Lonely or Ready? Dating After Loss and Loneliness
How to tell whether you’re lonely or ready to date again, how loneliness affects dating choices, whether dating helps, and practical ways to meet your need for connection.
Starting again
Dating Again
Practical guidance for starting to date again after divorce, bereavement or a long relationship.
Dating Again
Practical guidance for starting to date again after divorce, bereavement or a long relationship.
Wedding Rings, Photos and Belongings When You Start Dating Again After Loss
What to do with your wedding ring, photos of your late partner, their belongings, your home, social media and memorials when you start dating again after bereavement.
Should Widows and Widowers Date Each Other?
Is it easier to date someone who has also lost a spouse? The real advantages, the risks, being at different stages of grief, two sets of memories and families, and how to make it work.
How Do You Stop Comparing a New Partner With Your Late Spouse?
Comparing someone new with your late husband or wife? Why it happens, whether you can love both, practical ways to ease comparisons, and when they are a sign to slow down.
How to Start Dating Again After Being Single for Years
Single for years and thinking about dating again? How to know you are ready, where to start, handling nerves, where to meet people and how to make room for someone without losing your independence.
Where to Meet Single Men Over 50 and 60 in the UK
Where are all the single men over 60? The best places to meet them in the UK, offline and online, with practical tips, plus a section for men looking to meet women.
Can You Date Before Your Divorce Is Final? (UK Guide)
Can you date before your divorce is final in the UK? What the law says in England, Wales and Scotland, how a new relationship can affect finances and children, and how to decide if you are ready.
Alternatives to Online Dating After 50: Where to Meet Someone Offline
Tired of dating apps? The best offline ways to meet someone after 50 in the UK, from clubs and classes to singles events, supper clubs and matchmakers.
Dating at 70 and Beyond: A Practical Guide
Dating in your seventies or eighties is increasingly common. Where to meet people, how to try online dating, health and family conversations, money, benefits and safety.
Age Gaps After 50: Why Men Date Younger, and Does It Last?
Age gaps in later-life dating: why some men over 50 look for younger partners, what it means for women their own age, when age gaps work, when they struggle, and how to set your age range on dating apps.