primary. It's seems this icon of romance no longer stands for what the people want. But wait a minute - is that really true? AOL just released a survey about love on January 2nd that showed 66% of people 40-49 believe they can have more than one soul mate in a life time and for respondents 50-69, that belief rose to a whopping 72%! So, if people assume more than one perfect love is possible, how come so few want to take steps to find it? Have boomer singles gotten lazy, disenchanted, or simply dropped romance as a priority because the adult dating game is too confusing? Regardless of what may hold people ...

You've probably heard some horror stories about online dating, but falling in love online today is much safer than ever before. Plus, if you follow this step-by-step plan, you'll be able to protect yourself and find the person of your dreams...almost as easily as you'd buy a book on Amazon.com! Strategy #1: Choose a site. You have a wealth of options available to you when it comes to online dating. You can choose from any of the regular dating sites like Match.com or eHarmony.com, you can choose a site for boomers or seniors, or you can choose a site that has nothing to do with dating at all! My husband and I fell in love online without ever going to a dating site, so one of our favorite tips for singles today is to join a web site with a paid forum that focuses on something that really matters to you. It might be a hobby you enjoy or a cause that you believe in, but you definitely want to make sure that there are members of the opposite sex in the mix. Strategy #2: Create ...

When you start dating again, there are inevitably issues that you might wonder about. Maybe it's a long time since you had a date. Some things in the dating world have changed. Dating for Boomers can be a challenge, more because of a lack of confidence in how this dating thing works, than for any other reason. After you've started dating and have had a few dates, or have begun establishing a relationship with someone, you may feel more confident. But in the meantime... Here are four tips to make your first few dates wonderful: Who pays? Who will pay the bill? It used to be that the man ALWAYS paid, right? Boomer men are funny about the bill. Some are very traditional and are insulted if the woman offers to pay the bill or to split the bill or pay her share of it. Others feel like they're right up with the times and expect to split the bill. Others expect to take turns. It's a "damned if you do and damned if you don't" situation for women. So women really o...

Remember the bad old days where you had to hang out at a bar to find a woman, or worse still, wait until a friend of yours felt sorry enough for you to set you up with one of their women friends hoping that the two of you would hit it off. Now at our age we look out of place( and downright deviate!) if we go to a disco, and let's face it, hanging out at bars week after week is soul destroying. And the biggest problem with these old systems is that we have no information on the woman when we approach her. Firstly it is scary to have to get up the courage to approach a complete stranger and start a conversation with her. Secondly, we have no idea whether she is even single and thirdly, we have no idea whether she has the basic attributes we are looking for. Let me give you an example. I have a few "no go " zones that are mandatories for me. I don't like smokers: I like my woman to be well educated and intelligent: I want someone that can string two words together effect...