"Friends with benefits" -- do we need a new term?

Question to readers: I know that many people in our age group have "friends with benefits," or would like to. Do we need a new ter...

Are you a senior who dates? Or wants to?

One of my most popular workshops is " How the Heck Do I Date at This Age? " As seniors, newly single or maybe seems-like-forever s...

Daring to Date Again by Ann Anderson Evans

3/11/15 update: This Sunday, March 15, I'll have the pleasure of being on a panel with Ann Anderson Evans called " Never Too Late t...

Dating After 50, 60, 75 -- Making Our Own Rules

" Online Dating Over 50: The Rules of The Game " on Huffington Post began, Monica Porter, who dated "dangerously" for a ...

"I left without letting him see me" -- a first date goes bad

Martha, age 67, is a friend of mine and a beautiful, peppy, athletic woman. We were taking a walk together, and with great embarrassment, sh...

Dating Advice to Men Over 50, 60, 70+

7/28/14: I wrote this in 2010. I'm updating it now, with a few more years of experience with dating as a senior. Here's what I said ...

Cancer Survivor: Can I Have an Intimate Relationship Again?

A reader wrote:  I am 62, single, and once was a very sexually active woman. I've undergone treatment for breast cancer twice. My recove...

Widows and Widowers: Should we just date each other?

"I think I could only date a widower -- only someone who has gone through this could understand," I told a buddy when I thought I ...