Mature Connections
How to find your perfect partner online
- Saturday, 01 June 2013
When you were younger early marriage and settling down with a partner from your own, or a nearby community, was probably accepted, but nowadays the ‘rules of engagement’ have changed remarkably. Life seems to be much more complex and there are many more choices for you in finding a new partner in life.
The Internet has had a major influence on the way we are meeting new friends and socialising with older ones. It enables us to connect with people online rather than having to arrange a face to face meeting, or make an expensive long distance telephone call.
Silver Surfers look for love
- Wednesday, 14 November 2012
The divorce rate among the over-60s has increased significantly in recent years compared to all other age groups.
The reasons why marriages come to an end later in life when the ‘hard yards' are a thing of the past are complex.
But it is often that children are the glue that held the relationship together in the first place. When the children grown up and fly the nest, loneliness can loom if the marriage was, without the glue, an unhappy one.
“TWO’S COMPANY: Love Again, a Woman’s Journey” by Helene Pascal
- Friday, 16 December 2011
Helene Pascal's chronicle of her experiences of the dating world shines by its insights and humour as she relates her quest to find a partner in her sixties through the personal pages in national newspapers.
This account of her various attempts to find a good mate with whom to “talk, share, laugh and do things” is totally compelling and will resonate with many single mature women who, for diverse reasons find themselves on their own later in life, wish to share the many years ahead with a good man, and know they still have a lot to give.
Online dating – the ‘dos’ and ‘don’ts’
- Friday, 16 December 2011
With over 7 million single people logging on to internet dating sites in the UK every year and a recent survey, showing that the over 55’s were the highest proportion of people using such sites, there has never been a better time to use technology to help you find love or just friendship. But with so many people out there, how do you go about finding the right one.....and, equally importantly, avoid attracting the wrong one?
