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The Profile, Revised Edition
Photos from this decade, a back story in one line, and a bio that sounds like you, not like a customs form.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Start this free module →THE DATING COLLEGE · SELF-PRESENTATION
Dating Over 40 (and 50, and 60)
More experience. Better questions. Reading glasses welcome.
Build a dating life that fits who you are now: an honest profile, a real plan, conversations worth having, and room for two full lives. Practical lessons for dating after 40, 50 or 60.
Personalized learning
Make the course your own
A starting point that fits you. Practical lessons. Room for your own notes.
Start with five questions
Tell us about your starting point, goals, and pace. Review your profile and change anything that needs a second look.
Practice your way
Use your goals to shape the practice prompts. Try the activities and choose one small step for real life.
Keep a private notebook
With an account and your permission, save your profile, lesson responses, and progress. Review, edit, export, or delete your information whenever you choose.
Choose your next chapter.
Start with the free Newbie level, then learn at your own pace.
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For adults dating after 40, 50 or 60: after divorce, widowhood, a long relationship, or simply a very full decade. Whoever you date, bring the life you actually have.
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21 modules · Newbie level free
Newbie · Free
Ready, or Just Restless?
Lonely on a Sunday is a feeling. Ready to date is a decision. Let's tell them apart.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Start this free module →Newbie · Free
The Apps Have Changed (and So Have You)
In your day, you met people at a party. Now the party is in your phone and everyone is holding a fish.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Start this free module →Apprentice · Included in the full program
Dressed for the Life You Have Now
Not 1998, not the recycling fleece. The best current version of you, in clothes that fit.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →Apprentice · Included in the full program
The First Date, Planned by Someone Who's Done This Before
You've organized weddings, budgets and other people's lives. You can organize one coffee.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →Apprentice · Included in the full program
Safety Doesn't Retire
You've been around the block. So have the scammers, and they've read your profile.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →Practitioner · Included in the full program
Conversation Without the Résumé
You've had a fascinating life. So have they. Take turns.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →Practitioner · Included in the full program
Talking About Your Past Without Reliving It
Your history is a library, not a lecture. Lend one book at a time.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →Practitioner · Included in the full program
The Bill, the Goodbye and the Follow-Up
The rules from 1985 have been revised. Here's the update, without the standoff over the receipt.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →Specialist · Included in the full program
Texting at Your Own Pace
Somewhere between the 47-message morning and the four-day silence is a rhythm two adults can live with.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →Specialist · Included in the full program
The Second Date, and the Third
The first date was an interview. The second is where you find out if you're any fun together.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →Specialist · Included in the full program
Rejection, With the Benefit of Experience
You've survived worse than a polite 'no thanks'. Let's handle both directions with style.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →Expert · Included in the full program
Chemistry, With Consent
Sparks don't check your birth certificate. Consent doesn't either.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →Expert · Included in the full program
Confidence in the Body You Have
Bodies change. Attraction doesn't retire. Here's how to bring the body you have now, with confidence.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →Expert · Included in the full program
Red Flags, Green Flags and Beige Flags
Some warnings deserve a door. Some quirks deserve a laugh. Experience helps you tell them apart.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →Distinguished Fellow · Included in the full program
"So… What Are We?" at Fifty-Something
'Boyfriend' sounds odd at 58 and 'companion' sounds like a Victorian novel. Let's find the words, and the talk.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →Distinguished Fellow · Included in the full program
Kids, Grandkids and Exes
You're not just dating a person. You're dating a group chat, two Thanksgivings and possibly an ex who still has a key.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →Distinguished Fellow · Included in the full program
Money, Grown-Up Edition
Romance runs on feelings. Retirement runs on spreadsheets. Talk about both before anyone gets surprised.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →Master · Included in the full program
The Big Conversations, Later in Life
Not 'do you want kids?' but 'do you want to retire to the coast, and who's taking the cat?'
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →Master · Included in the full program
Blending Lives
Two households, two sets of habits, two opinions about where the mugs go. Welcome to the merger.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →Master · Included in the full program
Master of Grown-Up Romance
The final practicum: keep showing up as yourself, keep being curious, and graduate from 'dating' to 'us'.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
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Newbie
LEVEL 1 OF 7
Newbie
Back on the market, with better judgment.
All three modules freeNewbie · Free
The Profile, Revised Edition
Photos from this decade, a back story in one line, and a bio that sounds like you, not like a customs form.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Start this free module →Newbie · Free
Ready, or Just Restless?
