Product Description

Finding romance at a later stage in life can be incredibly elusive. When a single woman over fifty, who bring many years of experience in living with her, ventures out to seek a companion for pleasurable years ahead, she faces a changed and unfamiliar social world. In fact, as there are fewer available unattached men to be found as she ages, it becomes more and more difficult knowing how and where to meet them.

As much as we hate to admit it, most women of our generation were brought up to see ourselves through the eyes of the man with whom we were connected. How do we see ourselves now? How solid is our confidence, our courage, our self-image, our self-esteem? And, dating again? Memories of those experiences faded with poodle skirts and bobby socks. Not that memories will help. It is a very new, single world with varied and different expectations - not only on our part but also on the part of the men we meet. Beginning to date again and knowing how to behave is, oftentimes, fearful, bewildering, and challenging.

FIND THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE AFTER FIFTY! focuses on the importance of renewing self-confidence while it resolves those issues important to dating and mating at this stage in our lives: how to improve on attitude and adaptability; where to meet men graciously; how to go about dating with dignity; whether sex is as important now as it was in the past; how to overcome feelings of rejection, and more. Offering true life stories, guidelines, tests, and self-help quizzes, this book will motivate, educate, and encourage a totally new and positive attitude about dating. Bottom line conclusion -- do not seek the life in the dating scene; use the dating scene to find the love of your life.

What does it take, then, to find a companion, a pal, a lover, a mate at this stage in your life? It takes acknowledging that dating is different from years past. It takes summoning courage and taking risks. It takes the right timing. It takes being adaptable. It takes being realistic, being creative, and educating yourself. It takes looking good. It takes avoiding married men! And, at the very least, it takes knowing the best places to meet men.

What a task, you might say? Not really. It’s easier than you think.

Join Alice Solomon and FIND THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE AFTER FIFTY! to learn how you can bring love, romance, and companionship into your life once more.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #246060 in Books
• Published on: 2003-09-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 198 pages

Review
"A real inspiration for those meeting the dating scene after the big Five-O." -- Peggy Austen, Editor, Aging with Style Magazine

"Alice Solomon is a trailblazer for women of all ages." -- Kelli Kennedy, Boca Raton News

"Alice shows us how to be just as sexy and smart as Parisan "women of a certain age!" -- - Leil Lowndes, Author, How to Make Anyone Love You

"Read Find the Love of Your Life After 50! and find love within a year ...." -- - Ron Wiggins, The Palm Beach Post

About the Author
Alice Solomon re-entered the working world after her graduation from Wellesley College cum laude at the age of fifty. She has held a number of marketing, public relations, sales, and promotional roles within business and non-profit organizations. Alice was chosen to be the subject of a feature article in Ms. magazine discussing women who re-enter the workplace.

Involved in community service throughout her life, Alice chaired or sat on the Board of Directors of the Framingham Union Hospital, the United Way. the United Jewish Appeal, the National Council of Jewish Women, the Massachusetts Easter Seal Society, and the National Head Injury Foundation.

From 1994 to 2001, Alice was a syndicated newspaper columnist, writing "A Guide for Gorgeous Grandmas" for the MetroWest Daily News, in Framingham, MA and other newspapers as well, with a readership of over 150,000. She hosted twice-weekly radio shows on WXKS-FM in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and has been heard in Palm Beach County, Florida, on radio station WPBI-AM as co-host of the daily show,"Upbeat Senior Magazine on the Air."

Alice completed her first book, Advice From a Gorgeous

Grandma: For Single Women Over Fifty Who Want to Survive,

Thrive, Live, Love, Date, Mate, and Have a Ball! in

2001. Currently, she is working on several magazine articles

and has just completed her second book, Find the Love of Your

Life After Fifty!." Her work will soon be highlighted in an

upcoming book anthology of the best-seller series, Small

Miracles.

Gorgeous Grandma Communications, Alice’s speaking and advisory service, was selected by the Small Business Development Center at Florida Atlantic University as a "Potential Business Success." Alice conducts workshops and seminars for numerous clubs and organizations throughout southern Florida.

Alice held the titles of Mrs. Massachusetts and Mrs. U.S. Savings Bonds for Massachusetts, and her family was selected the Massachusetts All-American Family, encompassing representation of both the U.S. Treasury Dept. and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. During that reign, she addressed the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives on the subjects of family values and community service.

