silver stranded seniors unite

The latest opportunity to come my way is a site review for DatingForSeniors.com, the latest in a string of uber-niche market singles services. As expected, sign up is free and the site claims to be the "#1 seniors community on the internet." With a claim like that, finding a senior match should be no sweat, right? But we have to remember that setting up a profile is the easy part. It's the dating market itself that can be hell for seniors.

Isn't it nice though that we now live in an age when even the most introverted singles can find new love without having to play the part of extrovert? I can't imagine what it must be like to be single and over the age of forty, since I was very fortunate to find the love of my life and marry her at such a young age. For example, those who are recently divorced (or God forbid recently widowed) must have an incredibly difficult time getting back into the "singles game" after so many years. My inlaws are divorced and I know that they have had a hard time adjusting to being single again. Senior dating isn't exactly something that anyone looks forward to when they are younger. We all assume that we'll be happily married and growing old with someone who can tolerate our quirks and eccentricities.

My only complaint about the site is that the form that you fill out to create an account doesn't ask how old you are, so I don't see how they screen out those that don't fit the senior dating pool - you know those college types looking for Mrs. Robinson in lieu of Mrs. Right. But perhaps there is an extensive profile questionnaire once you have signed up. The search function allows you to search for an age as low as twenty, though.

Ina nutshell, while I don't see anything extraordinary about this site, I can appreciate that they allow seniors to sign up for a free account to assist them in finding love so late in life.