Searching for Eligible Older Men… Disappearing Demographic Leaves Single Older Women Scrambling for Dates

One of the reasons for the difference in the older dating population is simple. Women are outliving men by five or more years, hence the number of eligible older men is dramatically less than the number of eligible older women.

What’s an older woman looking for companionship with an eligible older man to do?

“Finding an eligible older man to share your life with, whether for friendship or romance, is challenging, but not hopeless. It’s also not for the faint of heart, because women will more than likely have to do all the footwork,” according to Paul A. Falzone, CEO of bricks and mortar The Right One and Together Dating, as well as online dating hybrid, eLove.com.

Falzone offers ladies a few tips for finding single senior men:

• Group activities. Older men do not tend to join a lot of group activities, but they do focus on one or two things that interest them and attend outings related to their interests. This could range from fishing to baseball games; art exhibits to dining out. Single older women may want to evaluate their own interests and join a group or attend an outing that appeals to them as well as older men.

• The male “coffee klatch.” Ladies, you won’t find eligible older men hanging about a pub at night seeking to meet women. And, if there are older men in attendance, they will most certainly be with their wives. But, you are likely to find that older men DO gather for breakfast and chat with their buddies over coffee at the local diner.

• The “Welcome Wagon”. When a new eligible older man moves into the neighborhood or retirement community, he becomes fair game for all. Eligible older women will go out of their way to make the new gentleman’s acquaintance – hand-delivering his newspaper, baking sweet treats for him and so on. If you wish to compete on this level, skip the cake baking and waiting for him to make the first move and just ask him to join you the next time you go for a walk, go to the library, the cinema or wherever. Older men typically keep to themselves, so you shouldn’t worry about making the first move.
• Professional assistance. If you’re still having a difficult time finding an eligible older man, enlist the help of a professional dating service. Dating services offer the benefit of a vast database of members of all ages in your geographic area and beyond, as well as the luxury of potential compatible matches.

Singles help is on the way
Catering to more than 300,000 members at over 60 locations throughout North America, The Right One, Together Dating and Elove.com are the largest bricks and mortar dating services as well as online hybrid in the industry, offering a more consistent product, a greater number of potentially compatible mates and added value of flexibility in transferring memberships to another geographic region.

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The Right One’s offices and affiliates located throughout the United States include: California (San Diego); Colorado (Glendale); Florida (Miami); Georgia (Atlanta); Kansas (Wichita and Overland Park); Illinois (Downers Grove, Rockford and Bloomington); New Jersey (Cherry Hill, Hackensack); Massachusetts (Norwell, Newton, Shrewsbury and Woburn); Nebraska (Omaha and Lincoln); Pennsylvania (King of Prussia, Pittsburgh and Monroeville); Rhode Island (Warwick); Texas (Dallas, Austin); and Wisconsin (Madison, Appleton, Brookfield).

North American locations and affiliates of Together are: California (Encino, Irvine, Los Angeles, Upland); Florida (Palm Beach, Vero Beach); Georgia (Savannah); Indiana (Ft. Wayne, Indianapolis, South Bend); Kentucky (Lexington, Louisville); Louisiana (New Orleans); Maryland (Columbia, Frederick); Minnesota (Minneapolis); Nevada (Reno); New Hampshire (Hooksett, Nashua, Portsmouth and Salem); New Jersey (Bridgewater, Clark, Colts Neck and Lawrenceville); Ohio (Cincinnati); Pennsylvania (Mechanicsburg); South Carolina (Greenville); South Dakota (Sioux Falls); Texas (San Antonio, Beaumont and Houston) and Virginia (Falls Church).

For more information about Together Dating and The Right One, please visit their websites at www.therightone.com, www.togetherdating.com, and www.elove.com or call
(800) 818-DATE (3283).

* U.S. Census, 2002

(Editor note: For interviews with the colorful and articulate Paul A. Falzone, CEO of eLove, The Right One and Together Dating and the author of a recent book on the history of dating, please contact Steve Dubin, PR Works, at (781) 582-1061 or, by e-mail, at sdubin@prworkzone.com.)

CONTACT: Steven V. Dubin, (781) 582-1061, sdubin@prworkzone.com