You're Never Too Old For Sexual Chemistry

What is it that makes a middle-aged woman and man suddenly notice each other?

It happens regularly when we are younger and theories regarding childbearing are in play; but not so much as women get older. Many of us have experienced the isolation and frustration of being "invisible" to men when we're over 50. ThirdAge: Take Hormones To Increase Sex Drive?

Fine with me. I'm not looking at men over 50 either. Following my separation and divorce, men literally made me sick. I'd feel like throwing up just seeing a man my ex-husband's age. They all seemed to be preying on young women who didn't notice their gigantic egos. I was sure I was through with men. They didn't exist unless they were casual friends under 40. ThirdAge: Hormones And Friendship

And then out of the blue I did notice someone who was looking at me, too. How did that happen when I've been so careful not to let down my guard and get sucked into a losing proposition getting to know a man over 50?

"It is all chemistry and hormones," says Marla Martenson, matchmaker (www.cupidforhire.com) and author of Excuse Me, Your Soulmate Is Waiting. "Things are happening underneath the surface that we humans are not even aware of. Middle aged women who are wounded, done with men, over the whole relationship thing, think they are too old, are sometimes blindsided
by desire. How does that happen again after being shut down?" ThirdAge: How We Doom Our Own Dating Life And What To Do To Change That

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