Dating after a breakup or dating after marriage is not easy, but it is possible to find love again. Some of us may want to find love after the loss of a spouse. It is our innate human need for connection. Finding romance after 50, finding love after 60, finding a partner after 70, and beyond is possible.
Meet Mona Kreaden and Paul Lipton. They met on Fire Island and had an immediate connection. Mona had been single for 35 years. Paul was married for 20+ years and was dating on and off, but when he met Mona the chemistry was undeniable. In their 70s, the blossoming of a romance is the same as it is in our teens –it comes with butterflies and everything. Love is possible, you just have to be open to it happening. In this episode, Mona and Paul share their love story and give advice on how to find love after mid life.
What’s In This Episode
1:02 Meet Mona
2:37 Meet Paul
3:42 Looking for love
4:50 How Mona and Paul met
8:22 Physical Attraction
9:19 Dating over 70
12:08 How is a relationship in 70s different
15:00 Feeling of falling in love
18:50 Relationship changes in mid-life
20:40 Openness to a new relationship
23:30 Timeline of Mona and Paul’s relationship
26:06 Sex in your 70s
29:50 What Mona and Paul knows now
30:12 Bumps in the road
34:10 Going to a couples’ therapist
37:37 What to walk away with