0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love After 50: A 2019 Tribute to Departed Friends Tom Blake By Tom Blake As 2019 draws to a close, this column is a tribute to our readers’ friends and loved ones who’ve passed…
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…
0 Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX A Living-Apart Together Relationship (LAT) May Be the Perfect Arrangement On Life and Love after 50 by Tom Blake At age 78, Judy (not her real name) is confused about her relationship. She asked for advice….
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love after 50: Time to Regroup after ‘Today’ Show Connect Ousted By Tom Blake As a newspaper columnist, fledgling social media marketer and retired dude, I am always thinking of ways to help single people ages…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love after 50: Often, Single Seniors Say They Look 10 Years Younger By Tom Blake In my 23 years of writing newspaper columns and newsletters, one of the most curious and frequent comments I receive from seniors…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines 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…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines 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…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines 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…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines 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…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love After 50: Meeting Single Seniors in the New Year Community involvement goes a long way when it comes to creating new relationships By Tom Blake I love it when older singles contact me with…
