Dating Goddess: The divine authority on dating over 40

Finding Mr. Right in the wrong package

by Dating Goddess on May 18, 2013

After dating for a while, you refine what you want and don’t want in your next relationship. Your criteria get clearer and you get more certain about what will make you happy. Often these criteria include a person’s physical characteristics like height, or location or age range. I have clarified my criteria over the years and now rarely deviate from them.

But every once in a while a man enters the scene who doesn’t meet one of my must-haves. Perhaps he’s an inch shorter than me so I relax my “must be at least my height” rule. Or perhaps he lives beyond an hour’s drive. Or he’s out of my 7 year+/- age range. He has other unique alluring characteristics that entice me to make an exception.

However I’ve never bent the rules for more than one must-have.

Until now.

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A decade of freedom

by Dating Goddess on April 18, 2013

Ten years ago today my husband of 20 years announced he didn’t want to be married anymore. I took it hard.

I now call that day “The Great Awakening.”

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ISO millionaires

by Dating Goddess on April 17, 2013

It seems that everyone dreams of winning the lottery, imagining all the things they’d do, buy, or donate to if they became a millionaire. In fact, some women (and men) blatantly say that they want to marry a millionaire.

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Is he a giver or a taker?

by Dating Goddess on April 8, 2013

You can tell a lot about a person by how generous he is not only with money, but with effort and spirit. Sometimes a person can be generous with words of acknowledgement but nothing else. Sometimes it’s the reverse.

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The non-breakup break up

by Dating Goddess on March 31, 2013

They’d been dating regularly for 4 months, even taking a 4-day vacation together. My gal pal kept telling me what a nice guy he was — very thoughtful bringing her little presents every time he saw her. They became intimate early on. She liked him and enjoyed his company, but wasn’t smitten by him.

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Latest interview

by Dating Goddess on March 29, 2013

Listen to the interview of DG with Dawn Wright-de Brantes on the Dash Radio.

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Is he up to something?

by Dating Goddess on March 27, 2013

That phrase can have two interpretations — one bad and one good. “He’s up to something” can mean something bad, like “He’s up to no good.”

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Another interview

by Dating Goddess on March 25, 2013

Listen to DG being interviewed by Dave Gordon on the Eargasm radio show.

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DG named to 10 Best Midlife Dating Experts list

by Dating Goddess on March 21, 2013

Along with Dr. Ruth!

Dating Experts

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Two new interviews

March 14, 2013

Recently, I’ve been interviewed by two media sources. * Listen to a recent interview of me by RelationshipAdviceCafe.com (right-click to download to your computer). * Also on Money For Lunch. Forward to the 16:00 mark. It goes for about 15 minutes. I’ve got several more lined up in the next few weeks and will [...]

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ISO someone equally decrepit

March 8, 2013

When I read some midlife men’s dating profiles I get tired. Not from reading, but from their exhaustive list of extreme activities — rock climbing, remote backpacking, BASE jumping, snow camping, cliff flying. While I appreciate their exuberance for adrenaline, I grow weary just reading their exploits.

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Does he have the capacity for you?

March 3, 2013

I mean “capacity” in several ways.

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Thank goodness for friends

February 15, 2013

I heard a sharp rap through the phone. “What was that?” I asked my friend. He’d just inquired about my love life and I told him of the current potential suitor who was very attentive, but lives thousands of miles away — and who I’d not yet met. “That” he said, “was me slapping you.”

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Join me tonight on KGO

February 10, 2013

I’ll be spending the hour with KGO’s Maureen Langan at 11:00 p.m. PST. Come join in the conversation!

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What does “needing space” really mean?

January 31, 2013

A pal is head-over-heals smitten with a woman he’s been seeing for 3 months. He thinks she’s The One. However, there’s a problem.

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The Lennay affect

January 25, 2013

By now, anyone with a news feed knows of the the Manti Te’o/Lennay Kekua hoax, or what is known in the vernacular as catfishing. It is when one is duped in a romantic context, by someone purporting to be someone they are not. Scammers do it all the time, but usually they tip their hand [...]

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How many deal breakers are you willing to allow?

January 14, 2013

As we date, we begin to define our deal breakers. Some are solid — no way would you date a cheater, domestic abuser, drug user or felon. But some, you learn, are more malleable. What you thought was a deal breaker, when attached to the right guy, isn’t any more. On my list of deal [...]

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