As we live healthier and longer lives, we are faced with issues that did not concern our parents’ generation as much. Today it is common for people to have gone through divorce or bereavement, and we don’t always have the extended, nurturing family to fill the void. Old age can often be seen as a time of loneliness: friends die, family no longer exists, and children move away. All that’s left is an empty, meaningless life in front of a dying fireplace, right?
Mistaken! Like the rest of life, age is up to you, and there are no rules that say that being over sixty means being more lonely or dissatisfied than at any age; In fact, it’s the opposite!
Over sixty years is an unparalleled opportunity to meet more people and do more things than we ever thought possible. We can sit at home and have access to the whole world. Your home computer has more power than the Soviet Union had at the height of the Cold War. The TV does things we didn’t even know we wanted, the smartphone is a whole world in my pocket, and an e-reader contains more books than the library. And whatever others say, many older people are tech-savvy.
Through the internet we can have friends all over the world. We sit in the living room and talk to people from all continents. We don’t have to be alone: we can have all the friends we need at the touch of a few buttons. Sometimes the main problem is how to isolate everyone for a while and get some peace. But remember what they say: you can be in a room full of people and still feel alone. There is quantity and there is quality; sometimes it’s not about how many people we know either; it is about having a special person close to us. Someone with whom to share our conversations, our daily activities, or to spend some special time together.
But how do you go about finding that person? By the time a man or woman reaches sixty, he may start to feel a little out of practice with dating. After all, for some of us it may have been over forty years since we found a partner. And where do we go to find a partner? For many people, this is a very unfamiliar business and so daunting that we can easily choose to abandon the idea in despair. Most dating sites are designed and used by people our grandchildren’s age. That’s where a specialized 60+ dating site can prove invaluable as a way to meet the people of your dreams.
There are thousands of people, ages sixty and older, who are actively seeking love, romance, shared interests, companionship, or just friendship. We don’t have to go down to the disco or up to the ballroom to find them: they are a special group of people who have been selected just because they are looking for that special someone. Among that group there are all kinds of interests, activities, preferences and experiences; and the dating app will find you the people that best suit your own interests.