I'm 61 years old, kind of got put off track by getting divorced late in life.

I am 59 years old.

It is weird to have your 93-year-old mom being asked out in dates when your parents were married for 66 years.

So I'm really glad you have this podcast.

This podcast, it's Dating While Gray, the grown-ups guide to love sex and relationships.

I'm Laura Stasi. I was married for almost 30 years before we split up. The dust is settled.

I'm comfortable on my own, and now I'd like to find another committed romantic

partner. So I'm on a journalistic mission to uncover and then share what it takes to make and keep

new love connections for the later years of life. I'm 66. Committed relationships, yes, but never married. I am 60. So I like men. They're fun. I would love to date, I think. I don't know what it's like really out there. I'm a 71-year-old widow, and I've been a fan of your podcast since its first season when a widow or friend of mine introduced me to it.

I am 64 years old, turning 65 in March.

I thought, Laura Stasi has to talk to me because I'm the queen of dating while gray. I've been doing this for so long.

Maybe you're a long time dating while gray listener. We premiered around Valentine's Day in 2020.

Only a few short weeks before COVID-19 shut down the world. Remember those grim days? It was tough. Nevertheless, we persisted.

So what I notice is that people, women that I call or reach out to on whatever dating website,

you know, it takes a little bit longer to get to a comfort level of saying, let's go for a walk. One walk that we did with a

tethered six-foot yarn string between us and wearing mats. And we parted ways. It did feel a little

bit like I was giving up a precious roll of paper towel just when everybody else was hoarding them.

The world has opened back up.

Still, romance at a certain age can be challenging.

On Dating While Gray, we share true stories of older love seekers and keepers,

not only for encouragement and inspiration, but also for community. We are all in this together.

You know, I've run into love bombers, I've run into sex addicts, I've run into, and it's been disappointing.

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