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The Boomer Generation is faced with hundreds of options when it comes to meeting that right relationship. Online dating is one road to romance you may want to try. But don’t wade in those waters unprepared. This is the fifth in a series of five posts: we offer some essential tips for the Boomer looking for an on-line relationship. - P. Mullaly, Editor

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Online Dating For Baby Boomers – Tips For Successful Results

By Aelicia Anderson

The landscape of the dating world has changed a lot since the time many of us first started dating. While some things are being done differently today, they don’t have to be scary. This article will share tips to make your online dating experience fun, exciting and most of all, successful.

A dating service is not a new idea; they’ve been around for several decades. What’s different about today’s dating service is the vehicle they use to connect people to one another.

There was a time when online dating was not looked on as favorably as it is today. In its infancy, online dating was sometimes seen as the only way less desirable people could get a date. That’s no longer the case. Online dating is growing rapidly, and is used by people of every age. It crosses all the lines of race, religion, political affiliation and net worth.

Even though you start out in the comfort and safety of your own home, typically the goal of online dating is to find someone you want to meet in the real world. Caution and safety are primary considerations throughout any dating process, but are particularly important where online dating is concerned.

When you begin looking for an online dating service you’ll want to look for sites that offer several screening filters to validate identification. This helps determine if the person signing up is really who they say they are.

Browse through several online dating sites before settling on one. If you do a search on Google for online dating sites, there are over 3 million. Don’t let that overwhelm you. Just pick a few and spend a few minutes on each one. You can also find review sites that may be helpful in assisting you with your decision. You may want to consider signing up with more than one site.

Be honest when creating your profile. Remember that you’re looking for someone to start a relationship with and you certainly don’t want to base it on lies and deception.  For best results, you’ll have to include a picture; uploading several would be even better. Make sure it’s a recent one, not one from years ago.

Make sure your personality shines through in your correspondence. It’s a little tougher to do online since you don’t see facial expressions and hear intonations, but with a little practice and the help of some emoticons and online shorthand, you’ll become much better at it very quickly. Of course, if you have a web cam, so much the better.

Don’t let your profile paint a boring picture. List your passions, your hobbies, your taste in food, movies, music, authors or artists. You want people to understand who you are and what you’re looking for.

You should never be uncomfortable with your dating experience. If a conversation becomes awkward or offensive, get out of it. Most sites will allow you to block members if you choose to. Don’t hesitate to use that feature to eliminate unwanted correspondence or contact from a particular member.

There’s no need to be upset or feel offended if someone you’re interested in doesn’t respond. There are way too many people to choose from to let a few no-responses discourage you. Think of them as first dates that didn’t work out and move on.

Online dating doesn’t have to end in a romantic encounter. Many people just want to keep things casual and remain friends. An online dating service can provide them the opportunity to meet people they would otherwise never have met.

Whatever your goal is in the relationship department, online dating can help you achieve it. Be safe and sensible, but most of all, have fun!

Graduating from Sydney University in 1997, Aelicia Anderson works as a consultant for the Australian adult dating site Fling Finder She enjoys writing, painting and adult personals research.

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The Boomer Generation is faced with hundreds of options when it comes to meeting that right relationship. Online dating is one road to romance you may want to try. But don’t wade in those waters unprepared. This is the fourth in a series of five posts: we offer some essential tips for the Boomer looking for an on-line relationship. - P. Mullaly, Editor

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Online Dating Method to Meet Women – 4 Tips to Get an Endless Stream of Dates With Women

By Peter Lim

It is not necessary to know why you are often alone, without the company of a woman you love. Meeting women online and offline goes beyond the difficulties of appearance, income and age. If you follow just these 4 tips I’ll share with you, I’ll promise you that you will find lots of dates, irregardless of how you look- whether you are too short, too stubby, too fat…or too old.

Tip 1: Introduce Yourself To The World

It’s all a numbers game. The more you are introduced to others, the more chances are that you will meet someone or someone will get to know you. So the first step is to go and join a Dating Search group. Create an interesting profile by telling other members and tell a little about yourself and what you’re looking for in a partner and relationship. Continue Reading »

The Boomer Generation is faced with hundreds of options when it comes to meeting that right relationship. Online dating is one road to romance you may want to try. But don’t wade in those waters unprepared. This is the third in a series of five posts: we offer some essential tips for the Boomer looking for an on-line relationship. - P. Mullaly, Editor

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Single Dating For Boomers – I Am Hot 50 And Single

By Patsy Copus

She came home from work one day to find that her husband had come home, packed all of his belongings and left her a Dear Jane letter. It read “Sorry, I could not live a double life anymore.  I have wanted to tell you for a long time, so here it goes I am GAY”  Those words hit her like a ton of bricks.  She has children, one in College the other in University, how was she going to tell them that their father was Gay.  Then after this realization, she started to think about how many partners her husband had and if he had practiced safe sex.  Well this story was three years ago, a long emotional road.  But now she is ready to take on the world and find a new partner.  Her friends at work told her to start looking for online dating services that catered for older women.  So you signed up for several online dating services and felt so intimidated as you found it so hard to think of something good to write about herself. She did not want to come off as a bitter and twisted woman, she did not want to bore men and say that she loved to knit or sit around and watch t.v.  Continue Reading »

The Boomer Generation is faced with hundreds of options when it comes to meeting that right relationship. Online dating is one road to romance you may want to try. But don’t wade in those waters unprepared. This is the second in a series of five posts: we offer some essential tips for the Boomer looking for an on-line relationship. - P. Mullaly, Editor

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Online Profile Tip For Boomer Women – Portray Yourself As a Desirable Woman

By Ronnie Ann Ryan

Are you a busy professional? Do you have a demanding, important job that occupies most of your time and energy? You may really enjoy and have true passion for your work. But let me ask you this question: If a man wrote that he’s a busy professional with a demanding job that takes up most of his time – would you be interested? Or would you wonder if he’d even have time to date you?

Your online dating profile is ADVERTISING. Yes, I believe in truth in advertising. But do you need to slap men in the face with your truth? Uh, not if you want to attract one.

One of the foundational principles of advertising is called POSITIONING. This is the process marketers use to create an image or identity. That’s what you are doing with your profile – creating your identity as a desirable woman. The question becomes: Is busy professional with little time the best image to portray? Perhaps you have other qualities that could actually make you seem like a fun/interesting person to spend time with and get to know…

Even though you are busy, no man wants to hear that. Continue Reading »

The Boomer Generation is faced with hundreds of options when it comes to meeting that right relationship. Online dating is one road to romance you may want to try. But don’t wade in those waters unprepared. In the next five posts we offer some essential tips for the Boomer looking for an on-line relationship. - P. Mullaly, Editor

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Over 50s Online Dating Advice

By David Banzius-Bell

There is a lot of material available on the internet about dating advice and an over 50s dating guide would probably be very similar to a dating guide for any age group. The world wide web (www) does bring in a few new elements to dating which make things much easier and more interesting but do require some thought.

The most important thing to get right first is to create an honest profile for yourself. This may seem obvious but it is worth giving this some consideration or even getting a friend to help you. To create the best profile for you its important that you get to know yourself. This may sound basic but it is important to ask yourself some searching questions, find out what you really like and don’t like, think about what has worked for you in past relationships and what has not, what do you find attractive, what personality types you bond with etc. This can sometime be a little emotional but it’s important to be honest with yourself. A friend can also help with an external viewpoint on some of these questions.

Once you know yourself it is important to be honest and open when creating your profile on a senior dating site, being clear about your fundamental reasons for being a member, the sort of friendship, relationship you are looking for, the type of partner you are interested. Continue Reading »