Dating Advice For Men Over 40 - 3 Things To Keep In Mind

If you are a guy over 40 then you have specificcould be deal breakers for some guys. The point is, it
dating challenges that your younger counterparts dois likely that you will not get any clean deals. Just as
not deal with.you probably have baggage built up in one way or
On the dating women radio show I co-host, weanother, so does she. Again, this goes back to not
discuss dating advice for men over 40 (among otherwasting your time. Know what you can and cannot
things) and here are 3 specific things to keep in mind.deal with.
ONE: Time is (not) on your sideTHREE: Yes, the same dating rules still apply
All right, 40 is the new 30 so technically guys over 40You own your own business. She is a successful
are not in middle age, but you definitely are closer toattorney. You are past all that giddy dating stuff,
50 than you are 21. You have to sharpen your radarright? Wrong. As Cyndi Lauper said in 1985, "girls just
because while you could go through a ton ofwant to have fun." Guys over 40, ESPECIALLY guys
relationships and experiences while you were a 20 orthat have been through nasty breakups, have to
30 something, as you get to be 40 plus, those linesguard against making her mama or a psychiatrist on a
on your face become more and more noticeable. Youdate. She DOES NOT CARE about your past
cannot afford to waste time with women that areproblems. She likely has them too. You have to
going nowhere.approach a date with the idea that you are going to
TWO: What do you define as baggage and what cankeep it light and funny and not say anything that will
you deal with?not raise her interest level in you.
She might be a great girl that treats you like gold butRemember guys, if you are a guy over 40, you still
she has 3 teenagers and a 20 year smoking habit.can find a great girl!
Maybe those things do not bother you but they