Women! Don’t be Afraid to Message First
There are plenty of things about dating that, when held up to scrutiny, just don’t make much sense at all. It’s a practice loaded with rules, traditions, and conventions that would sound awfully strange if you described them to an alien. Now, we all know that traditional dating and online dating are, at least functionally, […]
Getting Back into the Dating Game
As a mature dater, it can be difficult to find your way back into the dating scene. Many of us are newly single, divorced, widowed or have struggled to find Mr or Ms Right in the first place, but climbing back on the horse as an over 50 dater can be daunting at best. In […]
Five Toxic Dating Habits to Stop Now
Are you struggling to find your perfect match? Perhaps you have been dating for a while and still aren’t feeling the love. For some of us meeting someone and finding that elusive spark takes longer than others. And that’s fine – everyone should go at their own pace. But could you be sabotaging your own […]
Why Activity Based Dates Are The Best
What do you think of when it comes to plus 40 dating? A candlelit meal? Coffee? Cocktails? So far, so traditional. But are conversation based, dates the best way to get to know someone? Maybe not. It turns out that focusing on a task together, getting physical (not that type of physical) or even being […]
Five Reasons Dating as a 40 Year Old Woman is Amazing
They say that 40 is the new 30. We are fitter, happier and healthier in our fourth decade than ever before. What’s more women at 40 know exactly what they want and how to get it. They have been through relationships (good and bad), learned to embrace body confidence and have achieved amazing career goals. […]
How Will I Know When I Am Ready to Date Again?
Getting back into dating after the end of a serious relationship can be tough. Especially for those of us that are returning to dating over 40. Whether you have suffered divorce, bereavement or an old relationship has simply drifted away it can feel difficult to get back out there. The important thing to remember is […]
10 Celebrities Who Found Love Over 40
In popular culture, there’s a notion that love is for young people. It’s in everything we watch on television, all the books we read and across every conceivable platform, but it’s quite removed from reality. The truth of the matter is, people fall in love at all ages, and being single over 40 means nothing […]
How to Recover from your Divorce
Up and down the country and across the world, marriages are formed, and marriages are broken. It’s a sad fact, but it remains a fact nonetheless – an estimated 42% of all marriages end in divorce here in the UK. Even with those high numbers, going through a divorce can feel like a tremendously lonely […]
What Does and Doesn’t Work When Online Dating
By and large, online dating websites follow the same pattern that traditional dating methods do when you’re courting. First, you catch each other’s attention, then you start speaking and maybe, just maybe, something special will come out of it. Nevertheless, if you’re new to online dating you might feel like you’re adrift in a sea […]
It’s Time to Get Over your Fear of Online Dating
I remember the first time somebody recommend I try online dating. I was in my early 50s and, to be honest, it just sounded absurd. My first reaction was that online dating is something other people do, not me. If I recall correctly, I made some dumb joke based on online dating stereotypes and laughed […]