{"id":2043,"date":"2013-02-27T15:17:13","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T15:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?2043"},"modified":"2013-02-27T15:17:13","modified_gmt":"2013-02-27T15:17:13","slug":"online-dating-becoming-a-hit-with-older-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/online-dating-becoming-a-hit-with-older-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Online dating ‘becoming a hit with older people’"},"content":{"rendered":"
Old people are the latest group to have shown a desire to sign up to online dating sites and search for love on the internet.<\/p>\n
The New York Post has told how grey-haired singletons are increasingly looking to the web in order to meet up with like-minded individuals.<\/p>\n
Liz Defore, 68, told the newspaper: "I have hundreds of men trying to hang out with me."<\/p>\n
Ms Defore, who is from southern California, signed up to several platforms last year and has attracted about 600 messages in total.<\/p>\n
Judy Tatman, also 68, is another who has turned to the web in her hunt for a partner and she noted she has been going out on at least one date each week thanks to online sites.<\/p>\n
Several factors have contributed to the trend of older people using online dating, including rising divorce rates, longer life expectancy and recharged libidos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Grandparents are increasingly turning to the internet to find love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n