The Power of Attraction

Baby Boomer Romance

Where does a baby boomer go to fall in love? How about Baby Boomer Romance and Dating? It’s a new site I started just a few days ago, hoping I’d get several members so I could announce it. Well, I’ve invited everyone I know to the site, and nobody has signed up because Baby Boomers seem to be shy. Come on ladies and gentlemen! How will you ever find  your significant special someone if you don’t take a chance and do something toward the goal?

Baby Boomer Romance and Dating is a great site where you can share your secret desires and people will begin to get to know you. As soon as I can find a digital camera that works, I’ll post another picture of me on the site and we’ll have some fun. Come on – even if you don’t want to post a picture – try it! You’ll appreciate the fun and chatter you can help create. Somebody’s gotta be first.

Baby Boomer Romance – what could be more fun?

Healthy Baby Boomers

Baby Boomers – 5 Tips on Maintaining a Healthy, Active and Productive Lifestyle
By Sherry L Harris

I don’t want to beat around the bush, baby boomers, when I say that your generation is getting older. And, as a result, Boomers have to do more healthy things these days in order to stay on track and live a long and productive life. Here are five great things you can do to maintain health and add years onto your life:

1) Exercise at least twenty minutes each day.
Walking up and down the stairs on your front porch or making your way from your desk to the copy machine at work does not count as exercise. It is important for baby boomers not to shirk exercise, as it provides you with muscle tone, and gives you higher levels of serotonin in the brain. When you feel good after exercising, things will be more in balance overall. You will have more energy to conquer the day, you will have better clarity in order to remember things, and you will feel tired when you should at night.

2) Maintain a well-balanced diet.
Sometimes what we put into our bodies can through us completely off kilter. When we are on the go, we immediately want to delve into pre-packaged snack foods or greasy fast food so we can be on our way. But eventually this catches up with us, because while we think we are saving time, we allow our bodies to feel useless and worn out in the long run. We need to ensure that we get the proper amount of vitamins and nutrients so we have energy to be on the go all day long. This includes protein, calcium and all of the wonderful things that fruits and vegetables can give us.

3) Make lists, and check them twice.
People often think that taking the time to write out our chores and responsibilities is worthless, but ask yourself how often you forget to do menial tasks because they were not right in front of you. By making a list, you can adequately plan out your day. Sure, things do not always go accordingly, but at least you have a valuable outline from which to work. Plus, you have great satisfaction from crossing these tasks out one by one as you accomplish them.

4) Get a good night of sleep.
So often, sleep falls to the wayside, and insomnia becomes a regular part of the baby boomer routine because of other habits we have that throw our bodies out of balance. But ensuring that you take care of your restlessness right when it happens will make you a much healthier person. Try to go to bed at the same time every night, avoid eating near bedtime, and plan on staying asleep for seven to nine hours. You will look and feel so much better the next day.

5) Don’t sweat the small stuff.
This is pretty self-explanatory, but there is no use in placing undue stress upon the body. All this will do is raise our blood pressure and make us frazzled. Prioritize and realize that some aspects of our lives are not worth getting upset about.

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Baby Boomer Women

Baby Boomer Bombshells – Dating Advice For Women in Mid-Life
By Ronnie Ann Ryan

Move Over Gals in Your 20’s and 30’s
Flirtatious fun is not just for the young anymore. There’s a new group of hot women hitting the singles scene. Who are these lovelies? They are sexy, single women in their 40’s and 50’s – baby boomer bombshells who are looking for love and can still take a man’s breath away.

Internet Dating – Boomer Advantage

Dating Online – 5 Steps To Create Desire & Provoke Response With Email Limitations
By Jan Verhoeff

Are you having fun with online dating options? Sometimes the ‘average kind of fun’ gets out of hand and you wonder if there isn’t something better. Living in a small town has advantages, and drawbacks. The boys next door are all taken, and those who aren’t probably aren’t interested in a single girl next door with a house full of kids.

Love Baskets

Valentine’s Day Gifts – Love Baskets with Meaning & Value
By Jan Verhoeff

Put some snap in your Valentine’s Day Gift with a Love Basket created just for your favorite Sweetheart! You’ll enjoy the results, and your lover will know you mean it when she hears those three precious words. Love Baskets are created once and used for a lifetime. Just start with a medium sized basket, lid is optional, but the handle is necessary. You’ll want a nice sturdy handle!

Step #1 – Line your Love Basket

The liner is important, because you’ll use the liner often for other purposes. One of the best liner choices is a patterned cloth in a smooth weave with a hemmed edge. This can be one layer or reversible, but you’ll want something nice and soft. Remember your lover’s tastes when choosing the pattern, but think romance.

