3 Tips To Keep You Busy When You Don’t Have A Saturday Night Date or Aren’t Ready to Date Yet in Over 50’s Dating
Sometimes when you’re single, weekends can be unbelievably long especially when you have nothing to do.
Your couple friends are now going to the latest restaurant or party leaving you at home watching Netflix, eating popcorn wishing you could find someone to share your life with.
Being single can be lonely and challenging but it can also be a time where you get back in touch with YOU again.
After my second marriage ended, I remember a friend of mine sharing these wise words with me.
“Lisa, enjoy this time regrouping and getting back in touch with what you love. It’s a time you have total control over your life and can do anything you want.”
I took her words to heart and began creating the life I wanted.
It was a lot of fun and it gave me time to heal before re-entering the dating scene.
It also gave me things to do when I didn’t have a weekend date.
Here are 3 tips you can start using right away to fill your life with fun while waiting to find “the one”.
Tip #1 . . . Girlfriends are super important when you’re single.
They support you during your ups and downs and they’re there for you when you want to play.
Don’t have enough girlfriends in your life?
Make a list of all the women you know that you could do an activity with.
Ask friends to help you with this tip by sharing the names of their single girlfriends.
Call them up and go have fun! Go out to dinner or to an activity you both feel comfortable doing right now.
You won’t be sitting home every weekend when you have friends to hang out with.
Tip #2 . . . Make a list of everything you’ve wanted to do but haven’t.
I remember wanting to take painting classes so I signed up for one at my local community center.
Over time, not only did I learn how to paint with watercolors but I also became friends with a couple of women in my class, which fits tip #1 perfectly!
As the world is opening up, you can take classes in person or online.
Here are some ideas to get you started…
Art classes like painting and Zentangle
Yoga
Pilates
Horseback Riding (I had fun with this one until I fell off the horse)
Cooking and Baking Classes
Book Clubs
Salsa Dancing
Another fun activity you can do this weekend is to check out the Love Library by clicking here. It’s going to give you tons of cool free goodies about love, dating, and men you can use immediately to help you get that Saturday night date. (maybe even next week!)
Tip #3 . . . Join Meetup.com
Today, quite a few meet-ups are geared to over 50’s men and women.
With all the activities they offer both online and in-person, you never have to sit at home alone.
In my area, some of the meetups offered this month are activities like bike riding and dinner, safe Happy Hours, dining at new restaurants, Sunday brunch, games, and online film discussions.
Check some of these out and begin creating a fun new life.
Your homework this week is to….
Make a list of friends you can spend time with
Create a list of activities that would be fun to do then choose one and try it out this week
Join Meet-Up and start going to fun activities they offer
Want to know the advantage of doing all these fun things?
It gets you in touch with your passions in life.
Your passions light you up and make you glow; they are a huge quality men love and are highly attracted to in a woman!
Take a minute and post what you’re doing on a Saturday night to keep you busy. I’d love to hear what sounds fun for you.
Believing in you!
Believing in You!
Your Next Steps to Love after 50. . . .
💞 Feeling like you are on a merry-go-round of mismatched dates? Lets press pause and talk about how we can write a new love story for you. Click here to start our conversation. Tell me your story – I am here to listen and guide you towards meeting someone truly special.
If you are still gearing up for that step, I have plenty of insights and inspiration for you:
1. Subscribe to my YouTube Channel for heartfelt dating wisdom and uplifting success stories from women who have been just where you are. They found love, and so can you. Click here to watch and learn.
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3. Join our Finding Love after 50 Facebook group to find camaraderie and connection. It is a warm and welcoming space to share your journey and receive support every step of the way. Click here to become part of our community.
4. On the lookout for a dating site that resonates with you? Browse through my personal selection of the best dating sites tailor-made for fabulous over 50s. Click here and say goodbye to guesswork.
Let these resources be your steppingstones to a love life filled with promise and joy. When you are ready, I am here to take that journey with you. Together, lets find your Mr. Right! 🌹
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My girlfriends are now involved with their children and grandchildren, most of the weekends. I have no grandchildren. I have been with meetup.com for over five years now. Nothing to speak of for me. I have done everything on my wish list years ago. I never married, so I have had a lot of spare time to deal with as I am now 65 years old.
You make good suggestions, but I have tried them all.
Sometimes, Cindy it feels like we’ve tried everything but it doesn’t mean we have. We only know what we know. Its why I use coaches in my life to show me the possibilities I miss.