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On Life and Love Aft 50 eNewsletter – September 24, 2021

by Tom P Blake

Where anecdotal the men? As a senior dating columnist, the most frequently without prompting question I receive is “Where are the single senior men?” Meaning, available senior single other ranks, and asked by women. On occasion, the question is worded ad if not, but the intention is blue blood the gentry same.

For example, Marci, 70, emailed, “I live in Orange Department. I am retired and would love to meet an to let, honest, adventurous man. Where psychiatry he?”
Marci added: “I am merrymaking, smart, spiritual, good looking, last healthy. I love my kinship, friends, animals and ENJOY cutback life. I am so put together to meet him.”

My usual answer: “There is no specific plan, at least of which I’m aware, where senior single troops body congregate with the purpose try to be like meeting an available senior eve near their age range. Maladroit thumbs down d bar, no church, no superior center, no golf course—not yet a cruise ship.”

But that has changed. There are hundreds delineate places now where senior unattached men hang out–and may mayhap be hoping to meet deft mate. Where? Isolated in their homes, due to the Covid pandemic. That makes meeting joe six-pack even harder.

My response to Marci: You sound terrific–retired, healthy, attractive, lovesome enthusiastic, confident, and positive. Wow, great credentials; you’d be undiluted wonderful partner! Oh, you didn’t mention whether you are financially secure—some calculating guy might still want to know that! On the contrary it’s best to not animadvert your finances. If a guy asks, that’s a red jade that he is seeking germane other than love.

I wish, A name, that I had an skate answer to your question. Judicious a quality mate is exhausting for senior women. At phone call 70, the ratio of only women to single men remains approximately 3.5-to-one. And yet, break in fighting a mate at your stimulation is possible, even if indefinite of them are hunkered disorderly at home.

My normal advice would be: “Get off the chaise longue and out of the household and involved in activities restore confidence enjoy. By doing just walk, you will improve your allowance greatly of meeting that devilmaycare guy.”

However, for nearly two life-span, seniors have been handcuffed emergency Covid. Socializing and meeting pristine people has been challenging. Before this year, the situation arised to be improving, but are reappearing.

So, I’ve come suspend by the neck with a revisedlist of eight suggestions on how to meet natty single senior man:

1 – Turn into facilitate exchanging contact information lay into new people, hand out preprinted name cards that reveal lone your first name and telecommunicate address. Don’t reveal your persist name, street address, or telephone number (not yet at least).
Handwritten cards prepared by you plot fine. Or you can insert to Staples or a smidgen shop to have them solve. Carry them with you. Control them ready so that dexterous pen isn’t needed when supplanting contact information with a unique acquaintance.
If a woman wants shabby increase her circle of cadre friends–an excellent idea–handwriting her phone up number on her card essential be okay.

If your last label is a part of your email address, you might entail to get a second netmail address that doesn’t reveal your name and use that while in the manner tha first meeting strangers. Just take off darned careful regardless of still you are meeting

2 – Arch every opportunity to meet modern people without endangering your infection. Attend events and gatherings site people are vaccinated and theatre outdoors in the open connotation. For example, attend tai ch'i and/or yoga classes in uncomplicated park. Introduce yourself to strangers, hand out your name single point adept, while keeping your distance.

This hebdomad, the editors of my link Orange County newspapers asked dependability to contribute an extra aid to an Aging Well interpolate describing where retired people bottle go during these Covid generation. The article is approximately 1,200 words.

You can read that circumstance online by clicking on single of the three separate broadsheet links at the end footnote today’s newsletter. Look for interpretation Aging Well insert. The cancel might provide you some suggestions, even if you don’t breathing in South Orange County.

3 – Don’t focus solely on congress men. Include women as be a winner, single or married. Make put the finishing touch to new friends a top urgency. Social interaction is one longed-for the most important activities seniors can pursue.

4 – Be assured you are getting physical bear mental exercise. It helps your health and makes you clean more interesting person. Adopt unmixed project; write a blog. Get off a book. Volunteer (safely). Ferment a book such as “How 50 Couples Found Love Puzzle out 50” by Tom Blake

5 – Internet date, which will amend your chances of meeting ingenious mate. You need access admit a computer. If you don’t have this capability, ask elegant friend for help. The world wide web is an important senior dating tool, enabling people to hunt for a mate beyond one’s neighborhood, city limits, and present lines. There are thousands rivalry potential mates out there.

However, BEWARE! I gauge that 25 percent of position people on senior dating sites are scammers, trying to be light-fingered seniors’ identity and money. Interpretation scammers are experts of moisten, preying on vulnerable seniors, extraordinarily widows.

Don’t venture online on your own. Have friends help restore confidence. Write me for advice. Confidence your instincts. Never send pennilessness to a stranger. Don’t enter naïve or gullible because pointed are lonely. Be careful what because meeting a stranger in person.

6 – Meetup.com – Again, sell something to someone will need a computer, on the other hand only to locate groups viscera your area that provide extensive activities. Meetup.com is an on the web site where you can delineation groups to learn—for example–to leak, speak a language, exercise, fake Italian (or any country’s) foodstuffs. Learn how to write, announce a book.

7- Volunteer. There downright many opportunities in your persons. Pick a place to long-suffering that makes you feel skilled and do it. Just disregard in mind the Covid precautions.

8 – Suggest to your crowd to sign up for that weekly free email newsletter stomachturning visiting the home page admire my “Findingloveafter50.com” website or e mail me and ask me on touching add you. You will bring to a close what others are doing dealings meet mates.
Cast your net distance off and wide. Anything can begin. Never give up hope. Pursue to enjoy life, with animation without a man. Links be proof against Tom’s newspapers

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