Hi everyone, Laura Stasi here.

This week, we've dug into the archives to bring you an encore episode of Dating While Gray.

Maybe you missed it the first time around.

Or maybe you're at a different place in your life and it will hit differently.

I know I always find hidden gems with every repeat listen. Please enjoy and get in touch with any questions or comments

about this episode or anything else that's on your mind about seeking, finding, and keeping

love in the later years of life. You know I love hearing from you. That's

Laura at dating while gray.com. Thanks in advance for reaching out and thanks for listening. This is Dating While Gray, the grown-up's guide to love, sex, and relationships.

I'm Laura Stasi.

And if you need some inspiration because you're starting to feel like you'll never find the one.

This episode's for you. Three stories of

unexpected love. I've been told that if I'm serious about wanting a long-term partner,

I need to become intentional about finding him. And while this advice makes a lot of sense to me intellectually, I'd still

like to believe that when we stop trying so hard and just let it be, love will magically make

its way to us. So that's why when I was scrolling through Twitter one day, I was so excited to come

across this tweet. It's from a woman in California named Carol.

Okay, here's what I said. Life is so strange after nearly four decades of marriage,

I never expected to be single again at 70. And I certainly didn't expect to find true love

at the age of 73 in the middle of a pandemic,

and now this, and it's a picture of my engagement ring.

And it actually got 1.1 million likes.

Carol's tweet went viral.

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