Senior-Dating.org Helps Single Seniors Find Companionship
URL: http://www.Senior-Dating.org

There are 40 million seniors in the U.S. alone and 16 million of them
are single.  What’s more, those numbers are set to double in the next
30 years.  That’s a lot of lonely people looking for companionship and
more.  Senior Dating is a new website that aims to demystify the whole
subject and offer practical advice and tips on the subject of dating
in later life.

It was founded by Kathy Damer, whose experience as the Marketing
Director of a large retirement community near Toronto, Canada, gave
her a wide knowledge and understanding of the personal challenges
facing seniors today.

“Many people in later life find themselves single again, either
through bereavement or divorce, and have no idea how to go about
finding a partner,” explains Kathy Damer, “It’s a natural human
instinct to want to connect and share your life with someone at any
age but it can be hugely intimidating to start again in your senior
years.”

“I found that an increasing number of people were asking me for advice
about senior dating and how to meet people online and I wanted to
guide them towards a trusted source of information.  The trouble was
that I couldn’t find one!”

So Kathy set out to create that trusted source to meet the growing
needs of an increasingly web-savvy senior population.  40% of seniors
now have a computer at home and in the U.S., there are over 50,000
seniors enrolled in college courses.

Senior-dating.org features a weekly blog about all aspects of dating
and relationships in later life, with a particular focus on helping
seniors meet people online.  It also features a regularly updated
review of the best senior dating services and will also cover other
related issues such as health and well-being.

As Kathy explains, “The wonderful thing about dating at this stage of
life is that you aren’t looking for someone to have kids with and you
aren’t having to support a partner through career growth or worrying
about financial stability.  This is the ‘freedom’ stage of life where
you know exactly what you want and what you don’t want in a
relationship.  There can be pitfalls to overcome however, like overly
protective grown children, and we deal with a lot of the issues that
people will face when beginning their journey of senior dating.”

Posted by Eric Ward on 11/05/09