Dating women over 40

W hen a divorced woman on "the wrong side of 45 with a brace of kids" began to write about her experiences of being single last week, she opened her blog with the extraordinary statement that she was in "relationship no man's land", condemned to be alone for the rest of her life. The anonymous woman, whose blog is called The Plankton, is not alone in believing that there are problems specific to being a single woman in middle age. A survey this month found eight out of 10 women over 50 think they have become invisible to men. Seven out of 10 women in the study felt overlooked by the fashion industry, while three-quarters of women in their 60s believed they had lost their identity by being labelled as a "mum".

But if you are going to give online dating a try, and you definitely should, there are some things to keep in mind. It's about quantity over quality. Ray spoke to MyDomaine about the ways in which people over 40 can see success with online dating by describing what should and shouldn't be done when swiping through various sites. All you have to do is get started. They need to be open to rejection and staying positive even when things don't work out the way they want them to.

Jump to navigation. It's fair to say that once you start dating in your 40s, you're almost certainly taking the search for love seriously. And there's nothing wrong with that!

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