1 LIVING, SJC Living On Life and Love after 50: Why I’m Not a Matchmaker By Tom Blake I’m a newspaper columnist. My topic: people age 50-plus seeking love. For 26 years, I’ve written about hundreds of seniors who’ve found…
0 LIVING, SJC Living On Life and Love after 50: Why Can’t Senior Men Be ‘Just Friends’? By Tom Blake Janice, not her true name, age 70, emailed with this question: “Why can’t senior men be ‘just friends’ with a lady? “I…
0 LIVING, SJC Living On Life and Love after 50: Dateline: Dublin, Ireland By Tom Blake Greta and I just completed a 10-day land tour around Ireland. We joined 25 other people from the U.S. and one man…
0 LIVING, SJC Living On Life and Love after 50: Meet and Greets popular social activities for seniors By Tom Blake When I owned Tutor and Spunky’s Deli in Dana Point, we started a Senior Singles Meet and Greet event that convened one…
0 LIVING, SJC Living On Life and Love after 50: Where are the single men? By Tom Blake In 1961, Connie Francis had a popular song called “Where the Boys Are,” which was on the song track for a movie…
0 LIVING On Life and Love after 50: A Senior Woman Blames Men for Relationship Problems This January, I wrote an online column about LAT (living apart together) relationships. In the article, I quoted a male reader, who said the 1976…
0 LIVING, SJC Living On Life and Love after 50: Is This Single Senior Woman Being Too Fussy in Dating Men? By Tom Blake Senior dating is challenging. Single seniors mention that to me often. It’s particularly hard for women. A comment on my Finding Love…
0 LIVING, SJC Living On Life and Love after 50: Widow Puzzled by a Friend’s Warning By Tom Blake Robyn, 62, a widow of five and a half years, contacted me regarding a comment a friend made to her about the…
0 LIVING, SJC Living On Life and Love After 50: Need and Appreciation Are Keys to Improving Relationships By Tom Blake I have a friend in Orange County named Christine Baumgartner. I’ve known Christine for years. She is a relationship counselor and expert…
0 LIVING, SJC Living On Life and Love After 50: Senior Women Who Date Younger Men Say, ‘Don’t Call Us Cougars’ By Tom Blake Whenever I write about senior men dating much younger women, the majority of responses come from women. Many women think the guys…
0 LIVING, SJC Living On Life and Love After 50: Older Men Dating Younger Women Is a Controversial Topic By Tom Blake For years, I have published an online newsletter that addresses the topic of dating and relationships for people ages 50 to 90….
0 LIVING, SJC Living On Life and Love After 50: Anatomy of a Romance Scam By Tom Blake Three months ago, at the request of several singles age 50 and older who wanted to correspond and exchange photos and stories…
0 LIVING, SJC Living On Life and Love After 50: Blind Dates Can Be Challenging for Older Singles By Tom P. Blake I admire single women age 50-plus who make the effort to get out and meet men instead of complaining about the…
0 LIVING, SJC Living On Life and Love After 50: SUP is Great for Retirees, Others By Tom Blake Last week, Tod Bryant, a former neighbor in San Clemente said, “Now that you’re retired, what are you doing to keep busy?”…
0 LIVING, SJC Living On Life and Love After 50: Finding Love in California, Making a Life in Austria By Tom Blake My life partner Greta and I are living for a month in a 500-year-old building in Graz, Austria. The apartment where we…
