If you've gone on countless dates with people who turned out to be unsuitable for a romantic relationship and think you'll never find love, you're wrong!
And…this is not us saying this, but Julie Orlov, psychotherapist and author of the book "The Path to Love: Create Intimacy and Transform Your Relationships through Self-Discovery."
So, as she assures us, more and more people are single (or divorced, maybe even widowed) after fifty and are looking for love, according to statistics. In fact, at older ages, dates are more selective, more "down to earth" and more likely to become the start of a lifelong relationship, as the expert assures us.
In fact, Orlov suggests four reasons why dating after fifty holds more promise:
- We have enough life experiences to distinguish the important from the unimportant. We know who we are and we understand more easily who we are facing.
- We have understood the mistakes we have made in previous relationships. This knowledge allows us to avoid them in the future and build a more meaningful and less tense connection.
- We have more freedom to enjoy life. If we have children, they have probably left home or are at least living their own lives. At this age, we have the opportunity to enjoy the joys of life with less stress and commitments, as we now know well how precious time is.
-We are more open-minded in our love relationships. We are not worried about a possible pregnancy or about our body image. We have (with some luck) accepted ourselves as we are and we love it, a love that is also reflected in the dates we have.
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