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On Life and Love After 50

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On Life and Love after 50: The Importance of Estate Planning for Seniors

By Tom Blake This year, I received stories from two senior couples who reunited at their respective high school 50th class reunions. Their stories are…

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On Life and Love after 50: Widow Puzzled by a Friend’s Warning

By Tom Blake Robyn, 62, a widow of five and a half years, contacted me regarding a comment a friend made to her about the…

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On Life and Love after 50: Seniors Should Reveal Their True Age on Dating Profiles

By Tom Blake In my previous column, I wrote about Dave, 81, a widower, who said he had a quandary. He looks 15 years younger…

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On Life and Love after 50: Three Widowers, Divorced Man Ages 60-90 Comment on Dating

By Tom Blake A woman walked up to me at the San Juan Capistrano Costco last week and said, “I read your dating columns. Why…

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On Life and Love after 50: Senior Dating Has Changed Over the Years

By Tom Blake Seventeen years ago, I was sitting in a chair on the set of The Today Show at the NBC studios in New…

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On Life and Love After 50: Senior Singles Seek Different Kinds of Committed, Romantic Relationships

By Tom Blake Most singles who are over 50 that I encounter agree on one thing: they would like to be in a committed relationship….

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On Life and Love after 50: Recent Widower Thinks Women Should Be Motivated to Date Him

By Tom Blake Steve, a recent widower, contacted me about dating. He wrote, “I just ‘stumbled’ onto your Finding Love after 50 website, trying to…

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Guest Opinion: On Life and Love After 50: Writing Columns for Nearly 24 Years

By Tom Blake “How long have you been writing your column?” a woman I had never met asked me in the Capistrano Beach Costco last…

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On Life and Love After 50: Portugal: The Algarve Region and 120 Miles of Beaches

By Tom Blake When tourists travel, they often try to see too many sites in the limited time they have. Hence, they might overlook interesting…

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On Life and Love after 50: Madrid, Spain: One of the Great Cities of the World

By Tom Blake Occasionally, when people see my partner, Greta, and I around the tri-city area, they say, “We read about your last trip. Where…

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On Life and Love After 50: How a Dana Point Man Met Elvis, ‘The King’

By Tom Blake When Dana Point resident Michael McLeavy read “Delivering a Letter to Johnny Cash,” a column I wrote last month, he responded: “I…

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On Life and Love After 50: Reunited High School Classmates Defy Conventional Wisdom on Senior Dating

By Tom Blake As a columnist writing about love and relationships for 23 years, I’ve strongly advocated that single seniors know each other well before…

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On Life and Love After 50: Delivering a Letter to Johnny Cash

By Tom Blake On Wednesday night, Feb. 22, while packing suitcases for a weeklong trip to Nashville and Memphis, my partner, Greta, and I found…

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On Life and Love after 50: Never Too Old for Romance and Marriage

By Tom Blake In 2001, Chris Anastasio found himself divorced after a 15-year marriage. He was 68, and he had no idea what to do….

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On Life and Love After 50: Need and Appreciation Are Keys to Improving Relationships

By Tom Blake I have a friend in Orange County named Christine Baumgartner. I’ve known Christine for years. She is a relationship counselor and expert…

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