Dating After 70

Dating After 70

My wife of many years, whom I will call Alice in this piece, died when I was 69.

At the age of 70, I began dating for the first time since I was at Yale.  Dating at 70 is different from dating when you’re young, and a number of friends who have long been married are curious about what this experience is like.  A couple of them asked about that, and I thought some of my Yale classmates might share that curiosity. So I’ve written this account of what it was like.