Being Over 50 And Loving It

Welcome to the club. That’s what I remember many of my friends telling me. Many “Seniors” think that their life is about over and feel a sense of abandonment. However nothing could be further from the truth. The baby boomers are right behind you. Almost 40% of folks in America are 50 or older. That is a huge number and thankfully a great pool of available partners to consider.

How do women and men fit into this era? There is a vast difference from a previous generation. The majority of women have been working in the job force a number of years. They have their own savings and wealth. Many of them have been running their households and even working two jobs at once. This factor makes women the most powerful force in America. They are the buyers and decision makers.

Men need to rethink how their approach to finding a mate will best suit them. They can no longer be content that they are the boss so to speak. They now have competition. Women are now very independent. There are more women than men in America simply because as insurance statistics show, men die earlier then women. This leave a huge pool of women who also are desperately seeking a male partner to be their companion during their later years.

Women are generally into working out and being fit. Yoga is one of the primary forms of exercise.  Heart disease and cancer are the most potent foes to good health. There is a group of women who are always seeking security in a man and consider that an integral part of their decision making.

Men need to see women as “who she is” rather than “who they want her to be”. Men will have to come to grips that she is no longer that raving beauty of her youth. She has vitality and inner beauty. She stands alone on who she is and is proud of it. Granted many women have enhanced themselves through plastic surgery and other procedures like Botox, but if that makes them feel better about themselves so be it. Men are delving into this practice more and more and why not? Hair transplants and neck tightening are very common.

Women and men hope to get honesty in their search for the right partner and are more willing to accept each other realizing their own faults. Men can be very sexually active into their 70’s and women perhaps not as much. Women and men want a friend and a companion more than anything else. They want someone to talk to and confide in. They want to share their life experiences.

The older generation knows that youth will always be served but now their life has been far more enriched from what they learned. Being an “older” person is to be greatly admired and learning to accept everyones foibles and strengths is an art in itself.