slopok I couldn't find the picture you were talking about. In the horse and buggy days we went to dances at the schools. The seniors met in the local cafe, or maybe the local matchmaker would arrange a diner to introduce them. In northern Minnesota there is a place called the Red Barn and all the old geezers would come and have a good time and eye all the sweethearts.
Haven't noticed those ads, slopok. As Mary said, back "in the day" matchmaking happened in local taverys and a place out in the country that held dances, and in the sokol hall, where there were also dances.
I will say that one of my sisters and her husband used to run a dating agency, and she was surprised at the number of seniors who registered.
The only ad I've seen on Eons for Senior Singles featured pictures of men in their 40's. Personally I'd be insulted to have been labeled a senior at 40. Heck, I'm having trouble thinking of myself as a senior at 63!!
True confession time: I joined eHarmony 2 years ago. What a colossal waste of time and money!! Had one nightmare lunch date; he was already planning our wedding. Excuse me!!!
On the other hand, my kid sister met her guy on eHarmony 6 years ago, and another sister met her husband on Match.com. Guess it's all in the luck of the cards. As for me, I keep busy and enjoy my life. If it's meant to be, it will happen. No sense in waiting around and missing all the fun!
That's the attitude to have. Go for the gusto! A group of us women even travel together. I have a friend that has signed up at different matching sites and if she meets someone I am all for it.
6 years ago when I was a working gal one of the other clerks signed up on one of the dating services. She did okay but didn't find a match. It was until one of our co-workers left his wife and said he had been in love with her since she first came to work that she finally found her match. LOL Oh well so much for the dating service.
I will say I have noticed that in California that there are a lot of women looking and even at church singles groups they are having a hard time finding a mate. Makes me double happy that I have my man and he is healthy. But honestly if he should go first I wouldn't even look for another man. I'd never be able to find another one like him.
Interesting. Ursula, a woman who used to live across the street from us signed up at match.com. I don't think she met a match there, although she did say she went out on a few days that didn't amount to anything. She since married a man from Telluride and moved there, I don't know how they met.
A gal I know from online joined one online agency and they got married and have a second child on the way. So a happy ending for her. I admit to being really surprised that she went that route, she was in her 20's when she registered, and always on the board she and I posted on, was very fearful of having her picture online, or any personal info, now, though, she puts it all out there, LOL! I'm happy for her.
grammiesue, I told Tom that if he died first I wouldn't be getting married again and he said hmm, I could take that more than one way. rotflmao and I said yep....
I also have a friend who joined an online dating servce...no true love yet but she has a good time reading the bios. She belongs to one of those mega churches, is slim and young looking so don't know why she couldn't find someone from her church. As for re-marrying again..hmmm I'd do it if the right man (who likes to fish) and the chemistry was right comes along, but i would not be waiting around, i'd travel more and enjoy life.
Not me! I think I've had my share. I'll let you gals have the rest of 'em! LOL! If I were ever single again, I think I'd be so grateful, that I wouldn't even be tempted...
Oh course, you know datsunlvr, that these guys would have to be dead ringers for either Sean Connery or Antonio Banderas..ha ha!
Mudqueen, or Gerard Butler, Viggo Mortensen, and that lovely man who was in Kate & Leopold with Meg Ryan. Just too many "pretty man faces" around these days, so I will be fickle. I know MQ that you and I both love Sean, but although I like Antonio a bunch, I will let you have sole custody!
