0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love After 50: Seniors, Beware: Some Companies Want Your Money Tom Blake By Tom Blake In writing this newspaper column, and my weekly eNewsletter blog, I am fortunate to hear from many seniors who are…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love After 50: A Widow and Widower Love Story Tom Blake By Tom Blake In 26 years of writing newspaper columns, I’ve heard many warm-your-heart senior love stories. Today, I share with you one…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love After 50: ‘I Won’t Settle,’ She Says. But She Already Has—for 4 Years Tom Blake By Tom Blake When women contact me about senior dating, I am surprised at the number of times the word “settle” is included…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love After 50: ‘Don’t Let The Old Man In’ Tom Blake By Tom Blake While staring at my computer, pondering what advice I could share with mature singles in this week’s column, with COVID-19…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love After 50: Why Now is the Perfect Time to Date Tom Blake By Tom Blake Newly divorced in 1994, I thought finding love after age 50 was going to be easy. I was grossly mistaken….
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines Life’s a Beach: Leap Year: Celebrate the Extra Day on the Calendar with Family Life’s a Beach By Shelley Murphy By Shelley Murphy Leap Day occurs just once every four years, so its arrival this month is worth celebrating….
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love After 50: Lying About One’s Age on a Senior Dating Profile Tom Blake By Tom Blake This month, Arlene, a South Orange County resident who’s in her mid-60s, shared a story about a man who contacted…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love After 50: Why I Keep Valentine’s Day Low-Key Tom Blake By Tom Blake Recently, a buddy said, “As the finding love after 50 columnist, what plans do you have for you and Greta…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love After 50: New Mates’ Family Members Threatened by Potential Loss of Inheritance Tom Blake By Tom Blake On Sunday, Jan. 5, my partner, Greta, and I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, Knives Out. As we settled into our…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love After 50: Hot Potato Topic – Women Dating Younger Men Tom Blake By Tom Blake I met Jackie at one of our senior Meet and Greet gatherings in Dana Point this year. She asked a…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love after 50: Divorced South County Man Navigates the Dating Scene By Tom Blake Tom Blake As a senior dating columnist, my job is never boring. Danny emailed, “I enjoy reading your column in the Dana…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love after 50: San Clemente Couple Overcomes Relationship Challenges By Tom Blake Tom Blake San Clemente residents Chris and Christine (Tina) Anastasio are no strangers to my newspaper columns. In the 15 years I’ve…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love after 50: Why I’m Not a Matchmaker By Tom Blake Tom Blake I’m a newspaper columnist. My topic: people age 50-plus seeking love. For 26 years, I’ve written about hundreds of seniors…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love after 50: Widow Has Given Up on Dating, But Should She? By Tom Blake Michele wrote, “I don’t participate in dating. I’ve been widowed for 18 years (at age 49) and still miss my husband. I tried online…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love after 50: Why Can’t Senior Men Be ‘Just Friends’? By Tom Blake Janice, not her true name, age 70, emailed, with this question: “Why can’t senior men be ‘just friends’ with a lady? “I…
