Below are the most common risks I see, and how to protect your well-being without giving up the possibility of a genuine, healthy relationship.
1. Mistaking loneliness for love
Many people over 60 have endured profound losses—divorce, widowhood, shifts in friendships, or children moving on with their own lives.
Loneliness becomes a deep, persistent ache.
So when someone attentive and kind appears, the brain often labels that relief as love.
But often… it isn’t love.
It’s need.
I’ve watched intelligent, capable, independent adults fall into damaging relationships simply because the attention filled an emotional void.
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