Guides
Dating over 60: friendly advice for starting again
Straight answers to the questions people ask when they start dating again in their sixties, seventies and beyond.
Advice written for this stage of life
These guides cover the practical side of dating over 60: which sites are worth joining and which ones are free, where to meet people away from a screen, how to write a profile and plan a first date, how to spot a scam, and how to start again after a divorce or the death of a partner.
Each one answers its question in the opening lines, then goes into the detail. None of them assumes you have dated online before, and none of them will tell you there is only one right way to do it. Read them in any order. If you are choosing a site, start with the first two and then look at our side-by-side comparisons. If you are already a member and want more replies, the profile and first date guides are the place to begin.
Choosing a dating site
- The best dating sites for over 60
An honest table of the main sites and apps for older singles, and who each one suits.
- Free dating sites for over 60: what is really free?
What a free account lets you do on each of the main sites, and where the limits are.
- Is Single 60s legit?
Who runs the site, what it costs, how it checks members and how to check any dating site yourself.
- How to spot a romance scam
The pattern almost every scam follows, the warning signs and what to do if you are worried.
- Where do singles over 60 meet?
Clubs, classes, volunteering, friends and dating sites, and what each one is good for.
Dating well
- How to start dating again after 60
Getting ready after a divorce or a long gap, setting your own pace and what to expect.
- Dating again after losing a husband or wife
How soon is too soon, guilt, family and telling someone new about the person you lost.
- Dating profile tips for over 60s
Photos, first lines and what to say about the past, with examples of lines that work.
- First date ideas for over 60s
Easy, daytime ideas that leave room to talk, and how to arrange the meeting safely.
- Dating over 70
Meeting someone in your seventies and eighties, family worries and the practical side.
More about Single 60s
If you would rather read about the site itself, the features page explains what a free account does, the prices page lists every plan, and the safety page sets out how members are protected. For company rather than romance, see friendship over 60, and to find people close by, over 60 dating near you.