WSJ: The Secret to Finding Love After 60

Longer lifespans mean that whether they’re widowed or divorced, or have never before been attached, older singles may have years ahead of them for new relationships. What’s more, because of a surge in gray divorces, there’s a larger pool of older singles. Some 38% of divorces today occur among couples over 50, and one in 10 for those over 65, says Susan Brown, a sociology professor at Bowling Green State University in Ohio who studies demographic shifts in marriage and families.

For many of these people, late love offers the chance for deep happiness as they age—to find a connection they might have once had but lost because of death or divorce, or never found before. But it’s also a chance to do things better, to learn the lessons from a lifetime of past relationships. At this age, they also know what they want and need, far more than when they were young.

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