| If you are a guy over 40 then you have specific | | | | could be deal breakers for some guys. The point is, it |
| dating challenges that your younger counterparts do | | | | is 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, we | | | | another, so does she. Again, this goes back to not |
| discuss dating advice for men over 40 (among other | | | | wasting 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 side | | | | THREE: Yes, the same dating rules still apply |
| All right, 40 is the new 30 so technically guys over 40 | | | | You own your own business. She is a successful |
| are not in middle age, but you definitely are closer to | | | | attorney. You are past all that giddy dating stuff, |
| 50 than you are 21. You have to sharpen your radar | | | | right? Wrong. As Cyndi Lauper said in 1985, "girls just |
| because while you could go through a ton of | | | | want to have fun." Guys over 40, ESPECIALLY guys |
| relationships and experiences while you were a 20 or | | | | that have been through nasty breakups, have to |
| 30 something, as you get to be 40 plus, those lines | | | | guard against making her mama or a psychiatrist on a |
| on your face become more and more noticeable. You | | | | date. She DOES NOT CARE about your past |
| cannot afford to waste time with women that are | | | | problems. 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 can | | | | keep 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 but | | | | Remember 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 | | | | |