Senior Friendfinder: Questions on dating and the older single
With the divorce rate at historic highs and some singles postponing marriage indefinitely, it's no surprise to find that there are millions of older singles playing the dating game. What does that dating picture look like today? Take this quiz and see if you're up to speed on today's over-40 singles scene. * 1. Most people who are over 40 are out there only until they find one person to date exclusively, and then marry. True ( ) False (...
Senior Friendfinder: Older daters aren't happy
SINGLE in Cincinnati It's a struggle out there for baby boomers looking for meaningful relationships By Shauna Scott Rhone The Cincinnati Enquirer Single baby boomers say playing the dating game in the Tristate is a bust.After the "Single in Cincinnati" series ran in August, scores of e-mails came in protesting that the stories did not address the plight of singles over 40.Most of the tips and examples given in the series were...
Senior Friendfinder: LOVE AT FIRST SITE,
SO MANY CHOICES: THE INTERNET ABOUNDS WITH SERVICES THAT PROMISE HELP FINDING A MATCH
It combines the thrill of getting fan mail from strangers with the agony of being rejected by people who don't have the slightest idea who you are.It's the online personals, the 21st century way of finding love. Or not. This must be how futuristic Buck Rogers will meet his Jane Deering, how George Jetson will find Jane, how Capt. Kirk will meet - well, just about every available female humanoid from here to Andromeda. And no doubt in their far distant world of...
Senior Friendfinder: The love connection
Singles in their 50s and up embrace Internet dating
JAMES Della Vecchia says he didn't have much choice. "I got desperate. I got tired of sitting around looking at a wall. I need a woman to tell me how stupid I am." The 64-year-old Pitman resident loves to kid around, but he's actually part of a fast-growing trend that Internet dating businesses are taking seriously - the 50-plus single. Finding themselves widowed or divorced, older singles are traveling through cyberspace...
Senior Friendfinder: COVER STORY // LOOKING FOR LOVE IN CYBER PLACES // Web sites bring some love, others disappointment
If you haven't tried Internet dating, you should know that almost everyone online is attractive, physically fit, charming, successful and overwhelmingly blond.But when you meet these dreamy profiles face to face, they become all too human. And they're often not too shy to say that you didn't live up to their expectations, either.You can hardly blame people for exaggerating their titles or underestimating their weight because 57 percent of men and 23...