0 LIVING, SJC Living On Life and Love After 50: Which Online Dating Site is the Best for Seniors? Tom Blake By Tom Blake During the pandemic, most single seniors did not interact face-to-face with people. Many of them decided to give online dating…
0 LIVING, SJC Living On Life and Love After 50: What Became of the 58 Couples? By Tom Blake In 2009, I published a book titled How 50 Couples Found Love After 50. The book was based on information that readers…
0 LIVING, SJC Living On Life and Love After 50: Where Are the Single Men? By Tom Blake A question I often hear from senior single women is, “Where can I meet a man?” For example, Marci, 70, emailed, “I…
0 Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX Life and Love After 50: Characteristics of Potential Mates On Life and Love After 50 by Tom Blake By Tom Blake When I started writing columns about dating 26 years ago, I promised myself…
0 LIVING, SJC Living On Life and Love After 50: Woman Worries That Her Boyfriend Might Leave Her Tom Blake By Tom Blake Corrine (not her true name) has been in an exclusive relationship with Tony (not his true name) for eight months….
0 LIVING, SJC Living On Life and Love After 50: Dilemma for Widows and Widowers By Tom Blake A senior woman emailed: “I’m dating a widower of two years. He has pictures of his deceased wife everywhere in his house….
0 LIVING On Life and Love After 50: How Important Is Compatibility in Relationships? By Tom Blake Marie, 68 and divorced, is puzzled. She emailed: “Is compatibility the basic foundation when meeting someone? So many people are involved in…
0 LIVING On Life and Love After 50: ‘I Won’t Settle,’ She Says. But She Already Has—for 4 Years By Tom Blake When women contact me about senior dating, I am surprised at the number of times the word “settle” is included in their…
0 LIVING On life and love after 50: lying about one’s age on a senior dating profile By Tom Blake This week, Arlene, a South Orange County resident who’s in her mid-60s, shared a story about a man who contacted her on…
1 LIVING, SJC Living Guest Opinion: Hot Potato Topic: Women Dating Younger Men By Tom Blake I met Jackie at one of our senior Meet and Greet gatherings in Dana Point this year. She asked a question to…
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…