Step #2 – Love Basket Essentials

A set of crystal goblets meant for two. If by some chance you have a set from your wedding, you can use those. Or if not, buy a nice set of stemmed and fluted goblets from the store and tie a pretty ribbon around the stem. Add a bottle of your favorite bubbly (non-alcoholic grape juice is a nice alternative) and some white linen napkins. You now have the essentials for your basket, everything from this point on is optional, but you’ll want to consider filling it up.

Step #3 – Setting the Scene

Table service and flatware for two is always a nice additional touch. You never know when that scene might include a wonderful menu to share. There are some nice simple dishes you could add to your basket at any discount center, just select the ones you find most appealing, add silverware and a sharp knife with a cover and you’re set for almost any dining experience.

Step #4 – Ambiance?

Candles are a wonderful touch. Scented candles in a glass jar add an extra special ambiance to your love basket. Perhaps you’d like to include an aroma that brings back memories of your first night together. I’d almost bet it’s vanilla. Take a chance! Add in bath beads, salts, and bubbles if you expect to make a romantic evening of your Love Basket experience.

Step #5 – Frivolous Accessories

A slinky negligee for her, perhaps some boxers for him? Matching silk robes? Perhaps you’ll want to skip the clothing and just get matching top hats? Whatever accessories you might choose, consider your personal choices and think from your lover’s perspective. What might she appreciate?

Step #6 – Yummies

These can be anything from a full five course meal to decadent snacks, but I’d recommend for the first basket, you consider chocolates, gourmet foods, or delicate confections. Consider your plans for the evening and buy goodies accordingly. Perhaps dried fruits dipped in chocolate with an accompaniment of cheese and bread? Be original, be decadent, be romantic.

Step #7 – The Gift

Diamonds are nice. Sapphires twinkle. Rubies and Emeralds leave a lasting impression. If you haven’t thought of the gift for your favorite love, this is the moment to seriously consider the gift you’ll include in the Love Basket. No, the basket itself is the wrapping, not the ultimate gift. Wow your lady with diamonds!

If you haven’t decided what to give your love for Valentine’s Day yet, this is an awesome and reusable gift. Just refill for special evenings all year long. The Love Basket might even become a romantic tradition.

Jan Verhoeff enjoys promoting business, but there’s always a moment to take a day or a weekend off. Visit http://janverhoeff.com and sign up for Jan’s News and Updates for FREE marketing and promotional ideas.

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Gifts of Love

Gift Baskets To Share Your Love And Happiness
By Gail Leino

Gift Baskets are an excellent way to share your love and happiness. As a trend, gifts are mostly handed out in gift wrappers and gift packs, but another very interesting way to hand out the gifts is a Gift Basket. Gift baskets can be presented on many different events and occasions such as New Born Baby, Anniversary, Congratulations Party, Wedding, etc. The Gift Baskets are decorated in many different ways and they can be made at home as well as can be bought from the stores.

Screen Your Lover

50 Ways to Screen Your Lover
By David Armaan

When it comes to romantic expertise, most of us are very much like the weatherman. We are wrong more then half the time, but still consider ourselves competent. This is fine for the under 25 year old for whom a change of lovers is a fashion statement.

However, we mature lovers know that blind dates can be tragically messy time wasters. So now…cautious efficiency has to be our modus operandi. We must be determined to approach our love life with a task oriented mindset. We finally have our professional lives in order and must recognize that adolescent exuberance doesn’t work in matters of romance.

Our quest for a truly compatible partner has to happen from the head down-not the crouch up. We must be focused. To be focused we must know what we want from the door. In love… failure to plan is planning to fail.

There is no shortage of advice columns and so called gurus who profess to have the magic formula for connubial bliss. However, even our gurus turn out to be bogus. Good ole boy Dr.Phil is a philandering player with a taste for sweet young things. Dr. Kenneth Clark is a tired stiff with the credibility of Gomer Pyle. Lately, even our evangelist seem to have exceptionally colorful personal lives. “Forgive me for I have sinned…again!

Then there is the Guru of Gurus- Oprah who after testing the waters with Stedman for over 20 years …now resides with her best friend.

Mmm…ponder that.

She openly states marriage is not a option for her; although she says it’s a fine choice for others.

Since none of us ever make it through the countless preachy self-help books;I am happy to share the concise quintessential lover’s guide.
Motivation is not enough. We need new rules. We require a lover’s handbook if you will, to help us navigate these murky waters.

So now…finally, 50 killer questions to qualify or dismiss your potential lover. Please-don’t thank me, just send US currency- euros and yuans are fine too.

To further simplify matters, I have broken down these inquiries into 5 categories.

