Adventures in Delicious Dating After 40

When most guys are starting to woo a woman, they work to make her happy. They do things that they think will show they are considerate and care. They suggest activities they think she’ll like.
I’ve dated guys who were very considerate. One said “You pick the movie/restaurant and I’ll pay.” to show he was flexible. [...]

“He who hesitates is a damned fool.” —Mae West
My friend Ken Braly wrote a hilarious piece, “Finding A House, Finding A Spouse” (posted in the Pages section) about how dating is like shopping for a home. I see this parallel.
If you are shopping for a new home, you would want to see properties that are [...]

I was sharing my dating life with a married friend. She said she was glad she wasn’t dating now because there are no rules. When she was dating (40 years ago) there were rules. “Like what?” I asked.
“No kissing on the first date.” “Really?” I responded incredulously. “I’ve had some fantastic kisses on the first [...]

Yesterday a male friend told me how his last date lasted 5 minutes. He’s an affable, considerate, tolerant guy, so I couldn’t imagine what could go wrong in 5 minutes.
He said he’d had great, fun, pleasant, in-depth phone conversations with the woman, then asked her to a high-end restaurant for dinner. Nearly immediately after sitting [...]

“Absence makes the heart grow fonder— of somebody else.” —Anonymous
A man who lives 400 miles away has been flirting with me for months and calls every day. He decided he would fly to my city this weekend to meet me. He’d get a car and a hotel room, so there would be no discomfort with [...]