Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page.
Article content
Who said falling in love is only for young people? And the young at heart?
Advertisement 2
Article content
Being older and wiser certainly applies to dating – and romance – so over-50s know exactly what they want.
Article content
Although some may find older dating and marriage a bit surprising, some believe that commitment at an older age is healthier since both people have the maturity to handle things.
No matter how old you are, you can always find love and have fun.
As these celebrities proved, it is possible to rewrite your story to include a happier ending:
Valérie Bertinelli and her mysterious man
At 63, Valérie Bertinelli revealed she has a new boyfriend and is “in love.”
THE One day at a time The star and former Food Network personality thought that when she and her second husband divorced in 2022, that was it for her, and that she was going to die with her cats and live out the rest of her years alone, according to the magazine People.
Article content
Advertisement 3
Article content
Her new boyfriend, whom Bertinelli did not name, is a writer 10 years her junior from the East Coast.
The two are currently doing things remotely and making sure they don’t go without seeing each other for more than three weeks, she revealed.
“My stomach is doing a flip-flop,” she told the publication. “This wasn’t supposed to happen.”
RECOMMENDED VIDEO
George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin
For the longest time, Clooney seemed to be a perpetual bachelor, dating beautiful young women and getting into relationships that were never serious.
Until he met British lawyer Amal Alamuddin at the age of 51.
Recommended video
That’s exactly what the actor who seemed to never marry and have children did.
The couple married in Venice in 2014, welcomed twins Ella and Alexander in 2017 and will celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary in September: she turns 46, Clooney turns 62 next month.
Advertisement 4
Article content
Dennis Quaid and Laura Savoie
It was “love at first sight” for Dennis Quaid, who, at the age of 65, laid eyes on Laura Savoie, then 27, in 2019 before the two eloped the following year .
“Laura is the love of my life,” Quaid told People last year. “She came in and we have a connection that I’ve never had with anyone else before.”
He added that it’s the simple things they love to do, calling them “the joy of life that we share together.”
Brad Pitt and Inès de Ramon
The actor may be in the middle of a long and complicated divorce and custody dispute with his ex-wife Angelina Jolie, but he has managed to find love again with actress Ines de Ramon.
Despite their 28-year age difference, the two were first spotted at a concert in November 2022 and have not yet technically gone public with their relationship.
Advertisement 5
Article content
That said, sources told People magazine that Pitt “couldn’t be happier.”
Recommended by the editorial
-
Hot Celebrities Who Dated NFL Players
-
CRUEL SUMMER: Celebrity couples who called it quits and are now living their best lives
-
Kevin Costner and Jewel Romance Rumor Doesn’t Surprise Friends
Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart
Ford and Flockhart began dating in 2002, when he was 60 and she was 38. Naturally, most people thought this seemingly odd couple wouldn’t last.
More than two decades later, the couple have been married for 13 years, share a son and are still going strong.
Barbra Streisand and James Brolin
She was 55 and he was 57 when they married in 1998. Now in their early 80s, they are the older couple that others strive to emulate.
They inspired Aerosmith’s hit song I do not wanna Miss a Thingafter composer Diane Warren learned more about their love story.
Article content
Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page.
Article content
Who said falling in love is only for young people? And the young at heart?
Advertisement 2
Article content
Being older and wiser certainly applies to dating – and romance – so over-50s know exactly what they want.
Article content
Although some may find older dating and marriage a bit surprising, some believe that commitment at an older age is healthier since both people have the maturity to handle things.
No matter how old you are, you can always find love and have fun.
As these celebrities proved, it is possible to rewrite your story to include a happier ending:
Valérie Bertinelli and her mysterious man
At 63, Valérie Bertinelli revealed she has a new boyfriend and is “in love.”
THE One day at a time The star and former Food Network personality thought that when she and her second husband divorced in 2022, that was it for her, and that she was going to die with her cats and live out the rest of her years alone, according to the magazine People.
Article content
Advertisement 3
Article content
Her new boyfriend, whom Bertinelli did not name, is a writer 10 years her junior from the East Coast.
The two are currently doing things remotely and making sure they don’t go without seeing each other for more than three weeks, she revealed.
“My stomach is doing a flip-flop,” she told the publication. “This wasn’t supposed to happen.”
RECOMMENDED VIDEO
George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin
For the longest time, Clooney seemed to be a perpetual bachelor, dating beautiful young women and getting into relationships that were never serious.
Until he met British lawyer Amal Alamuddin at the age of 51.
Recommended video
That’s exactly what the actor who seemed to never marry and have children did.
The couple married in Venice in 2014, welcomed twins Ella and Alexander in 2017 and will celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary in September: she turns 46, Clooney turns 62 next month.
Advertisement 4
Article content
Dennis Quaid and Laura Savoie
It was “love at first sight” for Dennis Quaid, who, at the age of 65, laid eyes on Laura Savoie, then 27, in 2019 before the two eloped the following year .
“Laura is the love of my life,” Quaid told People last year. “She came in and we have a connection that I’ve never had with anyone else before.”
He added that it’s the simple things they love to do, calling them “the joy of life that we share together.”
Brad Pitt and Inès de Ramon
The actor may be in the middle of a long and complicated divorce and custody dispute with his ex-wife Angelina Jolie, but he has managed to find love again with actress Ines de Ramon.
Despite their 28-year age difference, the two were first spotted at a concert in November 2022 and have not yet technically gone public with their relationship.
Advertisement 5
Article content
That said, sources told People magazine that Pitt “couldn’t be happier.”
Recommended by the editorial
-
Hot Celebrities Who Dated NFL Players
-
CRUEL SUMMER: Celebrity couples who called it quits and are now living their best lives
-
Kevin Costner and Jewel Romance Rumor Doesn’t Surprise Friends
Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart
Ford and Flockhart began dating in 2002, when he was 60 and she was 38. Naturally, most people thought this seemingly odd couple wouldn’t last.
More than two decades later, the couple have been married for 13 years, share a son and are still going strong.
Barbra Streisand and James Brolin
She was 55 and he was 57 when they married in 1998. Now in their early 80s, they are the older couple that others strive to emulate.
They inspired Aerosmith’s hit song I do not wanna Miss a Thingafter composer Diane Warren learned more about their love story.
Article content