We Are Adults

After being widowed for five years, the last thing on my mind was using a dating service, let alone falling in love again. After all, I was 62 with 3 married children and 7 grandchildren all of whom I saw on a regular basis so it wasn't as if I was leading a lonely and unfulfilled life. There had been attempts by well meaning friends to invite me to dinner parties where I would be introduced to someone that they regarded as potential partner material. It got to the stage that whenever I was invited to a friend's house for dinner I felt as if I was being summoned to a blind date.

When I retired from the busy professional career that I had immersed myself in I thought that I would effortlessly adapt to the change. Retirement however resulted in a gnawing and slowly increasing sense of loneliness. I felt that there was a gap in my life and I could not put my finger on it. This surprised me as I had regarded myself as a very self sufficient person.

One night as I aimlessly surfed the Internet, I came across a dating site and found myself looking through it in detail. It was then that I realised that I didn't want to spend the rest of my life living alone. There was an aching emptiness inside me and for the first time I accepted that I needed to love someone and for someone to love me in return. I admitted to myself at last that this was something I had been suppressing for years and refusing to admit it to myself.

I decided to throw discretion to the winds and begin to begin my search. At this stage I was only prepared to admit to myself that I was looking for a companion rather than a partner and if it meant going on the occasional blind date then so be it. After all nothing ventured nothing gained.

On the dating site there was a photograph of one particular lady who immediately caught my eye and as soon as I read her profile I knew that I wanted to meet her and she agreed.

Our blind date was an immediate success. Anne is now my partner, soul mate and wife. Life has begun again at 62.