In a world where society dictates what is acceptable and what is not, it can be a bit difficult to find love and stay in love. As social beings, we are forced to accept what society finds acceptable and we have to abide by these intangible laws of society. But society and its tolerance is changing, it is changing with the passing of every decade and every year. Things that were 'not done' two years ago are now acceptable. Beliefs and traditions are also changing along with people's tolerance level.
Finding love has never been easy, not for the teens, not for those in their 20s and certainly not for those in their 50s and 60s. And finding love or attracting a partner in this day and age no matter how 'modern' is not simple either. But imagine if you were in your 50s and wanted to find a partner in 1982? Would you even consider it? Would you put yourself out there in the 1980s to be mocked by your peers, people who would consider you 'cheap' or 'desperate' just because you wanted a companion, a friend or a lover to spend the rest of your life with? Well times have changed. People have become more modern in their thinking and people are more tolerant. Society would not think any less of a 50 year old woman 'living in' with her 60-year-old partner.
If you want to find a partner who is now a senior as you are, it is not going to be easy, but it is not impossible either. All you have to do is have an open mind and not bother any thing else except your own happiness. Don't bother about children or grandchildren who claim 'embarrassment' by simple acts of affection when they themselves would be snogging each other in public. You have to go forward with an attitude that literally says 'it is my life and I will do with it what I want''. This will give you the confidence to go out there and find love and be happy.
The biggest hurdle you have to cross when on your quest to finding companionship and love is your mindset, your beliefs and your traditions. Leave all these things behind where they belong; in the past. And with them leave behind your insecurities as well. No one wants a partner who is hung up on the past, on acceptance by society and personal insecurities. People in their 50s and 60s come together for simple reasons, so that they are not alone and so that they can just have fun. Think about this the next time you are confused by what people are going to say about you. Or think about this, do you think people have the time when they are juggling their personal and professional lives to worry about what you are doing with yours?
We do not live in a world full of taboos any more. Living in is not considered bad, neither is pre marital sex and neither is seniors in love considered 'strange'. All these things are acceptable and permissible by a society that is growing up and coming of age. So do not limit your love with beliefs, traditions and whatnots. Do what it takes to make you happy.
