Your Turn We want to hear from you – about your dating experiences during this time of COVID. There is a myriad of ideas, suggestions, advice from experts, professionals, and more, available online, in Zoom calls, and in socially distanced coffee shops. But the real experts are you! And we want to know how you…
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Love in the Time of COVID – Love Matters September 2020
Conventional wisdom would suggest that looking for love in the midst of the anxiety, fear, uncertainty and danger of the Tsunami of Covid is so beyond the bandwidth of the average person struggling to manage children and/or parents, preserve an income, and stay safe, that the notion is laughable. We sequester and work from home,…
Valentine’s Day: The Triumph of Hope over Hype – Love Matters, February 2020
On your recent trip to the market for milk and eggs, you probably noticed the aisles now overflowing with pink. Pink stuffed animals, pink wrapped candy, red and pink flowers – both cut and planted – and signs everywhere about the impending arrival of Valentine’s Day. Just when we were catching our breath after an…
Love Matters: Be Mine or Thine (Valentine’s Day 2019)
In 2014, an inspiring article about our matchmaking for older adults appeared in The New York Times. It featured a wonderful 73-year-old woman who found a loving, lasting relationship. Dozens of older adults continue to tell us that they kept this article in their desks waiting until they were ready to take action. The Times…
Matchmakers Help Those Over 60 Handle Dating’s Risks and Rewards [New York Times]
The following article was published on March 28, 2014 by Abby Ellin in The New York Times. See the article in full here. AFTER Judith Himber’s husband died in 2010, she didn’t know what to do with herself. “It was a stunning loss,” said Ms. Himber, 73, who works full time as a clinical psychologist…