SINGLE LIVING #013

Nearly 10 million American women are single at age 50 and older, and, according to AARP magazine, “The 50-plus dating game has never been hotter.? But with fewer than two single men for every three single women in the over 50 age group, as well as an ageless difficulty in finding the right match, mature women on the dating scene are having a tough time. Katherine Chaddock is the co-author of Flings, Frolics, and Forever Afters: A Single Woman?s Guide to Romance After 50. Katherine is a writer, professor, two-time divorcee, and mother of 21 year old twins. Her articles have appeared in Working Woman, Good Housekeeping, Parents, and the Washington Post Sunday Magazine, among others. She is the author of four books on American history. In this interview she reveals why she and sister usually date younger men, what's different about women over 50, the biggest mistakes they make concerning their romantic relationships, and how to develop an effective plan for meeting the right man.