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Real-Life Dating Advice. After appearing on a conference panel, Nancy gets deluged by would-be daters wanting to know: How do I get back in the game? OJO Images/Getty Images.

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Getting back in the dating game? Leave your comfort zone but start small." Go out for breakfast or lunch. Judging from the questions I was asked after AARP's "Finding Love at 50+" panel in Las Vegas this spring, what happened in Vegas won't stay in Vegas after all. That's because the attendees really want to get out there and date again! Among the first to approach me after the session was a woman in her late 60s. "How come all men want women my daughter's age?" she demanded. "Yet we can't be with younger men?" "Not all of them do," I replied. "And we can." Three examples sprang to mind: My husband, 15 months younger than I am, had dated only women about our age before meeting me. My sister, age 70, has a partner 14 years her junior. A divorced friend, organizing a fundraiser 12 years ago, innocently flirted with the younger-by-seven-years florist she hired for the event. The two of them have been happily living together for 10 years now. "The rules have changed," I told her. "Many men find women their own age or older to be more confident