Love in Old Age
By Ana Liberski
Life is not at its end the minute you turn 50. Many people live past the ripe old age of 70, but what about love? Is love possible and would it work in old age? Love is something that never ends and love in old age is not only a possibility, but a reality. I do not really like the term old people, so I will refer to old people as older people from now on. Some would consider love between two older people over 50 a phenomenon.
Love in old age is not a strange or unmentioned phenomenon, but a beautiful and wonderful reality. The best thing that can happen to you is when you find or have love over the age of 50. I find myself smiling every time I see two older people walking past holding hands and you can see the love in their eyes. When seeing the love and compassion older people can have for each other, you are left with a kind of inner piece, knowing that even with all the divorces, love always finds a way and everything will be just fine.
Do not make the mistake and think that when you are still young, you do not have anything to look forward to. Older people get the opportunity to really spoil themselves and take long cross country trips with their spouse or just sit around and love each other. This is a possibility because a little thing called retirement. Think of retirement not as when you cannot work anymore, but when you are finished working. Older people normally save a small fortune to finance all these trips so that they can concentrate on the important things like love.
I've never seen or found an age limit for love. Even when a person over 50 has not found love or found love, but lost it, it is never too late. As a society we are not built to spend life alone and everybody needs somebody to love. Countless older people found love and most of them can look forward to a long and fulfilling marriage with their new love.
It is most likely that older people over the age of 50 knows exactly what they want. They know exactly know what they want in a partner and know exactly how to build a satisfying relationship. They will hardly ever make a mistake when choosing a partner. The mistakes are left up to the younger people. We also see more divorces in younger people, because of what I explained above. From this we can deduct that love in old age are not only possible but more successful than love in young age.
If you are fortunate enough to have found that special someone in your life, hold on, the best is yet to come and if you are still looking, never give up, every pot has a lid. Remember that love is not quick, impatient or self-centred. Love is enduring, patient, compassionate, caring, giving and never-ending. To everybody reading this article, I hope your life is blessed and filled with more love than you can stand.
