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Dating

Dating over 50 is a whole new adventure—and a great one. Whether you're re-entering the scene or looking for love in new places, we’ve got tips, success stories, and confidence-boosting advice just for you.



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Relationships
Want to Know How You’ve Changed? Just Do This
Why you should re-read your old letters and emails.
By Caroline Leavitt
, February 6, 2025
4 Min Read
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Relationships
Here's How to Meet Your Second (or Third!) Spouse
It just takes looking for love in all the right places.
By Maria Leonard Olsen
, February 6, 2025
4 Min Read
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Relationships
The 7 C’s You Need if You Want to Find Mr. Right
These are the traits that can lead to long-term love later in life.
By Elena Bowes
, December 12, 2024
5 Min Read
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Relationships
If Love Is a Potluck Assignment, What Are You Bringing?
Five questions to ask yourself to form deeper relationships.
By Jan Tuckwood
, December 5, 2024
4 Min Read
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Relationships
How Many Lovers Have You Had? Why I Stopped Counting at 50
Here’s what I learned during my decades of sexual exploration.
By Coco Clemente
, October 31, 2024
5 Min Read
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Relationships
I Dated Married Men for Many Years. Here's Why
And here's what made me finally swear off them.
By Coco Clemente
, October 3, 2024
5 Min Read
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Relationships
The Relationship Question Every Woman Needs to Ask Herself
It will help you decide when to keep — or end — a friendship.
By Linda Yellin
, August 29, 2024
5 Min Read
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Relationships
Here’s What It’s Really Like to Date in Your 80s
It’s sexy, fulfilling, fun and, yes, sometimes confusing.
By Bea Lewis
, June 27, 2024
4 Min Read
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Relationships
Black and Single, I Got '0 Matches' on Dating Apps
How I learned to embrace a life on my own.
By Janina Edwards
, June 20, 2024
4 Min Read
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Relationships
I Found My Soulmate Across a Crowded Room
And here’s how you can do this, too!
By Elizabeth Leah Reed
, February 8, 2024
5 Min Read
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Relationships
After 34 Online Dates, I May Have Finally Found the One
But this divorced woman had to kiss a lot of frogs first.
By Betsy Goldstein
, January 5, 2024
4 Min Read
illustration of woman wearing glasses with different scenes related to the new year
Relationships
Are You an Older Woman Who'll Be Alone on New Year's Eve?
Here are some ideas to help you happily usher in 2024.
By Lynn Schnurnberger
, December 14, 2023
5 Min Read
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