Alice lives currently in Delray Beach, FL, and she is the proud grandmother of five gorgeous (of course) grandchildren.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Lois was frustrated about her recent blind date: "I met him at a local spot, we had a drink or two, and we danced for awhile. He was quite pleasant and I haven’t been out with a guy in so long, it was just nice being in his company." "Because I had made brownies that afternoon and I thought he might like them, I invited him home to have coffee. I was so used to having people back to the house while I was married, that I didn’t think twice about inviting Phil to do the same. However, as he was leaving to go home, Phil told me he had learned that when a woman invites a man in 'for coffee,' it means that she wants to go to bed with him. I wanted to kick him out the door."

Lois is not alone in her frustration. Dating has changed.

I'll never forget my first date when I decided to reenter the dating world. A friend called to ask if she could give my number to a fellow who had just divorced. He was "tall, handsome, very nice, and very successful." How thoughtful of her, and why not? David called me (his name is fictitious, as are all the names I use - in this case, to be more benevolent to the guilty than to protect the innocent) and he asked if I would like to drive to Provincetown, Massachusetts (two hours from my home) for a leisurely stroll and an early dinner. Foolishly, I agreed. He came by at 1:00 in the afternoon. By 6:00, we were seated in a charming restaurant at a lovely table with candles and wine. We had spent a pleasant afternoon driving leisurely to Cape Cod and then walking around town talking. After enjoying an appetizer and a few glasses of wine, he excused himself to go to the men’s room. When he returned, he became angry at me (for what I believed to be no reason), which was as surprising as it was totally unacceptable. I asked to be

Customer Reviews

THIS BOOK IS FOR WOMEN OF ANY AGE
(Deb Jones, Online Reviewer)
Don't let the title of the book fool you: FIND THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE AFTER 50! This book is for women of any age, and for men as well, if they'd like some insight into the female mind and heart. For the younger set, the whole idea of the book may seem silly...but life does NOT end at thirty...and women and men in the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth decades of their lives have emotional and sexual needs as do their younger counterparts. Alice Solomon has written a very sensible and insightful book about a long-ignored sector of the dating population. In this book written to and for "Gorgeous Grandmas," Solomon addresses issues such as how dating and relationships differ at this life stage than in younger years. Skin care is discussed as well as the importance of good grooming, and makeup for the mid-life woman. Realistic and varied places are presented for consideration of meeting new people, as well as prompts to remain open-minded and non-judgmental when doing so. Because people who are meeting one another at this point in their lives are not looking to marry in order to raise a family, it is pointed out that readers should reflect on what lifestyle changes they are willing to make...and those that they are not. There are multiple self-help quizzes to aid the reader in her quest to make the most of this portion of her dating life. Alice Solomon writes from personal experience, as well as that of her friends and readers and listeners to both her formerly syndicated newspaper column and as a former radio show co-host The book is written in a clear and flowing style, easy-to-read and unpretentious. Reading FINDING THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE AFTER 50! is like having great conversation with a good friend.

A no-nonsense survey of what makes dating after 50 different
Find The Love Of Your Life After 50! by Alice Solomon is an invaluable and thoroughly "user friendly" self-help guide to the singles scene for women over fifty. From the advantages of computer dating; to a no-nonsense survey of what makes dating after 50 different; to the type of man one is most compatible with; to where to meet single men who would have an interest in older women, and so much more, Find The Love Of Your Life After 50! is an excellent primer embodying both the romantic and the practical.

Interesting, Good Tips,
Alice Solomon bills herself as a Gorgeous Grandma. While not every boomer wants to consider herself a gorgeous grandma, the spirit behind the idea is great. This spirit evokes fun and adventure and is evident in the pages of this book. The book is actually a collection of essays about different aspects of dating after 50 -- everything from Internet dating to face cream, assertiveness and the peril of married men. It also has a number of good suggestions as to where to meet men, including activities to take up.

I've found in my coaching practice that many women who are dating haven't done the inner work that they need to do first. This book will help you prepare for dating in many ways, so it's worth the read. The only negatives I find about it are that it does seem a little disjointed because of the essay style and it feels like she's talking to women who are older than my age (mid-50s if you must know!).

If you have forgotten how to flirt and just starting out on the dating scene after 50, this is the book for you.