I'm Over 40 and Single. Here's What I Do to Meet People.

The reality is that most people can only tolerate a certain amount of closeness. We are defended about letting someone else in. When viewing the world from critical or distrusting eyes, we tend to write off a range of potential partners before even giving them a chance. A friend of mine felt closed off to a man who pursued her for more than a year.

February 11, Shutterstock Dating after 40 is hard but not impossible. And don't just take it from us. Abide it from people who actually animate it. But to prove that you it's still possible to meet your match, we've gone and asked definite people in their 40s how they do it. They're proof that adoration is waiting around every corner, after that their advice is a helpful aide memoire that you just have to appreciate where to find it. Be add focused on others, too. It's astonishing how self-focused so many people are today.