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27 March 2006

Almost forty percent of Americans over 45 are single

Almost forty percent of Americans over 45 are single, according to the article “Seeking Love” by Sarah Mahoney.

“Of the 97 million Americans who are 45 or older, almost 40 percent—36.2 million—are on the loose, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

We have more creative ways of finding each other, too. While the go-get-’em spirit of baby boomers had already created a bumper crop of dating services, personal-ad vehicles, and Club Med-inspired singles vacations by the mid-1980s, the more recent Internet explosion has made looking for love as routine as shopping for cheap airfares.”

If it was only that easy!

Fortunately, help can be found at the bookstore with books like “50 Ways to Find Romance After 50″ and “Dating After 50 : Negotiating the Minefields of Midlife Romance”, as well as articles online with tips, advice, and recommendations, such as “Cupid for the young at heart” by Ruth Rovner.

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8 March 2006

Sex and the Single Baby Boomer

by after50 romance

Ha! I knew that would get your attention

I was reading this interesting article in Newsweek called Sex & Love: The New World where they find “more middle-aged people than ever are single, and they’re finding the rules have changed.”

“According to the Census Bureau, 28.6 percent of adults age 45 to 59 were unattached in 2003, compared with only 18.8 percent in 1980. And many of these singles are on the prowl. In a recent AARP survey, up to 70 percent of single boomers said they dated regularly. Of those between 40 and 59 years old, 45 percent of men and 38 percent of women have intercourse at least once a week.”

And the sex is spicier too. In the article Sex in America the author explains that due to new drugs such as Viagra, Cialis, and Levitra, women have reported “their own sexual satisfaction was enhanced by their partners’ use of the drugs. Not only that, some reported that the various medications also increased the frequency of sex.” Add to that a more open mind to sexual experimentation and you have a recipe for good lovin’!