Older Dating – Is it Your Time

In an interview tackling older dating, biological anthropologist and member of Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies (Rutgers University) Dr. H. Fisher was asked about her insights on mature dating, the changes in the dating world, and some advice for those who want to go out and explore the scene once again. Here are some of her most interesting insights:

• Dr. Fisher’s research shows that people experience the same intensity of romantic love at whatever age in life. She surveyed some 800 teens and middle aged men and women and found that subjects who were over 45 had the same romantic passion as those under 25. Dating still brings the same excitement and ecstasy when it goes well, and the same anguish and torment when it does not.

• Dating and marriage behaviours have really changed a lot in the past decades, mainly because women of this generation are more empowered than they were years ago. They are now more experimental and expressive when it comes to sexuality, and are open to the concept of moving in with a potential partner and marrying later. They are likewise more open to divorce and remarriage.

• Here’s her advice for senior daters, especially for those who have lost a spouse or a long term partner: Start a fresh. A second chance at love will rarely come knocking at your door if all you do is stay home and stay in your routine. She encourages older singles to do new things, try new places, and meet new people. It is never too late to fid companionship and love, especially now that more and more people are joining the older dating scene. Many men and women in their 50’s and beyond are single, either because of a divorce or simple because they focused to much on their careers and never really found ‘the one’ in their younger years.