7 True Love Stories of Older Women Dating

In this article, you’ll find 7 true love stories of how older women dating met their new love or soulmate. These real life love stories include dating tips for all seniors thinking about dating again.

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Notes on this ‘True Love Stories’ article

There are a lot of articles and news reports about older women dating younger men but this article is not about that topic.  It touches the subject briefly.

All the couples mentioned in the article are of similar ages to both sexes, which goes to show that age is not a barrier to finding love, love finds you.

The Reasons Older Women Date?

Finding a mate or a male companion to ease the pain of loneliness, are some of the reasons why you’ll find older women dating.

Can you imagine how hard it must be if, after years of being in a loving relationship, you don’t have a male companion to share your time of the day or your dreams with?

Of course, you miss your partner terribly, but the thought of being alone for the rest of your life can be quite daunting for many of us.

• Love & Friendship

  I know many women who wish for the companionship of a male partner to share communication and support with. We love our girlfriends but to be able to share opinions on many topics with a male, rather than always with your girlfriends, brings a new perspective.  Added to that, it opens the door of opportunity of having someone to have fun romantic nights out with too!

• Distance Relationship

  I also know of senior ladies who want to keep their independence.They enjoy time on their own, but love to know that they have the companionship of a loving male partner as and when it suits them both. They don’t want to cohabit and for some, long distance relationships are a perfect compromise!

• Love and Marriage

  On the other hand, I also have friends who insist that their relationship has to have the total commitment of marriage. It is an essential requirement for them. So much so, that they would rather break off the loving relationship if it wasn’t going to result in a marriage!

Marriage may not suit every couple but it’s very important to many other loving couples.

Senior Dating Research Facts

“One of the challenges when examining the literature on dating in later life is that dating is often assumed to be a precursor to marriage and not a goal in and of itself. In Davidson’s 2002 study, “new partnerships” largely meant remarriage.

It is nearing two decades since Bulcroft and Bulcroft (1991) pointed out the dearth of information available on dating in later life. Although some research has been conducted in this area since the early 1990s (e.g., see Dickson, Hughes, & Walker, 2005)), these studies tend to examine factors that influence the likelihood of dating such as health, enjoyment of independence, and lack of an available partner.”

Dating – The Manther & The Cougar

The sad fact is, a lot of senior dating ladies feel that they have lost their confidence in ever finding a suitable mate again. More often than not, they find that men are looking for younger women!

We all know that younger women have many more options when looking for a partner. Many prefer to date older men, regardless of the age gap.  A man with the resources to support them is a bonus! (A reminisce of prehistoric days!) That’s not always the case, I know.

Added to that, it has always been easier for men to date later in life than for women.

A man who dates much younger women is referred to as a ‘manther‘. (The male version of a ‘cougar‘.)  How often do you see a ‘manther‘ with a very attractive ‘trophy’ woman hanging on his arm?

Older Men Dating Younger Women

Some famous men who date, dated in the past, are married to, or live with much younger women include:

Look at   … Donald Trump,  Clint Eastwood,  Harrison Ford,  Woody Allen, Hugh Hefner, Michael Douglas,  Prince Charles, Nelson Mandela, Frank Sinatra, Paul McCartney,  Rod Steward
and the list goes on and on!

In the main, older men are generally at the top of their careers or run their own companies. They have the financial stability as well as the experience of dealing with people and any situation.

They enjoy having the younger ‘trophy’ hanging onto their arms and, as recently reported in the national newspapers, some are even quite undaunted at the prospect of becoming a father again much later in life! (Ronnie Woods of the Rolling Stones is a father of twins at the age of 68.)

Let’s not forget that there are just as many older women dating younger men too!

However, that aside, it is a fact that older women believe that it will be hard going down the dating route to find a suitable partner later in life. You may have friends in that age group who have said the same!

But, I’ve got good news for you.

I’m about to show you why that’s not the case and do hope that it inspires you to go out and socialize because you never know who you may meet.

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7 Real Life True Love Success Stories

Following are seven examples of couples who met their partners in their sixties or seventies and who went on to spend many happy years together. One of the couples is even in their eighties.

Each example is a true story and is either a story told to me by immediate friends of mine or stories from my friends and acquaintances that I’ve met over the years.

