Senior dating guides.

Advice written for you.

Dating later in life comes with its own questions. How do you start again after a long marriage? What's a sensible first date? How can you tell if someone is genuine? Our guides answer those questions plainly, without jargon and without pretending there's one right way to do things.

We'll keep adding to this page with more guides, including advice for specific countries. In the meantime, you'll find local pages for the UK, the United States, Canada and Australia, plus pages in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese.

If you have a question we haven't answered, our support team is available 24/7 by chat, phone and messaging, and they're always happy to pass on ideas for new guides.

Where to start.

If you're new to online dating, begin with how to start dating again after 60. It walks through deciding what you're looking for, choosing a photo, writing a profile that sounds like you, sending a first message and arranging a first meeting.

If you're already chatting to someone, read dating red flags over 60. It explains the warning signs of a romance scam, such as requests for money or pressure to leave the site, along with everyday signs that someone isn't right for you, and the green flags worth looking for.

Our decade guides go deeper into the questions that come up at each stage of life: dating after divorce or the loss of a partner in your sixties, companionship and family in your seventies, and easy, comfortable dates in your eighties.

A few things that always help.

• Go at your own pace. There's no deadline, and nobody should rush you.
• Be honest about what you want. Friendship, companionship and love are all good reasons to date.
• Video call before meeting, then meet somewhere public in the daytime.
• Never send money to someone you've met online, whatever the story.
• Tell someone you trust where you're going and who you're meeting.