Yesss, now you can dramatically improve your chances for success in less then 30 minutes by contemplating my amazing insights. You don’t have to say Amen!.. and I promise I don’t own one white suit.

What I am sharing has been gleaned from years of therapeutic intervention and of course my personal trials and tribulations.

“Everybody plays the fool; no exception to the rule” is a fitting soundtrack for those of us who have been a bit unlucky in love. The idea is to take the luck factor out of our pursuit of romantic happiness.

I should add that I have spoken to many hungry hearts; who say they don’t really need to get too deep or proactive to find their life partner. They say they will know their “soulmate” by the glint in their eyes, the music in their voice, the glide of their stride, and so on. Some believe that God will simply deliver their mate. For these optimistic lazy lovers, all I can say is- say no to Prozac.

This quick guide is not for doe-eyed dreamers; but for those of us who have suffered the slings and arrows of cupid gone wild. We are well grounded in reality and know that there is no magic carpet ride to love.

5 Essential categories of Inquiry: Self awareness, Empathy, Mental stability, Financial stability, Overall Fitness

Self awareness:

1. How has your family life contributed to your views about relationships?

2. Who have been the central people in your life in terms of your spiritual/personal development?

3. How important is morality to you?

4. What is your source of moral/spiritual inspiration?

5. What are your relationship goals?

6. What are your top 5 deal breakers?

7. What have you learned from past relationships?-the good and the bad.

8. Do you seek a replacement for a lover you lost?

9. Is a relationship a merger or a takeover bid in your opinion?

10. Do you prefer to negotiate or manipulate when there is a lot at stake?

Empathy:

1. Are you generally attentive in matters of romance?

2. Do you tend to anticipate your lover’s response in times of conflict?

3. Are you a patient engaged listener?

4. Are your partner’s feelings/perspective important to you?

5. How important is it to you to win a lover’s quarrel?

6. Do you accept the notion that we all have bad days and should occasionally be indulged?

7. Are you open to expanding your erotic palate?

8. Is your idea of romantic play carved in stone?

9. Do past disappointments make you somewhat guarded in terms of your ability to be openly loving?

10. Do you think sharing past emotional trauma is a good idea?

Mental stability:

1. Did you have a happy childhood?

2. Have you had a happy adulthood?

3. What are your biggest stressors?

4. How do you cope with stress?

5. Do you have any substance abuse history?

6. Do you have any gender issues that pertain to your sexuality ?

7. Have you ever been clinically depressed?

8. Have you ever been incarcerated or convicted of a felony?

9. Are you happy with your achievements in life?

10. Do you tend to be physically abusive?

Financial stability:

1. What have you done to secure your financial future?

2. Do you think financial security is important?

3. Do you think that a couple should work together to achieve financial goals?

4. Do you feel questions about your financial status are overly intrusive?

5. Have you ever filed for bankruptcy or had a car repossessed?

6. Do you consider yourself to be financially stable?

7. Are you a gambler?

8. Do you own your own home?

9. Are you sophisticated in matters of finance?

10. What is your FICO score?

Overall fitness:

1. How important is physical fitness to you?

2. How often do you work out?

3. What is the nature of your workout?

4. Do you have any major health challenges such as diabetes,heart disease,high blood pressure etc.?

5. Is healthy eating important to you?

6. How often do you eat fast food?

7. Do you struggle with weight/have a eating disorder?

8. Do you have any sexual dysfunctions?

9. Are you on any kind of medication?

10. What is your height and weight…really?

Now some of these questions really take the chutzpah of King Kong. But admit it, you really want to know this nitty gritty stuff before you seriously invest your time and effort. So now you can put this out there as a fun- entertaining exercise. We mature lovers hate wasting time..now don’t we? Think of this handy quiz as a time saving checklist. Have fun and screen with care!

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Dating Over 40

Dating Over 40 Successfully – How To Get What You Want From Dating
By William Clarke III

Are you still playing the field but want a monogamous relationship? With the number of divorced women over forty, you may think they don’t want to be married, or they don’t want monogamous, but the reality is they don’t want demanding irrational relationships that don’t last. And, SURPRISE, men over forty want the same thing.

Over forty relationships will be successful with mature, capable individuals who want to share life together and each have viable lives of their own. Are you ready for some solid sound advice on meeting your one and only over 40?

Online Dating Trendsetters

Why Baby Boomers Are Changing The Face Of Online Dating
By Gary Kelly

Many baby boomers see themselves as trendsetters. This is great news for online dating sites and the industry itself.

The Associated Press recently reported, “Half of all people ages 40 to 69 are either divorced or separated, and 30 percent have never married. Baby boomers are turning to the Internet, speed dating or the old fashioned hook-up for companionship.”