January 12, 2008
Using Senior Personals
If you find that you are single in the latter part of your life, and you are of a shy personality, you may want to consider using senior personals to meet new people and find other seniors to date. Personals are very easy to use and can reach a large amount of people. Because of how easy personals are, many seniors are starting to use them to find potential dates, and many are at least making new friends along the way. You will not regret the day that you place a senior personals ad, and start to watch your social life turn around!
The key to a senior personals ad is to always tell the truth. Don’t pretend to be something or someone that you aren’t, because eventually the truth will come back to haunt you. You will want to tell about yourself in as few words as possible, but still be as accurate as possible. If you like to work on crafts, list those crafts that you do. If you are involved in a group class or weekly meeting, put that in. If you enjoy the outdoors, list the specific things you like to do outside. This is very important to be specific in your likes and dislikes, as two people may have different ideas of what “enjoys outdoors” really means.
After you have finished your information to submit to the senior personals, you will be able to look through the brief ads that have been placed by other single seniors. If you see one that you would like to talk with more, or think that you may have something in common with, you will be able to call and leave them a message on a voicemail box that has been set up for them by the people running the personals. If that person then likes your message, or thinks they would enjoy an evening with you, they will call you back in person.
Senior personals make dating easy, as they do all of the hard work of finding people that you are compatible with. You won’t have to fear a face-to-face rejection or the embarrassment of trying to come up with a pick up line.


