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Ruth’s daughter set up the dating profile. Ruth, sixty years old and a retired nurse, mostly complained about it.
“Nobody wants to date a grandmother who goes to bed at nine,” she said.
“Mom,” her daughter replied, “you’d be surprised.”
A Different Kind of Message
Most of the messages Ruth received made her roll her eyes. Then one arrived from a man named Walter, a retired mail carrier who lived twenty minutes away.
I noticed you love gardening. My roses are a disaster. Any advice?
They wrote back and forth for a week, about roses, grandchildren, and the best pie in town. Then Walter asked a question that made Ruth trust him right away.
“Would you like to video chat before we meet? I’d like you to know I’m a real person.”
On the screen, Walter was exactly who he said he was: kind eyes, a crooked smile, and a very sad-looking rosebush held up to the camera as evidence.
Coffee in the Daylight
They met at a busy cafĂ© on a Tuesday morning. Ruth told her daughter where she’d be. Walter paid for coffee, never asked her for anything, and walked her to her car afterward.
“I’d like to see you again,” he said. “But only if you’d like that too.”
She would.
The Dance Lesson
On their fifth date, Walter confessed that he had signed them both up for a ballroom dance class.
“I have two left feet,” he warned her.
He was not exaggerating. He stepped on her toes during the waltz, the foxtrot, and a very unfortunate cha-cha. Ruth laughed so hard she had to sit down.
“You’re terrible,” she told him.
“I know,” Walter said, grinning. “But I’m having the time of my life.”
So was she.
Two years later, Walter and Ruth still take dance lessons every Thursday. He has improved to only one left foot. And his roses, thanks to Ruth, are finally blooming.
Finding love at 60 is possible. Take your time, trust your instincts, and look for someone who makes you laugh.