As seniors live longer they find ‘love expectancy’ also grows
From Frank Greve at McClatchy Newspapers:
A generation ago, romance among the elderly was widely derided, said Pepper Schwartz, a University of Washington sociologist who’s studied dating among older adults.
“Falling in love at an elderly age was seen as somewhere between unwise and dementia,” she said. In the parlance of the day, only “dirty old men” pursued sex. Cohabitation was not just low-class, as the term “shacking up” implied, it was morally “living in sin.”
Today, the elderly find remarriage fraught with headaches: It threatens some pensions. It alarms children worried about inheritances. It comes with love-testing anxiety about liability for a new spouse’s future health costs. So remarriage rates among seniors are flat.
Instead, Schwartz said, “People who wouldn’t have let their daughters into the house if they were cohabiting are now doing the same thing.”
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It is true love (or attraction) make no distinction when it comes to age. There are many instances thought history where younger men have fallen for the older woman. Maybe the relationships have not succeeded but that was not because of the age gap, but due to the pressures and prejudices of society, family and friends.
Age is just a number. Your driver’s license might say that you’re over fifty but you still have the energy and focus you did in your twenties. Unfortunately, when someone asks you how old you are they usually don’t care about how old you feel. Ageism runs throughout society and it can be hard to overcome the stereotypes of what someone your age is expected to look and act like. It is enough to make a mature single person start to consider shaving a few years off of their age.
Senior dating has given a new lease of life for millions of senior citizens worldwide who are looking for love and friendship. It’s easy to make new friends and meet love interests online, all you need is a home computer and an internet connection. Once you have both of these you have the potential of communicating with eligible singles from all of the world.
It is never too late to find love. Just because you are 65 or older doesn’t mean you cannot date and find a meaningful relationship. In fact, by going out there and finding that special someone, you are doing a great deal of good for yourself. You don’t have to stop having fun because of your age! Now is just as good a time as any to go out and meet new people and rekindle your love life.
Did you know that the quickest growing users of the Internet are the over 65’s, with almost 7 million seniors going online in the US alone. Initially however its thought that most seniors are hesitant, even worried about keeping up with new technologies and the latest crazes. When however they realize the Internet is here to stay and the new possibilities it brings to their lives most forward thinking pensioners are eager to embrace the Web like an old friend.
Rose Campbell was widowed after 26 years of marriage. John Souza’s wife died after 44 years and five children together.
Many days held life’s usual ups and downs. However, when I became a widow at 47, I thought I was pretty savvy about the world and the myriad people out there. I dealt with my grief on what felt like a long, protracted journey, a wending road through the unwieldy thickets of life and other times the ride was as smooth as new pavement.