#1 The Local Dating Store

This first story is about a widow who worked in the local gift shop, next to a shop I owned.  She is a petite lady with a lovely smile, who’s in her sixties.  She had been alone for six years and often felt lonely, especially on the Sunday, she told me on several occasions.

One day, a customer took a shine to her as she served him in the store.  He asked her out.  Within weeks of their first date, they were an item.

When she told me she had a new love in her life, her eyes were sparkling and in fact, she looked like a teenager in love.

They shared their love of walking.  In fact, whenever I saw them out together walking, they would be holding hands and looking so very happy (a match made in heaven!)  It was a beautiful sight to behold.

Tip No.1 – Go out!  

You would have to wait a long time for your soulmate to come knocking on your door.

 

#2 From Couples to Singles to Couple Again

Another couple I want to tell you about were both married to their respective partners. They had been friends as a married foursome for many years and had met in Spain.

One of the couples returned to England approximately a year before events took a whole new direction in their lives.

Both their respective partners died within months of each other. Suddenly later in life, they were no longer part of a couple.

When they heard that they were both alone, they admitted that they had always had feelings for each other and arranged to meet.

It didn’t take them long to decide to get married and now live happily together in the sunshine, here in Spain.

They are the parents of one of my close friends and I often see them at dinner dances, gliding across the floor together.

He is in his eighties and a great walker. She is a few years younger. A very happy loving couple and wonderful to watch. It’s so true, that age is no barrier to Love.

Tip No.2 – Cherish your friends.  

Many relationships have been started when friends introduced you to their unattached male friends.  

 

#3 A Love Story With Karma

This is quite a sad story but thankfully, with a happy ending. I think you will just love this true story.

She was living with her husband, who was abusing her by flaunting his newly found younger girlfriend in their home, whenever he could.

As with many couples, they could not afford to separate as he had run up major debts on their large house and so she had to tolerate his behavior until it was possible for them to sell.

Selling the house was going to be very difficult because he had filled many of the rooms with various machinery items which he had for sale.

Who would want to buy a house in such a mess?

So, all in all, it was an intolerable situation for her. Her health began to suffer due to the stress.

Unbeknown to her, there was light at the end of the tunnel.

He had made friends with a very wealthy local man, whom he hoped would buy some of his machinery. This man helped him out financially so that he could leave the family home and … can you guess what happened next?

Yes, this same man fell in love with the wife. Now they live happily together like a couple of young lovebirds. Karma, don’t you think?

Tip No.3 – Have faith.

 If you want something badly enough, stop worrying about it and have faith that it will be.

 

#4 Summer Holiday Romance

The fourth story is the type of story that could apply to many. When she was a young girl, living in England, her family brought her to visit Italy every summer.

One summer, when she was seventeen, she fell in love with a waiter and they promised each other that they would spend the rest of their lives together.

However, months after returning to the UK and the promise they made to each other, she met someone else and was married within a year.

The marriage was not very successful and eventually, they divorced.
45 years passed and by this time she was in her early sixties. She often wondered what happened to the true love of her life, her holiday romance! She decided to find him and flew back to Italy.

Yes, she did find him and fortunately, he was free, so they rekindled their lost love of 45 years.

She relocated to Italy to spend the rest of her life happily with him.

Tip No.4 – Don’t be shy!  

If you know that someone you loved in the past is free, contact him.

 

#5 The Surprise Date Meeting

The fifth story is particularly unusual because of the event they met at!

This true story is about when my friend went to a neighbor’s funeral to pay her respects.

A funeral!

Obviously not the location you would expect to meet a man who may be looking to date you.

He introduced himself and they chatted together in the neighbor’s garden. Afterward, he asked the family for her telephone number. They didn’t give it to him as they hadn’t had the time to ask her if she even wanted him to have it.

But in the meantime, he was determined to go on a date with her. (She had told him that she did voluntary work locally in one of the charity shops.)

He found out the name of the shop and went along to find her. He was feeling shy but was very determined as he walked into the shop.

He was feeling shy but was very determined as he walked into the shop.

She was nowhere to be seen but found out from one of the staff members that she was working in the office at the back of the shop. He asked to speak to her.

