There is a lot at stake at the beginning of a relationship, so it pays to ask yourself the question, “How long should I wait to have sex after I’ve met a new man?” Sex can be a glorious part of a relationship, but get intimate too soon and the experience can wreak havoc on […]
Girlfriend, do you need some new girlfriends? One of the biggest challenges my clients have is finding new friends over 50. Most of their girlfriends at this age are either seriously coupled or they skew towards the “bitter, men suck, what’s the point of trying, who needs it” ilk. If one of your life goals […]
Here is an email I recently received: “I just got up my courage and took a look at the dating site Our Time, and here is one of my big concerns: I’m 68 but most people think I’m in my early 50s. I’m afraid if I put my true age, I’ll narrow my range to […]
Dirty John was a podcast and is now a mini-series on Bravo about a middle-aged woman who meets a man online and enters into a whirlwind courtship. It ends horribly, practically destroying her and her entire family. Dirty John is a cautionary tale, to say the least. What can a single woman over-40 looking for love using […]
Should you date a separated man? Let’s put it this way… I did. Then I married him. So, my answer is, Hell Yes! To be clear, I would never encourage you to go out looking for separated men to date. I didn’t. In fact, I didn’t notice Larry’s profile said he was separated until I […]
This is the number one fear single women over 40 have about using online dating. They worry about being scammed or catfished. ‘Catfishing’ is a term for the process of luring people into false relationships, or when someone gives out false information about themselves. Is the fear of being made a fool and being used by […]
Is he into me? It starts from the first “hello” or glance across the room. Trying to decipher if he really likes you, or not. The doubting and trying to “figure it out” escalates from there. If it progresses to a meet date, then you worry about getting the first date, which moves on to wondering […]
No matter how much you may think you have your shit together, life carries harsh truths. No matter how much you deny these truths, it is only through acceptance that you will stop being single and start being happily coupled. I’m willing to be the compassionate truth teller that may have you hating me today but […]
We have man-fans here at Date Like a Grownup. And, for the most part, they represent the type of good man you want to date and have relationships with. They are curious about what women want and need and read my blog to learn all they can. Smart, right? They also tell me what they […]
The general belief is that you learn a lot about someone by knowing about their past marriages and romances that didn’t work out. Find out the details about his past relationships and you’ll get a good idea of whether he’s a good guy, right? When we’re dating after 40, the men we’re meeting have decades […]
