Seniors Find Love with Online Dating

Dr. Pepper Schwartz, the lead relationship guru behind Perfectmatch.com's matchmaking system is a sociologist at the University of Washington. Dr. Schwartz is finding more and more seniors are going online looking for love and companionship. She recently helped an 80 year friend join a dating site. The over 50 segment of the population has been the fastest growing group of online daters since 2007. Dr. Schwartz is happy to see the trend continue. She explains that 20 years ago, when a person in their 60s, 70s or 80s lost a spouse, they had a much smaller chance of finding a partner again. Meeting new people for seniors was hard because the chances of this happening beyond their current circle of relationships with the people at church, the senior center and through friends was small. With the rise of internet dating, this has all changed. Now single seniors can go online and meet thousands of other local singles in their age group, looking to meet new people.

For the full article, read the Washington Post and to find out more about the dating service Dr. Schwartz is involved with, read our review of Perfectmatch.com.