Much to the amusement of the other staff, when she came out to greet him, he asked her (in front of everyone in the shop) if she would go on a date with him.

At first, she said No.

She had been on her own for over forty years. She had never been married in fact. She had no intention of getting involved with a man at this point in her life.

But he was persistent and kept coming back to the shop until she eventually said Yes.

Within no time, they were dating.

They spent the next eight years blissfully happy together in the sunset of their lives.

Tip No.5 – Question their values.  

You can be just as lonely in a relationship with someone you have completely different values with, as you can be on your own.   Fortunately, the couple mentioned above shared a lot of interests and values together.

 

#6 The Sleep-Over Love Match

“Everybody saw us sleeping together, so we had to get married. I’ve got my reputation to protect.” said the 73 years old lady in this story.

Her husband of over forty years had died suddenly at the age of 72.

She didn’t know how to deal with the loneliness.

She decided to start going to the local church and then one Sunday, she saw a notice for a trip out to a nearby seaside town.

She plucked up the courage to go as she felt it could lead to making some friends locally. It was her first solo outing without her husband.

As the day drew nearer, she was starting to feel reluctant and almost changed her mind but was persuaded to go by her daughters.

When she got on the coach, she was seated beside a gentleman, a widower.

They started to chat and found they had a lot in common, so decided to spend the time together once they reached their destination.

First, they walked around the town and then along the seafront.

Was it the sea air, or the journey, or the stress of the last few weeks, which made them both feel weary and tired.

They found a bench to sit on and before long, they were both fast asleep, snoring happily.

People walked by, amused to see the pair of them blissfully unaware that they were causing others to smile and take pleasure from their plight.

Eventually, they were woken up by some of the other passengers on the trip, as it was time for the journey back.

There was a lot of laughter and joking on the coach about their sleeping together, by the other retirees.

Within months, they had married. They lived together happily for the next ten years before he died.

Tip No. 7 -Don’t rush in – Paulo Coelho!

Paulo Coelho — ‘Life has many ways of testing a person’s will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen all at once.’  

 

#7 Long Distance Relationship

The seventh story proves that you never know where you could meet your new partner. This is a long distance relationship with a difference.  It’s more a worldwide romance!

This story is about a British lady, my friend’s mother, who was retired but decided to accept a part-time teaching contract in Saudi Arabia, a place she had never been to before.

Whilst there, she was introduced to a retired New Zealand engineer. It was his first time in Saudi Arabia too. Although retired, he was also on a working contract.

So, they met, fell in love and were married within months.

Firstly, they had to go to New Zealand because he had to sort out his financial status, his pension etc.

They stayed in New Zealand for several months before they moved to Spain together.  Now they live between Spain and the UK.

Tip No. 7 – Be spontaneous.

Be open for those sudden unplanned events anywhere in the world.  He could be there!  🙂 

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Those are seven true life love stories that I know of personally and I’m pretty sure that if I asked some other friends for any other examples that they know of, I could have more to include in this article.

If you are an older lady looking to find a mate, you now have seven wonderful examples which surely confirm to you, that you can find a mate anywhere.

Dating Success Tips:

1. Every day choose to have a positive frame of mind;  positive people attract like minded people.
2. Respect yourself;  you are unique.
3. Enjoy the adventure of dating again;  you will meet some very interesting men (or ladies, if you’re a man reading this 🙂  ).
4. Volunteer and socialize;  join anything which will bring you into contact with more people.
5. Don’t judge a book by its cover;  remember it’s what’s inside that counts. How many books have you picked up to read, enticed by the cover, only to find that it’s not what you thought!
6. Take pride in how you dress;  not for anyone else, but for yourself.
7. Trust your intuition;  go with your gut feelings, they are generally right.
8. Don’t rush in;  does this sound familiar to you … “you wait for one bus and then two or three arrive at the same time.”  (I know someone who had no dates for months and then one month had no less than ten requests.)
9. Take time to ponder; use your past experiences to help you decide what priorities you want to have in your next relationship.

So, having a positive frame of mind, being happy and grateful for all that you have in your life and enjoying the adventure of dating again, is your new exciting chapter to enjoy.

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Hope you enjoyed some of the true love stories here and please pass it on to others why may get pleasure from reading the stories too.   

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