June 20, 2016

Dear Savvy Aunties,

I wrote a personal essay for the New York Post recently about dating in my 40s. If you've read my essays in Huffington Post, Psychology Today, or if you've read my memoir, OTHERHOOD: Modern Women Finding a New Kind of Happiness, you know I've remained single - and childless. And yet, dating in my forties has proven to be better than ever. Here's my story...

I’m 47 and my love life is better than ever!

There he was, standing just a few feet in front of me. I took a breath and a step forward, and he, a step toward me. Then, a kiss on the cheek as we met for the first time.

Jon, a youthfully debonair businessman in his mid-50s, was in town for a convention I was attending, and we decided to meet there after connecting on Bumble, a dating app. We awkwardly small-talked our way to making a plan to meet again later that night...