There are niche dating services for everyone out there, even senior citizens. At any age it’s hard to meet someone we might be compatible with, but as we get older it seems to get even worse. A lot of our friends and partners have passed on and just because we are older it doesn’t mean that we have to give up companionship and the hope of finding someone that will make us feel happy again.

I’ve seen the children of an older person that is alone, more or less try to keep that surviving parent separated from someone that could possibly make their parent happy. Whether it was because they couldn’t stand the thought of someone possibly taking the place of their Mother or Father or that someone else might share their possible inheritance I haven’t a clue.

Whatever the reasoning behind this I have to conclude that it must be motivated by selfishness. Why wouldn’t you want to see your surviving parent happy and not alone? Can’t say how I might have reacted as an adult if  that had happened to me because both my parents died when I was 7 years old within 6 months of each other, but I’m sure I would want to see them happy and it wouldn’t have been my place to sabotage any type of relationship.

I was 49 when Bill and I started going out and he was 55 and since cohabitating with  Bill I have been happier than any other time in my life. We have been engaged for those 5 years, but I don’t think we will get married and I have to say that his children were very happy that he found someone to share the rest of his life with. I know that I could never find anyone like him so I wouldn’t even look.

I started this post about the senior dating services that have gained momentum online and got a little sidetracked. These senior dating services follow the same procedures as any other and most times if you’ve been alone for a long time this can be a perfect way to find a companion. You can opt for the group or club date because it can be pretty awkward to go on an individual date when you’ve been out of circulation for a long time.

Many dating services around here have get together’s for their members and it makes for a more relaxed way of meeting a potential companion without putting pressure on anyone. These services also will make sure that your profile matches up with a potential date or companion so make sure that you fill out the application carefully so they will be able to find someone in their data base.

I met a couple people through a local dating service that I found online some years ago, but I should have gotten to know them better through chat and talking on the phone and e-mails, because you can usually tell more about a person when they aren’t face to face, they feel more comfortable and their guard isn’t up so high.

You might be able to make a better connection by getting to know them first. At the very least after speaking with them on the phone and chatting you may save yourself the bother of a one on one in person if you find that their interests aren’t really to your liking. Remember that people aren’t always truthful when they fill out those applications.

So make sure you gather as much information as possible and make sure that there would be no problems that might complicate things for you in the end. If it’s a free online site you’re dealing with make sure you don’t give any credit card information because there are a lot of fraudulent sites out there.

You never know where you might find that special person you can share with and you might make a few friends that you simply enjoy talking to. I was lucky I found Bill right in my back yard, actually he ate at the restaurant I worked at for years, but for whatever reasons the timing was never right so it just goes to show regardless of how you meet someone that anything is possible.