Dating for Over 50s -Advice for Women
This dating for over 50s blog is an interview with one of our awesome professional Love Mentors®, Karen Holland. Karen is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist who specializes in working with couples and individuals getting in and out of relationships. She works with couples to create passionate, fulfilling relationships. She works with singles to help them heal from broken hearts and find the relationship of their dreams. Now here’s Karen on dating for over 50s:
I work with lots of 50 plus women looking for love and I’ve come to the conclusion that women of this age, in general, are by far the most interesting, accomplished, and sexy. Once a woman reaches her middle years she often has the self possession it takes to really know what she wants. She’s lived through a multitude of experiences and is less plagued by the anxieties that consume the minds of younger women. She may have raised children, been divorced a time or two or, perhaps, has never found love. But she has learned about herself in the process. In this way, mature women are in the perfect place to find real, lasting love.
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Still women, as they age, face certain realities. They may have been out of the dating game for a while. They may not understand these new ways to date. It can all be a little intimidating. They wonder if men only want to be with younger women. They wonder if they have to “put out” and when. Some look at their changing bodies and say “To hell with it; I better just stay home.” If they’ve been looking for a long time, these sometimes highly successful career women, are burnt out and certainly turned off by men who have either played badly with their hearts over the years or are simply just too boring!
For these mature women whom I love to mentor, I give the following advice in dating for over 50s:
- Mind the Frump- It is incredibly important to make yourself beautiful in your own eyes. It’s not about competing with younger women. It’s about bringing out what women over 50 undoubtedly have- sex appeal. Really. Update your haircut and your wardrobe. Tone your arms and strengthen those legs (very important anyway to avoid that walker when you’re 80!). Check out books like Younger Next Year (for Women) by Crowley & Lodge which makes the whole diet, exercise and aging thing incredibly simple (and very funny). For beauty help, I love Charla Krupp’s books How Not to Look Old and How to Never Look Fat Again.
- Get online! - Did you know that the largest group to try online dating is 55 and over? Everybody’s online these days. In addition to the big dating sites like Match.com, PlentyofFish.com and eHarmony.com, which offer dating for baby boomers and dating for seniors, check out seniorpeoplemeet.com and silversingles.com as well.
- Keep those legs crossed (for now) – Don’t jump into the sack so quickly. Yes, you went through the sexual liberation movement but it doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t keep a little mystery and a make a man work harder for you. And, yes, you do have to worry about STDs and HIV. In fact, in 2005 15% of all new HIV cases were in people over 50. Additionally, older women are more susceptible to STDs because they can have lowered immune systems, thinning vaginal walls and are much less likely than younger women to bring up the subject of STDs with their potential lover.
- Play, Play, Play! – As a dear friend of mind says, “Sit loose in the Saddle.” If you approach dating like a delightful experiment, the world as your playground, it will be so much more fun and you will experience much less burnout. You don’t have to do it perfectly. You just have to get out there and not take yourself and dating so seriously. Though, I do want you to take the business of love seriously! For what is life without love?
- Don’t Do it Alone! - Read good books, like Dr. Diana’s Love in 90 Days which has a special section for women over 45 and her new book Sealing the Deal to help navigate a relationship with a potential life partner. Get a Love Mentor ®! Stop trying to do everything on your own (Come on, you know you do!). Finding love can be challenging and it helps to have someone by your side guiding you and cheering you on.
Follow these dating advice and just get yourself out there. I’m pulling for you,
Karen Holland
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Tune into Karen as she is interviewed on the nuts and bolts of successful dating for over 50s on our Love in 90 Days- Blogtalk radio show, live on November 22! (And archived thereafter!) To listen,Click Here!
“Finding Love After 50 – Without Being Turned Off Or Burnt Out” -The interview with Love Mentor® Karen Holland
DATE: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 TIME: 5:00 pm Pacific/8:00pm Eastern for one hour
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In this free dating for over 50s seminar you will discover . . .
- What the “new rules” are now in dating for over 50s
- The myths that keep you single and alone
- How to spot a good guy when you see him
- Avoid getting burned out and turned off when seeking love and companionship
- The keys to successful dating for over 50s
- The best way to reinvent yourself and emerge as a brand new dating you
- And much, much more . . .
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Thank you, Karen for your wise words and dating for over 50s advice. If you would like a free 40-minute love mentoring session by phone or Skype with Karen, click here or go to www.lovein90days.com/coaching and ask for Karen on the form. For more information about this and future Love Mentoring® Seminars please visit-
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Wishing you love,
Dr. Diana
♥Dating Tips & Relationship Advice from My Heart to Yours♥
Diana Kirschner, Ph.D. is a frequent guest psychologist on The Today Show & author of the highly acclaimed relationship advice book, “Sealing the Deal: The Love Mentor’s Guide to Lasting Love” as well as the best-selling dating advice book, “Love in 90 Days.” Dr. Diana’s revolutionary work is the basis of her PBS Special on love and dating for over 50s. Connect with Dr. Diana through her FREE Relationship Tips and Dating Advice Newsletter.
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Great advice Diana for people who are in 50′s and are searching for a date. Because this is the stage where they may feel awkward to take advice on dating.
Two thumbs up for Dr. Diana Kirschner for sharing such a wonderful article.
Thank you very much for the advice i bet there’s a lot of people that needs such kind of advices. I bet it will help them a lot.
What an interesting post to read, thanks for bringing it up.
Some good advice here with many of the difficult hard to talk about areas covered. So much about returning to the dating scene is about conquering ones fears. So often feeling a little rusty can stop people crossing the Rubicon.
Let me just say that this is a great post. Thank very much for the advice. This will be very helpful. I’ll be honest I’ve been having similar problems with my partner. This really helps a lot thank you.