Age Shouldn’t Be a Cause to Give Up on Finding Romance

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Singles ages 50 to 80 often say to me, “I’m too old to meet somebody.” I tell them they are wrong. Today I share three stories of how couples in their mid-70s found love.

These stories were sent to me this week by subscribers to my weekly “On Life and Love After 50” online newsletter. The subscribers reside throughout the USA, Canada and in many foreign countries.

Zoe of Glastonbury, England, emailed: “The actress Dame Judi Dench turns 80 on Dec. 9. When Michael Williams, her beloved husband of 30 years, died in 2001, it never occurred to her to think of another man in her life.”

“But fate, in the guise of a few red squirrels, changed that. A neighbor, David Mills, has established the British Wildlife Center. He invited Dame Judi to the opening of a new accommodation for his red squirrels. Their relationship started from there. She was 76 and he was 68.”

“They are seen everywhere together but both lead busy lives and live in their separate homes. We aren’t all Judi Dench, of course, but she met the right man by doing just what you, Tom, always recommend to older singles—moving outside the comfort zone and doing something new. I doubt that Dame Judi had opening a home for red squirrels on her agenda as a stage set for romance.”

Another subscriber, Carm, 75, a Jackson, Mich., high school classmate of mine, spends six months each year living in Barra, Mexico, about four hours south of Puerto Vallarta. A year ago, a relationship he was involved in for several years ended.

Carm emailed, “I have a new (and last) girlfriend here in Barra. She’s recently widowed but we’ve known each other for seven years. She has lived here for 14 years. She’s originally from England but moved to Canada in her early 30s and has been in Mexico for 18 years. A year older than me and so fine.

“She has a house to sell, then we’re off to Italy for a month. When we return, we’ll be searching for a new town in Mexico to live—likely Oaxaca. I’m very happy.”

A third newsletter reader, Rich, also 75, described how he recently found love: “As a widower of three years, I attended a sketching and painting program in Northern Wisconsin in September. I met Rose, a widow my age, who is a watercolor artist, photographer, birder with a quick wit and a huge sense of humor.

“We found, as two active, upbeat persons, that we had many common interests and views which lead to a strong attraction. We accept each other as we find each other now, not comparing our current relationship to what we had with our spouses. Rose lives in Iowa while I am in the suburbs of Chicago, 300 miles apart.

“We split time between the two locations. We would never have met if we did not follow our artistic interests in a group setting. Rose is my love for the rest of my live. Happy does not begin to describe the joy we both feel.”

Is 75 too old to find love? No, as these three couples discovered. When people get out of the house and pursue outside interests, they dramatically improve their chances of finding romance. And as the band Pablo Cruise sang in the 1970s, “Love will find a way.”

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