Just back from Viva Las Vegas where I presented two dating seminars, the hosts antiquatedly calling in Computer Dating. Internet Personals. Internet Dating, Cyber Dating. Online Dating. Whatever you want to call this wonderful subset of Web 2.0 websites, singles are interested in and actively using the dating sites to attract, pursue, and find love online.
Each of the workshops was covering different phases of online dating at a annual Singles Conference in Las Vegas. Most of the singles there were 40 years old and older, ergo most were of the Baby Boomer generation. Some GenX singles. The workshops addressed different aspect of winning at Internet Dating and being successful at dating online, while using safety and precaution. The workshops themselves were very interactive, which was just great because that meant that the participants really got their money’s worth in terms of their investment of time and moola in attending. That is always a good thing for the conference organizers and their being happy and delighted with the invited guest speakers.
Well, one of the themes which emerged in both sessions as well as was point of conversation then at lunchtime was that the single Baby Boomers at this stage in life, after 50 years old pretty much - they want a different kind of relationship than when they were 20 somethings or even early 30s somethings.
When that is the case, and you are dating, after you likely already had children and now own a small house, a townhouse, or a condo, those are important things to discuss in the date 3-5+. Start contemplating and articulating, What do you want? Now that you have already had kids… what do you want now in a relationship? The Boomer generation grew up watching the now classic TV show, Ozzy and Harriet. Well, their marriage model no longer rings true for this generation for what they want in a life partner or marriage relationship after 50 years old.
Not only are these important things and questions to ask your date once you first determine whether or not there even is the all-important imperative of In-Person Chemistry (not just the fantasy from Internet Dating Email exchanges). These are also important questions to pose to yourself! And Dating is the laboratory for vetting out the truth, testing, and refining.
Until you are well-matched for LIFE partnership… which may or may not at your age result in marriage
Happy Dating and Relationships,
April Braswell