Lonely on a Sunday is a feeling. Ready to date is a decision. Let's tell them apart.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Start this free module →Newbie · Free
The Apps Have Changed (and So Have You)
In your day, you met people at a party. Now the party is in your phone and everyone is holding a fish.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Start this free module →Apprentice
LEVEL 2 OF 7
Apprentice
The first date, done properly.
Paid access · Complete Newbie firstApprentice · Included in the full program
Dressed for the Life You Have Now
Not 1998, not the recycling fleece. The best current version of you, in clothes that fit.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →Apprentice · Included in the full program
The First Date, Planned by Someone Who's Done This Before
You've organized weddings, budgets and other people's lives. You can organize one coffee.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →Apprentice · Included in the full program
Safety Doesn't Retire
You've been around the block. So have the scammers, and they've read your profile.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →Practitioner
LEVEL 3 OF 7
Practitioner
Be interesting. Be interested.
Paid access · Complete Apprentice firstPractitioner · Included in the full program
Conversation Without the Résumé
You've had a fascinating life. So have they. Take turns.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →Practitioner · Included in the full program
Talking About Your Past Without Reliving It
Your history is a library, not a lecture. Lend one book at a time.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →Practitioner · Included in the full program
The Bill, the Goodbye and the Follow-Up
The rules from 1985 have been revised. Here's the update, without the standoff over the receipt.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →Specialist
LEVEL 4 OF 7
Specialist
Second dates and second chances.
Paid access · Complete Practitioner firstSpecialist · Included in the full program
Texting at Your Own Pace
Somewhere between the 47-message morning and the four-day silence is a rhythm two adults can live with.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →Specialist · Included in the full program
The Second Date, and the Third
The first date was an interview. The second is where you find out if you're any fun together.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →Specialist · Included in the full program
Rejection, With the Benefit of Experience
You've survived worse than a polite 'no thanks'. Let's handle both directions with style.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →Expert
LEVEL 5 OF 7
Expert
Chemistry, consent and the body you actually have.
Paid access · Complete Specialist firstExpert · Included in the full program
Chemistry, With Consent
Sparks don't check your birth certificate. Consent doesn't either.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →Expert · Included in the full program
Confidence in the Body You Have
Bodies change. Attraction doesn't retire. Here's how to bring the body you have now, with confidence.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →Expert · Included in the full program
Red Flags, Green Flags and Beige Flags
Some warnings deserve a door. Some quirks deserve a laugh. Experience helps you tell them apart.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →Distinguished Fellow
LEVEL 6 OF 7
Distinguished Fellow
Two full lives, one relationship.
Paid access · Complete Expert firstDistinguished Fellow · Included in the full program
"So… What Are We?" at Fifty-Something
'Boyfriend' sounds odd at 58 and 'companion' sounds like a Victorian novel. Let's find the words, and the talk.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →Distinguished Fellow · Included in the full program
Kids, Grandkids and Exes
You're not just dating a person. You're dating a group chat, two Thanksgivings and possibly an ex who still has a key.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →Distinguished Fellow · Included in the full program
Money, Grown-Up Edition
Romance runs on feelings. Retirement runs on spreadsheets. Talk about both before anyone gets surprised.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →Master
LEVEL 7 OF 7
Master
A practice, not a finish line.
Paid access · Complete Distinguished Fellow firstMaster · Included in the full program
The Big Conversations, Later in Life
Not 'do you want kids?' but 'do you want to retire to the coast, and who's taking the cat?'
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →Master · Included in the full program
Blending Lives
Two households, two sets of habits, two opinions about where the mugs go. Welcome to the merger.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →Master · Included in the full program
Master of Grown-Up Romance
The final practicum: keep showing up as yourself, keep being curious, and graduate from 'dating' to 'us'.
Five lessons · 7–8 questions · Homework
Open this module →You have a life. Invite someone into it.
Refresh your profile, make an actual plan, and talk about your past without turning dinner into a documentary. Practice chemistry, consent and blending two full lives—with no need to pretend either of you is twenty-five.
- Five lessons, the original seven- or eight-question exam, and homework per module.
- At least 80% correct to pass: six of seven, or seven of eight. Retakes included.
- Pass all three modules to complete a level and unlock the next.
- Course certificates and seven level diplomas on your private campus transcript.
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